Maternity wedding dresses for pregnant brides who don't look like "frumpy messes" #Fashion#Stuff we love#dress shopping#maternity dress#pregnant bride February 21 2012 | Megan Finley Horowitz meggyfin My little sister Morgan in her little white dress with her not-so-little baby-filled stomach. At my wedding, I will be seven months pregnant. It hasn't been easy finding dresses that don't look like frumpy messes or pajamas. Any other brides in this situation? And any ideas on where to look? –delphinese Aw, this is a question that is close to my heart since my sister was an adorable preggo bride. Of course, like her big sis, she had herself an offbeat wedding. At her Forth of July BBQ wedding, she rocked an adorable little white dress and coverlet that she got off the rack! So, I've put together this roundup of other pregnant bride fashions — some are available to purchase with a click, some are just for inspiration's sake, and none of which shall make you look like a frumpy mess. Femicuty Maternity Short-sleeve Soft Wedding Dress THIS ONE is my favorite. Angel Bride A-Line V Neck Empire Floor Length Chiffon Long Prom Maternity Dresses Wow, look at the hem on this dress — I love it! Femicuty Soft Lace Pregnant Maternity Bridal Gown Of course it's not always A-line dresses that get the preggo love. How great is this curve hugging (celebrating!) dress? Photo by Zachary Hunt Photography Beaded Cap Sleeve Long Jersey Maternity Wedding Dress Here's one for the fearless summer bride. The combination of the vibrant fabric of the skirt and the knit top gives it a chic touch without compromising comfort. And the straps can be worn in two ways. Related Post Colorful, stunning, and totally non-boring maternity wedding gowns (yep, they exist!) If you're a pregnant bride looking for a maternity wedding gown, you maaaay just be really tired of looking at boxy, white, and boring dresses... Read more Remedios A-line Full-Lace Formal Maternity Dress with sash <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Maternity-Formal-Chiffon-Sequin-Sleeve/dp/B00K1HOXOQ/ref=sr_1_50?s=apparel&ie=UTF8&qid=1456355751&sr=1-50&nodeID=1040660&keywords=maternity+wedding+dress V-Neck Polka Dot maternity dress Hope I've helped you some on your awesome maternity dress search. And if I've indeed helped you find your perfect dress, you can easily thank me by naming your child after me. 😉 Reporter Name * Reporter Email * Original text Enter the original text here. Edited text* Enter your suggested copyedit here. Notes You can add a note for the editor here. * Required information. Fix Typo Megan Finley Horowitz When Megan's not writing, traveling, and sleeping, she's eating like the fate of the world depends on it. (You're welcome, world!) You can snoop into her personal life over on her website The Dash and Dine! @meggyfin @thedashanddine @meggyfin PREVIOUS Sarah & Aaron's rustic forest camp-out wedding NEXT Seattle's Baby Van Beezly is the solution to your bachelorette or reception party nightmares Show/Hide comments [ 31 ] I LOVED the DIY dress on pintrest and was super bummed when I found that the link was broken. So, I did some digging and found this: http://doityourselfdivas.blogspot.com/2011/10/diy-perfect-maternity-dress-revamped.html The blogger had problems with the original and posted a new tutorial. Yay! Reply "Finley" would be an awesome baby name. 6 agree Reply My cousins almost 2 year old is named Finley. 🙂 1 agrees Reply LOVE the name Finley. I ditched my last name so fast for the new hotness. 😉 1 agrees Reply There's also this dress worn by Betty Draper on Mad Men. http://www.luuux.com/fashion/betty-drapers-maternity-garden-dress 6 agree Reply I LOVE that dress! So pretty and classic. 1 agrees Reply I will be 7 months pregnant at my wedding too!! I am actually having my dress made for me because I couldn't find cute options that I really liked, but these are gorgeous!! Also, the link for the DIY dress is broken, but I pinned the same project last week- she just updated it to fix a few things, http://doityourselfdivas.blogspot.com/2011/10/diy-perfect-maternity-dress-revamped.html is the new one 🙂 1 agrees Reply For dresses not specifically made for pregnant bellies, be sure you have enough room at the hem to tailor. A round belly will lift the hem. Good luck! Much joy with the wedding and baby! 4 agree Reply Good advice! Remember if you're ordering the dress online to order LARGE and you will definitely need to have it altered as your body is changing daily. We always have our Maternity Brides' last fittings a week before the wedding and are on call for day before adjustments. 1 agrees Reply Oooh, pretty! A lot of these dresses are great whether or not you have a belly to work around. 