Notice the puffy sleeves and layered dressing typical of the late Victorian and early Edwardian era. The long train was typical of the Victorian era and became shorter through the decades. Even Edwardian wedding dresses retained some classic Victorian elements.
Edwardian wedding dresses also had the chance of being simple and imitating everyday dresses of women during that time period. Many women today prefer a throwback Edwardian wedding dresses that imitates the everyday dresses of the later period. As the twenties approached, women's dresses became more narrow because of longer corsets and by this time the long trains and signature S frame of a woman's body was beginning to fade.
Edwardian wedding dresses are versatile since wedding dresses of that time period very much depended on the woman wearing them. A noblewoman could choose to have an elaborate wedding dress with lots of frills, layers, puffs and flounces or a middle class woman could opt to use a dress from her closet and turn it into a fine wedding dress. This is why so many designers and brides favor Edwardian style wedding dresses.
