The Dress

2021 Madi Lane Bronte dress - worn once for my outdoor wedding.

I felt like a princess in this dress and loved the old meets new style with the strapless sweetheart neckline and detachable lace sleeves. It fitted like a glove and didn't move at all through the whole day. My wedding was outdoors - it did rain and there was mud. The train of the dress did get some mud on it, however it was dry cleaned within a week of the wedding and (as far as I can tell) they were able to remove the mud and there is no staining!

Alterations

The hem of the dress was brought up - the seamstress did this by unpicking the lace applique and re-sewing it on once the excess fabric had been removed. She also had to bring it up slightly at the waist, and again the lace applique was unpicked and re-sewed. She also brought the waist in slightly and installed an elastic belt on the inside so that it fitted nice and snug at the waist and acted as a support to keep the bust in position. She also moved the studs for the sleeves so the lace sleeves sat slightly higher on my arm (although you can see that there is still plenty of movement where they were positioned). A three-point bustle was also installed using press studs and some ribbon, the wrist loop was also reinforced with extra stitching.