The Dress

The beaded and satin-lined spaghetti straps form the V-neck of the dress and connect into a beaded belt that circles the waist. My favorite part is the pleated and layered tulle ballgown skirt that ends in a long train. The movement and drama of the ruffles makes this dress wildly photogenic! It does not have a bad angle! Ivory tulle is layered over blush tulle and gives an almost ivory, off-white, champagne tone in photos. The dress is easy to flick around and move due to the light tulle layers, overall the dress has some weight to it and when altered correctly is very comfortable on the shoulders and waist. I found it comfortable for the whole 8 hours of my wedding and did not want to take it off because I felt so beautiful in it!! People could not stop talking about my dress; I got so many compliments about how this was their "dream dress". It was definitely mine and hope it can be yours too!

Notice: No stains, but the bottom hem of the outer layer of the dress (which is hidden under the bottom ruffle) is torn in the front from left to right, this is easily fixable at the time when you have the hem altered to your height. Also, the boning in the bodice on the left side (under the arm) needs stitching back into place. Photos available upon request for serious inquiries only.

Alterations

Alterations included raising the height of the waist to fit my petite frame, 2 types of bustles (French (under) and American (over) styles) along with a loop at the under end of the train to wear around the wrist/elbow crease when wanting to move without dragging the back of the dress, B cups in the bodice (regular padding), adjusted/shortened straps, and hemming of the inner and outer layers so that I could walk in my 3in wedding heels (I'm 5'2"). A reinforced, stronger zipper was added to the skirt as well in replacement of the one the dress came with.