Wedding Dress Necklines

JEWEL

This round neckline flows along the base of the neck. Ideal for women who want the wedding gown to enhance the chest area.
Use to: modestly enhance your chest area Avoid if: you are already well endowed

HALTER TOP

This wedding gown neckline features straps that wrap around the back of the neck, leaving shoulders and arms bare.
Use if: you are tall and have broader shoulders
Avoid if: you have narrow shoulders or a very large chest

BATEAU

This wide wedding gown neckline flows with the curve of the collarbone. A relatively straight neckline, with the same depth in the front and back, opens from one inch of each shoulder.
Use to: enhance chest area
Avoid if: you are already well endowed

OFF THE SHOULDER

This open neckline sits below the shoulders, accentuating your collarbone and shoulders. A flattering wedding gown neckline for most figures.
Use if: you are well endowed and/or have a pear-shaped silhouette
Avoid if: you have broad shoulders or fuller arms

ASYMMETRIC

This wedding gown neckline, as the name connotes, features a gown with a single strap or an asymmetric neckline. Ideal for the Toronto bride with a unique taste for a unique wedding gown style.
Use to: emphasize beautiful collarbones
Avoid if: you have broad shoulders

QUEEN ANNE

This wedding gown neckline features straps that wrap around the back of the neck, leaving shoulders and arms bare.
Use if: you are tall and have broader shoulders
Avoid if: you have narrow shoulders or a very large chest

SQUARE

This wedding gown neckline is shaped like a half square. Ideal for women who are well endowed as it cuts low without being too revealing, but is suitable and flattering for almost every body type.
Use for: modest display of cleavage

PORTRAIT

Similar to the off-the-shoulder neckline, the portrait wedding gown neckline offers a wide, soft scoop, to frame the shoulders.
Use if: you have fuller arms and prominent collarbones
Avoid if: your collarbones are undefined

V-NECK

This V-shaped wedding gown neckline flatters many body types. The depth of the "V" depending on the design of the wedding gown.
Use if: chest size is "B" or "C", great for full figured or hour glass shaped silhouettes
Avoid if: chest size if "A" or over a "C"

SCOOP

The scoop features a low, U-shaped neckline, flattering for just about any bride who plans to wear a wedding gown on her wedding day.
Great for: almost everyone!

STRAPLESS

Being strapless, this wedding gown neckline features a bodice without straps or sleeves.
Use to: enhance beautiful shoulders and collarbones or a well endowed chest Avoid if: you are smaller chested.

SWEETHEART

This wedding gown neckline, forming a heart shape at the bustline, is flattering on most brides! May or may not be strapless.
Use if: you are well endowed, accentuating your cleavage