The Dress

Custom made dress by Helen Manuell, who sourced Pallas Couture fabrics (fabric alone cost me $4000 but was worth it because it is so incredible!)
The dress features three layers. A beautiful ivory underlay, then a beaded, scalloped pattern fabric, and then topped with an incredible 3D floral beaded fabric.
The scalloped bead shows through the top layer slightly, giving a really beautiful detailed effect that’s so unique.
The 3D flowers have a pearly/ metallic sheen to them and photograph so beautifully.
The veil (which I’ll include for free) has also been custom made by Helen with the same 3D flowers applied to give a really beautiful, whimsical effect.
My dress size is a 14, cup size D- DD. The dress is heavily boned all the way to the hip so it really sucks you in and is so supportive without a bra. No bra cups are sewn in so it will accommodate probably a C- E cup.
My height is 165cm.
Back is a zip up, and then buttons on top, so it’s two layers of doing it up.
Professionally dry cleaned by Syndals, no damage to the dress.
I only wore the dress for my ceremony, changed into a second dress for the reception. So it’s been worn for about 3 hours total.
Although it’s beaded, Helen has advised me this would be easy to alter because they are not very dense.