I’m at that special age in a girl’s life when there’s only one thing on my mind. Boys? No. Torture—specifically in the form of what body-constricting, sans-pocket, wear-it-once frock I’ll be wearing to the multitude of weddings I have lined up on my plate for spring.
Now that I’m solidly entering my early-to-mid-20s, some of my best friends from high school and college are getting married to their better halves. While I’m a big sucker for a wedding (cue the waterworks!), one of the most stressful things about celebrating the love of those dearest in my life is what to wear. Picking out the perfect gift and writing the best card comes easy to me, but figuring out what dress goes best with my friends’ unique venues, celebrations, and, frankly, vibes proves to be a challenge if you’re half as fashion-obsessed as I am. Throw being above a size 12 into a mix, and the whole ordeal can be straight from a horror film in my eyes.
Shopping for formal dresses in a landscape that isn’t designed with plus-size people in mind elicits a fight-or-flight response I’ve spent years undoing while working in the fashion industry. While the options are seemingly endless for straight-size shoppers, plugging in my size at some of my favorite retailers only to see the options available above a large max out at 20 is disheartening, to say the least. There’s nothing worse than finding a dress I fall in love with only to read the reviews and learn that it runs smaller than average—a frightening thought in an industry that, just a few short years ago, celebrated plus-size models and shoppers in order to hit inclusion points on social media. Even though it’s a hard pill to swallow for some brands, plus-size shoppers are still a massively underestimated market when it comes to buying power. Take it from me: There’s nothing I love more than shopping.
Ahead of wedding season, I challenged myself to spend hours combing through reviews, listings, and online testimonies in search of the best plus-size wedding guest dresses to wear on my friends’ special days. While I wasn’t quite optimistic at first, I walked away with more than a handful of options to try on from a variety of retailers, price points, and on-trend aesthetics, all of which I can wear over and over again beyond the spring and summer. Now that I’ve found the perfect plus-size wedding guest dresses to wear this year, I just had to share them with the world. Long gone are the days of ordering a stiff, black, A-line gown with thick straps that hides my body just because I’m not a size 2. Everyone deserves the chance to feel good about themselves.
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