Wedding Fashion Vocabulary

noun a close-fitting, stiffened and usually laced undergarment, worn especially by women to shape and support the body

• The Victorian-era woman wore a tightly laced corset to achieve the fashionable hourglass figure.
• I can't breathe in this corset, it's so tight!
• She rocked a corset to cinch her waist for the party.
• The strict rules felt like a corset, constricting her freedom.

noun a long dress, typically worn on formal occasions

adverb to dress formally or elegantly

• She wore a beautiful gown to the formal event.
• She dressed up in a fancy gown for the party.
• She rocked that gown at the prom.
• Her words were like a gown, wrapping everyone in comfort and warmth.