The Dress

RRP $3299

Plunging V-neck mermaid wedding dress with cascades of shimmering beads all over the dress. Bodice with beaded floral motifs and plunging V-back. Unquestionably a design that accentuates the feminine curves.

I purchased this elegant off-the-rack sample wedding dress from Raffaele Ciuca to wear to my engagement party, however COVID-19 meant that this did not proceed and I skipped straight to the wedding with a different dress. I have only worn this dress when I first tried it on in the store and at the alterations shop, though again alterations did not go ahead and the dress remains as first purchased and unaltered.

As an off-the-rack sample wedding dress and due to its delicate nature, there are some loose threads and beads, which I understand can be repaired by your seamstress. These are not noticeable but I can send you a video taken of the dress if requested for a close up view of the delicate beading.

Raffele Ciuca's website states that "most of the samples are generally sizes 8 - 14". I am typically a size AU8 and can see how this dress would be able to fit up to a size 12-14. You can see in the photo that they used a contraption at the back to make the dress sit fitted on me.

Happy to share more photos of the actual dress as requested via DM.