what is a bustle?

Bustles are used to lift the long trains of wedding gowns off the floor for the reception.  It makes the dancing so much easier and it protects your train from being stepped on and damaged.  The train is lifted with ribbon ties, loops and buttons, hooks and eyes or snaps to create a style that’s practical. There are different types of bustle options.  At your fiting I will show you a few designs of bustles suitable for your train style.  The prices for bustles range from $69 for up to 3 points, to $189 for as many as 15 points.  The longer the train of a gown. the more points will  be needed for bustling it.

examples of some possible designs of bustles:

1. one-point overbustle,
2. multiple-poins overbustle for longer trains,
3. one-point underbustle (french bustle),
4. multiple-points underbustle for longer trains (french bustle),
5. austrian bustle (royal bustle)
6. double and triple austrian bustle for longer trains (royal bustle)
7. hidden bustle (flip train bustle).
8. combination of few types of bustles (used especially for multiple layered skirts).