🙂 2 agree Reply Also – there's a site called maternitybride.com that is a good resource. I checked it out once before and it's a designer in CA who started it in 2004. They have some cute options and I think you can rent them as well as buy them if you want to go that route. 3 agree Reply I'm not pregnant, but this is my dress, and I noticed some of the customer reviews mentioned that it's great for pregnant brides! http://www.davidsbridal.com/Product_Strapless-Shantung-Taffeta-Sweetheart-Ball-Gown-T3039 Reply this etsy seller has some beautiful maternity (and non-maternity) gowns — http://www.etsy.com/shop/rschone 1 agrees Reply great dresses – great post! Reply I wore the same dress as in that last picture. It would make an awesome prego wedding dress! Totally form fitting, super comfy, and lots of stretch. 2 agree Reply Gorgeous! I LOVE the frilly ruffled one! Too beautiful. Reply Great post!! I tell you people always forget about the pregnant brides. I especially love the curve hugging dress. Gotta love a pregnant woman wanting and her curves!! 1 agrees Reply Morgan will laugh but Rosie Pope actually has some great options and can be purchased on line! 1 agrees Reply Amazing! I'm making my own dress that would work pregnant or not (currently trying to make a baby…well, not right now haha) but these dresses are lovely! 1 agrees Reply awwwwww I never thought you would describe me as "an adorable preggo bride", in fact I never thought you would use the words adorable and preggo in the same description! Thanks big sis =) 2 agree Reply This dress at DB (http://www.davidsbridal.com/Product_Strapless-Shantung-Taffeta-Sweetheart-Ball-Gown-T3039_Bridal-Gowns-Features-All-Gowns) was mine and it can look amazing on pregger brides. Also, the fabric was luxe and comfy. I had mine altered to a corset back and it worked beautifully! Reply If you can afford it, the hottest dress I ever saw that could work for maternity(but isn't advertised as such) is the Juliet dress by Claire Pettibone. It's a knock out and is a very roomy sheath. It's made of prettiness and rays of sunshine, but I'm not preggo and not rich. 🙁 1 agrees Reply The seventh dress listed apparently also comes in white, ivory, and "pink" (a pale pink) as well as "champagne", the color pictured. Also, according to a comment on that site a non-pregnant bride can wear it as well. Reply My matron of honor was 8 months pregnant at the time of my wedding so we had to literally wait until the last possible moment to get her a dress since we really honestly had no idea how big she'd be by the time the wedding rolled around. I got married at the end of July and we went looking at David's Bridal in mid-June and it arrived just a few weeks later. I liked a dress that had a chiffon material (David's Bridal Style VC307) but we wound up picking a different dress (unfortunately not on their site anymore). It was the exact same thing but made out of jersey because it had the most "give" for my best friend's belly. In some of the pictures, depending on the angle, you could barely tell that she was 8 months pregnant! No one would have guessed that she had her beautiful baby girl just 3 weeks later. Reply Wow all these dresses are beautiful! I may end up getting the second one if the one I have coming doesn't have the room I was hoping. I ended up ordering a non-maternity dress that hopefully is big in front. This is so helpful though! Thanks all! Reply I find the promotion of a Chinese Design Piracy .com like Light in the Box on a site like this one a bit disturbing. One photo promoting them would have been enough. Companies like these are literally putting Indy Designers and Local Boutiques out of business and they exploit their workers and YOU the consumer. They're finally banned from Etsy, so please OBB's think twice before ordering from them. Last gown in the list is a Nicole Miller btw! 1 agrees Reply Your concerns are definitely valid. We've actually discussed this before too. Reply Links to pictures of maternity wedding gown: Swedish fashion journalist and writer Ebba von Sydow pregnant at her intimate civil ceremony wedding at the end of January last year. Pictures were published on her blog for Swedish public service television (SVT). I think she's super cute! Her baby girl was born in early April. http://blogg.svt.se/ebba/2011/02/min-klanning/ http://blogg.svt.se/ebba/2011/02/jag-har-gift-mig/ http://blogg.svt.se/ebba/2011/02/bruden-fran-topp-till-ta/ The UK maternity site she ordered the dress from: http://www.tiffanyrose.com/maternity/clothing/CHLI.html 1 agrees Reply I have a month to prepare for a beach elopement and I'm four months pregnant. An old friend, who, bonus(!) owned a bridal shop for years took me shopping. Here's what we looked for (and thankfully found 🙂 -a dress that fit my Boobs, with room to grow -A CORSET (check out Maggie Soretto (??) for the flexibility that a growing pregnant body needs -Simple design around any areas that will need to be altered (altering bead work is time consuming and expensive) -a really good seamstress who you can schedule for a 'last minute' fitting – and, in my case bc time was an issue, a dress that I could buy off of the rack (no time to order, we're running away to get married!) 