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I also chose taffeta, I never thought of this before, but for me personally I like the sheen from the taffeta more than the shine from satin.
One more thing, I think that satin is heavier than taffeta btw.
Satin snags really easily as well, doesn't it? Satin is typically much hotter and heavier than taffeta.
Satin is heavier. There are silk satins and synthetic satins.
Taffeta is usually synthetic I think although sometimes has some silk mixed in (like French Taffeta) It's lighter than satin. Usually has a bit of a sheen to it. It's meant to look similar/a more cost effective version of Raw Silk / Silk. Dupioni.
PS taffeta is lighter but is not the most breathable fabric since it is synthetic. if you are looking for a comfortable/breathable fabric similar to taffeta you should consider silk dupioni
whether this is a pro/con depends on when and where your wedding is or what you are looking for I guess
After trying on super-heavy satin dresses, I liked how my taffeta dress was so much lighter/more comfortable to wear. I also like the look of taffeta - kind of a little more... organic? Not sure if I'm explaining that right, but my dress has a lot of folds and draping and I liked the rougher crunchier look of it. And mine's silk taffeta, so I'm hoping it cooler to wear (than synthetic and satin) in the summer.
We're having a spring garden wedding and I felt the taffeta was a better choice for our type of wedding & venue. I think the satin dresses are much heavier where the taffeta dresses are much lighter. If we were having a wedding in the winter or fall I might have gone with satin.
I also think the taffeta looks more slimming than satin especially if there is ruching.
I love the look at satin but the first time I put a satin dress on I felt like I couldn't breathe. It was so amazingly heavy. I'm still looking for the perfect dress but the one thing I know is that it won't be satin.
@StrawberryBaby: taffeta is a very old fabric, and has existed since before synthetic fabrics ever did. Taffeta is a traditionally 100% silk fabric, but today is made most frequently with synthetic fibers, yes, more often than satin. My dress is 100% silk taffeta and several pieces in my wardrobe are silk taffeta...it is definitely still out there. I don't think the term "French Taffeta" denotes any specific fabric blend...that seems to be just the term applied by one brand to a synthetic-silk blend taffeta (I have never seen such a blend, btw).
I think taffeta is a stiffer fabric with more sheen to it....while silk is very soft and has more of a glow...
I LOOOOVE the look of satin and was only looking at that material for dresses. But then I tried on a "silk-like" taffeta and it was over. I'm having an outdoor wedding in the middle of July. The weight difference was impossible to ignore, taffeta is SOOOO much lighter. And cheaper!!
I chose taffeta but only b/c that's what my dress came in. My friend wore satin and it looked nice on her. Satin on me usually emphasizes my body in the wrong way--makes my chest look larger and stuff. I liked the matte finish in general with taffeta...i felt like I could get away with really blingy jewelry easier because my dress wasn't shiny, also.
i am wearing a taffeta dress and perfer the material bc i too am nervous about pulls in the satin or how the rouching may appear!
My dress is taffeta, I picked it because I loved the swwoooshing sound it made. Thats a huge pro in my book
My dress is satin because in my opinion when i tried on the taffeta it felt very halloween costumy to me. The swooshing sound it made along with the feel of it reminded me of some of my halloween costumes when in was little. But it is all based on your preference.
I am wearing satin as well. I also didn't like the sound and feel of the Taffetta.
I have silky taffeta but would have preferred satin because it just looks better to me imho. I guess it's just my preference lol. But for $300, I am happy with my silky taffeta.
stowersk, you took the words right out of my mouth. I like the look of taffeta, but I ended up choosing satin, not only because I like the look, but also because the sound taffeta makes drove me crazy. I could not imagine wearing that all day long. Not to knock all of you ladies who chose taffeta...I'm sure you'll be much more comfortable than me in a satin dress in the summer!
I chose french taffeta. I'm concerned with the sheen. I'm not sure what the photos will look like. I guess maybe we'll have some in black and white in case the color ones look way too shiny. It's weird .. when I tried the dress on in the store I didn't occur to me that it might be too shiny. It's too late to change my mind now. Although I do want to go back to the store and see it again. Maybe I shouldn't. I can't decide!
I'm a little worried about the shine as well. In some pictures my mom took with a flash close-up, my dress looked ridiculously shiny.... but I've never seen any professional wedding pictures where anyone's dress looked anywhere near that blindingly shiny, so I'm placing my faith in the talent of my wedding photographer. And I'm sure pro photographers have taken pictures of many taffeta dresses and they understand light. In a picture I took with natural light sans-flash, the dress wasn't shiny at all.
Weirdly, my dad said he liked how shiny it looked in my mom's pictures...
You're right .. a good photog will know. Lately, I have so little faith that things will go well .. but I don't want to add this to that list too. :(
@veganglam: that's why I said "usually synthetic" as to the french taffeta, it's what I was told by 2 different bridal consultants.... that's it's a blend of fibers.
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What are the pro and cons of wearing taffeta? I chose taffeta for mine.