Wedding Gown Styles Gown Lengths and Trains Street Length styling features a hem just covering the knees. Intermission Length features a hem falling between the knees and ankle. Ballet Length features a
gown softly flowing to the ankles. Floor Length features a gown lightly touching the floor on all sides. Hi-low Length features a gown of intermission length on the front and floor length or longer in the back. Sweep Train features a gown with the shortest train, barely sweeping the floor. Court Train features a gown with a train extending one foot beyond the sweep train. Chapel Train features the most popular of all train lengths.
It flows from three to four feet behind the gown. Semi-Cathedral Train features a train extending four to six feet behind the gown. Cathedral Train features a cascading train for the most formal of weddings. It extends from six to eight feet behind the gown. Also known as a Monarch Train. Royal Cathedral Train unfolds to ten feet or more, reminiscent of Princess Diana's voluminous train. Also known as a Traditional Royal Train. Watteau Train (pronounced:
"wa toe") features a train falling from the shoulder blades to the hemline of the gown. |