20% of brides are expecting! As much as I wanted to find a fun offbeat dress on my own, I am so happy I went through a shop with the expertise I needed to find the perfect dress! Reply My sister just got married at 5 months pregnant(this is her third daughter so she was showing quite a bit) and wore a gorgeous figure-hugging red satin dress that looked a lot like the satin one pictured above. It was absolutely stunning 1 agrees Reply Im getting married on 26 January next year. I've just found out a few days ago that I am pregnant and completely overwhelmed by it all. Im not sure whether I should postpone the wedding or have it earlier. Im so worried about my dress and the wedding.My dress is a corset top with a full skirt… Everyone is over the moon about baby but I cant stop crying. Is this normal? Reply Join the conversation Cancel Reply Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *Comment Notify me of follow-up comments by email. Sign me up for your offbeat awesomeness newsletter! No-drama comment policy Part of what makes the Offbeat Empire different is our commitment to civil, constructive commenting. Make sure you're familiar with our no-drama comment policy. Biz owners & wedding bloggers Please just use your real name in your comment, not your business name or blog title. Our comments are not the place to pimp your website. If you want to promote your stuff on Offbeat Bride, join us as an advertiser instead.
I LOVED the DIY dress on pintrest and was super bummed when I found that the link was broken. So, I did some digging and found this: http://doityourselfdivas.blogspot.com/2011/10/diy-perfect-maternity-dress-revamped.html The blogger had problems with the original and posted a new tutorial. Yay! Reply
There's also this dress worn by Betty Draper on Mad Men. http://www.luuux.com/fashion/betty-drapers-maternity-garden-dress 6 agree Reply
I will be 7 months pregnant at my wedding too!! I am actually having my dress made for me because I couldn't find cute options that I really liked, but these are gorgeous!! Also, the link for the DIY dress is broken, but I pinned the same project last week- she just updated it to fix a few things, http://doityourselfdivas.blogspot.com/2011/10/diy-perfect-maternity-dress-revamped.html is the new one 🙂 1 agrees Reply
For dresses not specifically made for pregnant bellies, be sure you have enough room at the hem to tailor. A round belly will lift the hem. Good luck! Much joy with the wedding and baby! 4 agree Reply
Good advice! Remember if you're ordering the dress online to order LARGE and you will definitely need to have it altered as your body is changing daily. We always have our Maternity Brides' last fittings a week before the wedding and are on call for day before adjustments. 1 agrees Reply
Oooh, pretty! A lot of these dresses are great whether or not you have a belly to work around. 🙂 2 agree Reply
Also – there's a site called maternitybride.com that is a good resource. I checked it out once before and it's a designer in CA who started it in 2004. They have some cute options and I think you can rent them as well as buy them if you want to go that route. 3 agree Reply
I'm not pregnant, but this is my dress, and I noticed some of the customer reviews mentioned that it's great for pregnant brides! http://www.davidsbridal.com/Product_Strapless-Shantung-Taffeta-Sweetheart-Ball-Gown-T3039 Reply
this etsy seller has some beautiful maternity (and non-maternity) gowns — http://www.etsy.com/shop/rschone 1 agrees Reply
I wore the same dress as in that last picture. It would make an awesome prego wedding dress! Totally form fitting, super comfy, and lots of stretch. 2 agree Reply
Great post!! I tell you people always forget about the pregnant brides. I especially love the curve hugging dress. Gotta love a pregnant woman wanting and her curves!! 1 agrees Reply
Morgan will laugh but Rosie Pope actually has some great options and can be purchased on line! 1 agrees Reply
Amazing! I'm making my own dress that would work pregnant or not (currently trying to make a baby…well, not right now haha) but these dresses are lovely! 1 agrees Reply
