31 August 2026
Infinity dress accessories fall into four groups: buckles, styling bands, tube tops, and the styling guide book. Buckles and bands change the shape of the dress. Tube tops add coverage underneath. None of them are essential, but each one unlocks looks the two straps can't create on their own.
Buckles Change the Shape, Not Just the Sparkle
A buckle sounds like a finishing touch. It isn't. It's a structural piece that holds the straps at a fixed point, which means you can create shapes that a knot alone won't hold all night.
Infinity dress buckles come in gold, silver, and rhinestone finishes. Gold and silver suit tonal and understated palettes. Rhinestone is the one to reach for at black tie and evening receptions, where it catches light alongside a Luxe Satin infinity dress.
The practical case is stronger than the decorative one. A buckle stops the straps slipping through a long reception. Your bridesmaids will stop adjusting themselves in every photo.
Styling Bands Are the One Nobody Knows About
If buckles are the accessory people buy, styling bands are the one they wish they'd known about.
A styling band is a small fabric tube made in the same matching colours as the dress. You loop the strap through it, and it holds the fabric in a gathered position. That single move opens up drapes, twists, and gathered necklines that don't feature in the standard 99.
Because bands are made in matching colours, they disappear into the dress rather than interrupting it. Bands sit alongside buckles in the buckles and styling bands collection.
Do You Need a Separate Tube Top?
Not usually. Every Classic and Luxe Satin infinity dress already includes a matching tube top in the box.
You'd buy a separate one for three reasons: extra coverage beyond what the included bandeau gives, a spare for a second event, or a contrasting colour worn deliberately as part of the look.
Separate tube tops come in AU 6-10, 12-16, 18-22, and 24-26, plus a Junior size. Worth noting if someone in your party wants more coverage than the rest of the group without changing the dress.
The 99 Ways Styling Guide Book
Ninety-nine styles is a genuinely useful number and a completely unmanageable one. Nobody is scrolling a phone with one hand while tying a dress with the other.
The 99 Ways Styling Guide Book is an illustrated, step-by-step guide to every documented style. It's the accessory that makes the other accessories worth buying, because it shows you what a buckle or band actually does to each shape.
It also works as a bridesmaid gift that isn't a candle. Hand it out with the dresses and let everyone pick their own neckline before the day.
Matching Groomsmen Accessories
The bridal party doesn't stop at the bridesmaids. Model Chic makes satin groomsmen ties, bow ties, and pocket squares designed to match a selected range of Classic and Luxe Satin colours.
The point is dye consistency. Matching "sage" across two suppliers is a coin flip. Matching it within one range isn't.
Tie the accessory colour to the dresses rather than the suits. It gives you a visible thread between both halves of the bridal party without anyone looking like they've been issued a uniform.
Order Swatches Before You Order Anything
Every accessory decision depends on a colour you haven't seen in person yet. Buckle finish, band colour, tie shade - all of it is guesswork until the fabric is in your hand.
Fabric swatches ship free worldwide. Most brides order three to five colours to compare, and the median gap between ordering swatches and ordering dresses sits at around 50 days. There's no rush, and there's no reason to guess.
While you're planning the getting-ready morning, robes and pyjamas are the other thing worth ordering early, including the Indie super soft bridesmaids pyjamas. Not a dress accessory, but the photos happen either way.
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