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Satin Wedding Gown

Satin has been a staple in wedding gowns for centuries. Satin, because of its construction and fiber content, is one of the most luxurious fabrics manufactured. Satin is a lightweight, woven fabric with a shiny or glossy finish. It can be man-made or made of silk, and it is very smooth to the touch. Satin is a lovely fabric for wedding gowns because of its shine. Satin is most often made from low twist, filament yarns. It is usually constructed by floating the warp or lengthwise yarns over four filling or horizontal yarns. The long floats give the fabric luster. Silk is the premiere choice of fiber content for bridal satin fabrics. However, silk satins are more expensive than satins containing acetate or polyester.

Styles and Colors of Wedding Gown

The style and color of a bride’s wedding gown is influenced by her nationality and ethnic background. In the United States the traditional gown is long, white, as a symbol for purity, and has a hint of the Victorian era in it. However, in other countries, the traditional gown may consist of multicolored ornate robes. Today many colors are seen in wedding gowns from black to hot pink. Designers have played on the recent increase in popularity of velvet by designing elegant gowns of satin accented by velvets. Teen brides of the 16th and 17th centuries wore pale green wedding gowns as a sign of fertility. A bride in her twenties wore brown and some older women wore black during these centuries. White has been the most popular color for wedding gowns since Queen Victoria’s wedding in 1840. Basically, the styles of the wedding gowns change some each year but they still, overall, retain the traditional appearance. Jen Deneberg, spokewoman for David’s Bridal, states "In the bridal industry, you’ll find more of an evolution rather than a revolution."

Types of Satin Wedding Gowns

Crepeback Satin Gown: Crepe yarns, or highly twisted yarns, are used in the filling (horizontal) direction of the fabric and the smooth low-twisted filament yarns are still used in the warp.

Antique Satin Gown: This type of satin is created using slub (yarns with thick and thin areas) yarns in the filling direction.

Duchesse Satin Gown: A high yarn count satin that contains fine yarns. This type of satin has a crisp body to it. It is commonly used in bridal gowns. An elegant and lustrous fabric, duchesse satin is shiny, heavy, and luxurious. Often used for wedding gowns or extravagant valances, duchesse satin has been around since ancient China. Silk weavers made this textile with many layers of delicate fibers that created a soft texture with a lot of body and sheen April Oakley, designer at Wild Ginger Software, Inc., designed and made her own wedding gown using a silk duchesse satin. April highly recommends this type of satin for wedding gowns because of the body it gives without a lot of weight. Duchesse satin can be found in couture wedding gowns. A formal wedding gown with a comfortable strap and beautiful crystal details and appliqués throughout the gown. It has a zipper closure at center back.