awwwwww I never thought you would describe me as "an adorable preggo bride", in fact I never thought you would use the words adorable and preggo in the same description! Thanks big sis =) 2 agree Reply
This dress at DB (http://www.davidsbridal.com/Product_Strapless-Shantung-Taffeta-Sweetheart-Ball-Gown-T3039_Bridal-Gowns-Features-All-Gowns) was mine and it can look amazing on pregger brides. Also, the fabric was luxe and comfy. I had mine altered to a corset back and it worked beautifully! Reply
If you can afford it, the hottest dress I ever saw that could work for maternity(but isn't advertised as such) is the Juliet dress by Claire Pettibone. It's a knock out and is a very roomy sheath. It's made of prettiness and rays of sunshine, but I'm not preggo and not rich. 🙁 1 agrees Reply
The seventh dress listed apparently also comes in white, ivory, and "pink" (a pale pink) as well as "champagne", the color pictured. Also, according to a comment on that site a non-pregnant bride can wear it as well. Reply
My matron of honor was 8 months pregnant at the time of my wedding so we had to literally wait until the last possible moment to get her a dress since we really honestly had no idea how big she'd be by the time the wedding rolled around. I got married at the end of July and we went looking at David's Bridal in mid-June and it arrived just a few weeks later. I liked a dress that had a chiffon material (David's Bridal Style VC307) but we wound up picking a different dress (unfortunately not on their site anymore). It was the exact same thing but made out of jersey because it had the most "give" for my best friend's belly. In some of the pictures, depending on the angle, you could barely tell that she was 8 months pregnant! No one would have guessed that she had her beautiful baby girl just 3 weeks later. Reply
Wow all these dresses are beautiful! I may end up getting the second one if the one I have coming doesn't have the room I was hoping. I ended up ordering a non-maternity dress that hopefully is big in front. This is so helpful though! Thanks all! Reply
I find the promotion of a Chinese Design Piracy .com like Light in the Box on a site like this one a bit disturbing. One photo promoting them would have been enough. Companies like these are literally putting Indy Designers and Local Boutiques out of business and they exploit their workers and YOU the consumer. They're finally banned from Etsy, so please OBB's think twice before ordering from them. Last gown in the list is a Nicole Miller btw! 1 agrees Reply
Links to pictures of maternity wedding gown: Swedish fashion journalist and writer Ebba von Sydow pregnant at her intimate civil ceremony wedding at the end of January last year. Pictures were published on her blog for Swedish public service television (SVT). I think she's super cute! Her baby girl was born in early April. http://blogg.svt.se/ebba/2011/02/min-klanning/ http://blogg.svt.se/ebba/2011/02/jag-har-gift-mig/ http://blogg.svt.se/ebba/2011/02/bruden-fran-topp-till-ta/ The UK maternity site she ordered the dress from: http://www.tiffanyrose.com/maternity/clothing/CHLI.html 1 agrees Reply
I have a month to prepare for a beach elopement and I'm four months pregnant. An old friend, who, bonus(!) owned a bridal shop for years took me shopping. Here's what we looked for (and thankfully found 🙂 -a dress that fit my Boobs, with room to grow -A CORSET (check out Maggie Soretto (??) for the flexibility that a growing pregnant body needs -Simple design around any areas that will need to be altered (altering bead work is time consuming and expensive) -a really good seamstress who you can schedule for a 'last minute' fitting – and, in my case bc time was an issue, a dress that I could buy off of the rack (no time to order, we're running away to get married!) 20% of brides are expecting! As much as I wanted to find a fun offbeat dress on my own, I am so happy I went through a shop with the expertise I needed to find the perfect dress! Reply
My sister just got married at 5 months pregnant(this is her third daughter so she was showing quite a bit) and wore a gorgeous figure-hugging red satin dress that looked a lot like the satin one pictured above. It was absolutely stunning 1 agrees Reply
Im getting married on 26 January next year. I've just found out a few days ago that I am pregnant and completely overwhelmed by it all. Im not sure whether I should postpone the wedding or have it earlier. Im so worried about my dress and the wedding.My dress is a corset top with a full skirt… Everyone is over the moon about baby but I cant stop crying. Is this normal? Reply