Long Sleeve Wedding Dresses: 18 Best Ideas + FAQs (2024)

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It is easy to get confused about what to choose for a wedding dress with so many options in necklines, silhouettes, skirts, and designs. However, if you want something elegant and sophisticated at the same time, then long sleeve wedding dresses might just be your thing.

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There are numerous breathtaking and gorgeous styles in modern long sleeve wedding gowns and even vintage ones if you like. From delectable long sleeve open-back wedding dresses to even long sleeve summer wedding dresses, there is a style to fit every type of bride and wedding.

We’ve put together a collection of unique wedding dresses in several silhouettes that are sure to catch your eye. These wedding dresses with long sleeves would tick all of your boxes!

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Elegant Long Sleeve Bridal Gowns

Elegant long sleeve wedding dresses are an easy way to embrace traditional values. Modesty is very much entwined in classic bridalwear, and long sleeves like these go a long way to fulfilling this expectation. However, modern materials, designs, and tastes empower the bride to indulge in sophistication, sex appeal, and uniqueness.

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If you want a choice of wedding dresses long sleeve lace, you are right. Lace wedding dresses create the most perfect timeless silhouettes, and even better when they are long-sleeved.

This can be pulled in a variety of styles, from plunging necklines, to open backs, thigh-high slits, and floor-length skirts. The joy of lace long sleeve wedding dresses is that they would look great plain or with embellishments, so everything else is just extra.

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Illusion Long Sleeve Wedding Gowns

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Long sleeves illusion wedding dresses are a complement to any bride as they would fit any figure and make the wearer look marvelous, no matter the choice of the silhouette. Feel glamorous, elegant, and beautiful to include illusion sleeves as part of your wedding dress detail.

These wedding gowns have become a popular choice among modern brides and can be a perfect choice for a classic, rustic, vintage, or minimalistic wedding.

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Simple Long Sleeve Wedding Gowns

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Sometimes simplicity is the best way to show sophistication, and how better than with unique wedding dresses long sleeve? Simple elegant long sleeve wedding dresses display luxury and taste like nothing else. Fabrics of lace, tulle, or chiffon can all be applied to any simplistic design for such a wedding dress.

For more breathable and less weighty sleeves, consider sheer long sleeves to take a simple wedding dress from radiant to enchanting.

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Long Sleeve Boho Wedding Dresses

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Long sleeve boho wedding dresses allow brides to embrace nature with a down-to-earth aesthetic. Combine this with eclectic accessories and you will capture the ideal bohemian spirit. Long sleeves are generally reserved for colder months. However, wearing sleeves during a summer boho wedding is inherently free-spirited as is the boho wedding theme

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Long sleeves can be styled in a wide variety of ways. Depending on the overall style of the dress, flowy sleeves can be the most charming look for your long-sleeved wedding dress.

The sleeves can be slightly flowy, or even have flowy layers if the fabric is of a lighter material like tulle, silk, or chiffon. Flowy sleeves are a trend that never really goes away and are sure to stay on trend this year and the next.

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Brides Often Ask

Can you wear long sleeve bridal dresses in the summer?

Of course, you can wear long sleeve bridal gowns in the summer. They are not restricted only to the summer months. And this is because long sleeve dresses at a wedding come in all types of fabrics and styles that would fit a wide variety of temperatures and climates. There are breathable and lightweight fabrics for warmer temperatures such as illusion tulle and lace or even styles such as off-the-shoulder sleeves.

Are long sleeve wedding gowns in style?

Women’s long sleeve wedding dresses are timeless and often trending. Currently on trend are long crepe sleeves which are loved by many modern brides. There are numerous ways to incorporate this type of sleeve into your wedding dress. One is off-the-shoulder sleeves and another, detachable sleeves that can be taken off for the second half of your wedding day. Romantic long sleeve dresses are very versatile and stylish.

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