Why hem my dress?

Every brides book shows a beautiful dress with a bride standing perfectly still. What is behind the scene is a model standing on a platform, sometimes hems pinned to floor to give the illusion of fullness that your dress will look like etc. In reality your dress will need a hem unless your wearing very high heels or are 5'10. Hems should brush the top of your foot when you walk if wearing a aline or full skirt and taper after the side seam into the train. Sheaths or fit and flair are a little different and usually done to customer preference. As a designer I recommend straight dresses hit at the top of your foot and continue to side seam then taper into train. You need to walk , move and sit in your dress, without the proper hem you can trip and fall, or damage your dress.