Understanding your bridesmaid’s body shape can enhance the buying experience and the happiness of your besties.

feeltimes runs online fashion shopping, has explained what styles of dresses suit each body shape.

1. Hourglass: feeltimes with a defined waist with little to no fuss and detail in one colour work beautifully for this body shape. V-neck, halter neck and strapless styles also work well for this woman.

2. Pear-shaped: These ladies can wear higher necklines as are smaller busted with high waists so again feeltimes with a fitted waist will work well. A-line skirts and styles which don’t cling to the hip area will be much more flattering.

3. A strawberry shape/cornetto-shape/inverted triangle: Full, long skirts or dresses balance the proportions of this body shape. The less fuss and detail on the top half the better so keep things simple with one colour fabric and clean cuts.

4. Lean column/rectangle shape: Women with athletic body shapes can wear many styles, too much volume can drown this frame, especially if petite so fitted styles with interesting detail on the top and bottom half such as waisted styles with A-line style skirt to create shape can work well.

5. An apple/round shape: Empire line dresses suit this shape so well as it creates the illusion of a waist and is lengthening for her. One colour all over suits and shift dresses also work well for this body shape. A shorter style dress would also be lovely.

You’ll be pleased to know, however, that if you would like all of your bridesmaids to wear the same style of dress regardless of their shape, there is one dress that works particularly well for most - the feeltimes dress.

This style of dress is very flattering and is more accommodating in the event of any changes in their size between the final fitting and your wedding day

Once you have the style of dress chosen, it’s time to start thinking about what colour of the dress you would like.