Mrs. Penguin, Sacramento
Age and Occupation: 26, Video & TV Producer/Director/Editor
Fiance's Age and Occupation: 29, Doctor of Physical Therapy
Engagement Date: January 29, 2007
Wedding Date: June 7, 2008
Blogging Since: September 14, 2007
Venue: Winery in the Gold Country
About Me: I'm a silly mess of a girl who, above all else in this world, LOVES the Spice Girls. I eat sushi at least 3 times a week, and feel guilty about how much it costs the other 4 days a week. I love designer jeans and cheap accessories. I don't like sweets, but I love the UCLA Bruins!
Anti-Bustle
May 9th, 2008 @ 11:31 am by Mrs. Penguin
I dreaded bustles even before I found my wedding gown. I vowed to get a gown with a sweep train, just so I could get a tiny little underbustle that no one would ever notice. When I thought “bustle,” I had visions of old musty Victorian drapery smack dab on my booty. Eew. But alas, I fell in love with a gown with a rather long train, which was the exact opposite of what I had envisioned:
More like a Peacock than a Penguin!
So I was adamant going into my alterations that my bustle had to be as subtle as possible. I asked to see an over-bustle, which Mrs. Lemon and my friend Michelle quickly DENIED:
Then we tried an under-bustle, which everyone liked better, but I still wasn’t sold on. It was a little fluffy for my taste:
So I went in for my first alterations and asked the tailor if she could make the bustle “the least poofy” she could. So she came up with this:
I love it! The most unbustly bustle we could get. It’s got 7 points, which shouldn’t be too difficult for my mom to figure out (I’ll bring her to my next fitting so that she can learn how to do it).How Bustly is your Bustle? Are you a bustle bride or an un-bustle bride?
31 Responses to “Anti-Bustle”
I’m so anti-bustle I’m forgoing the train entirely, lol. I had a prom dress once with a sweep train and it was the biggest pain EVER. At first I considered doing a removable train but my current dress design looks fabulous train-less, so I think that’s what I’m going to end up sticking with!
I’m the opposite! I LOVE bustles, but I bought a dress that will be very hard to bustle due to the English netting. The dress isn’t in yet, but I think I will have to go with a bubble-hem type mini-bustle. Hopefully the seamstress will have more ideas!
Unbustle bride…I basically said whatever will keep it from getting stepped on. Three points and that was it. There’s a great picture of my mom under my skirt trying to attach the three points and me with my hands on my hips.
I have a pickup skirt, with nice poufy pickups (not tight ones), and I was deathly afraid of adding yet more volume to the back. I didn’t really care for the train (pretty short, but pickups all the way down) , and I didn’t want to worry about the extra weight either, so I just had my tailor cut it off! So, no train or bustle for me, and I love it.
I’m of the “less is more” school, so I asked for a more unbustly bustle. It still ended up being six points, but it’s pretty!
I had the seamstress cut the bustle off my dress and I loved it! Nothing to worry about, and I think the dress actually looked better with less “poof”.
My dress has nice loose pick-ups as well with a chapel train. I’m planning on having a three point french (under) bustle. The way that the dress will bustle will mimic the pick-ups though so it shouldn’t look too much like I need a warning sound when I back up (beep! beep! beep!). The dress is also silk, so weight is not an issue.
You look gorgeous Miss Penguin… Mines gonna be extra pouffy… lol
Like a Flamingos curvey backpart.
I cut the train right off so that I don’t have to deal with a bustle and a dragging dress.
I just don’t like the idea of tripping over my dress or having fabric drag behind me.
I was anti bustle. I ended up having removable streamers for my faux sash that widened to a foot wide each, with angled ends trailing behind me along with a long lace edged veil, so that I got the look of a train without having to drag extra fabric around with me or sit on it after the ceremony.
I like your bustle! it doesn’t add volume to your butt, and it and the sides of your dress still drape properly when it’s done up, which is one thing I really hate about poorly arranged bustles.
I love me some bustling. I would almost choose a dress for the train that I could bustle creatively. Its like getting two dresses in one!
I love that dress! And you rock it well! I can’t wait to see what you choose for hair and makeup!
I love bustles and beautiful trains! But I still like what you opted for…very pretty!
I don’t know what kind of bustle I’m going to have yet…they showed me a few ways, but I haven’t decided. My dress has what I consider a small train and I think I’m going to bustle it under…my dress is very light and flowy (no heavy poof for me)…so it ends up looking like I’m just wearing an a-line dress
Great choice. Much better than the other two.
And again, photo credit please. 
For the last wedding I was in they color coded the bustle ribbons so we knew what ribbons go together to get tied. 
I have no choice but to get a bustle. I didn’t think I’d pick something with a big train but of course I picked cathedral length. Not sure what style we’re doing the bustle, I’ll find out soon when my dress comes in. 
Looking good Pengho! I share your sentiments on the bustle~ so I’m having a three point overbustle.
Yours looks great! I love it, and it’s definitely not too poofy… and you are looking HOTTT in that dress.
I bustled. I kind of wish I didn’t though. I wasn’t thrilled with how mine came out.
Oh you look so skinny. (as I eat pork rinds with hot sauce)
I decided not to have one. Is that weird?
mmm… bustles! mine is rather low-key, but i love the extra bit of pouf (not really all that poufy considering some of the gowns out there). that said, being able to have a bit of train for the ceremony, then bustle-up is a perfect solution!
Look FANTASTIC! I love your bustle!
As for me, I’m not sure yet…
@Oso: OSO! Um…I was supposed to lose 5 lbs. I lost none. The seamstress suggested I let the dress OUT in the hips/butt. (its tight. real tight.) I said no, promised to lose it…but I only have less than 1 month. Sigh. Still waiting for the “stress weight loss” to kick in….not happening
That’s better.
I love you in that dress! The little dip in the back is really pretty. I am also not a fan of the big bustle and yours is perfect. I am going to have to bring that picture of you when I start my fittings
And what’s wrong with looking like a peacock?! Bird fight.
@Miss Peacock: Hee hee, NOTHING is wrong with looking like a peacock… In fact, I believe I said when I tried it on…”I love it, I look like a Peacock”
I almost got this dress…. it was VERY close and this dress is AMAZING in the back….
Don’t let the bustle distract from the gorgeous embellishment. I think no mattle how you bustle, it’ll feel right. A big bustle may take away from the back, so we’ll see what you choose. Best of luck, you look great:)
I forgot to tell you, when referring to this dress, I called it the “Kennedy dress” because I felt oh so refined… you agree? It’s beautiful
No train for me, partly because I hate bustles! But I must admit, she’s done a very good job on yours
i’m BUSTLING baby (go ‘head baby)
lol…
i love what she’s done for you…..your dress is soo sleek and refined, i wouldnt want anything big and poufy on my butt either.
my dress has pickups. chapel train. have no idea what i’m doing bustle wise bc i’ve got a big a$$ anyway, and i dont like the way it looks when each pickup is pinned up to the next. to me it suddenly bcomes way to busy back there.
sigh…..
thankfully, i dont have to think of bustles for another few months. (still hope my dress comes in soon though!)
