The Dress

Overview

Words cannot do justice to how breathtakingly beautiful this dress is. Made by Galia Lahav, the Thelma dress hugs your body in the most graceful way and has you covered in ornate beading and swarovski crystals. It really feels like you are wearing a work of art. This dress is from the Galia Lahav Los Angeles, California store.

-Apart from beauty, it is a very functional dress. In my option, the dress is stretchy and forgiving if you fluctuate in weight as the day approaches. It fit me as a small size four but also also when I lost enough weight to almost be a size 2.

-The dress has boning in the inside which helps with your figure.

-The Ossie train is detachable and sold separately from the Thelma dress and the original cost was USD2,900. The Thelma dress costs USD10,300. So in total, was USD13,200. This price includes the original Ossie train AND sleeves at a very discounted price.

-And yes, it is the same dress Beyonce wore for her renewal.

-The sleeves are detachable, which makes it an even more versatile dress. I had fun mixing it up for photos with/without the sleeves and also with and without the train.

-I took good care of this dress and it is in fantastic condition, however as the standard disclaimer goes, I did wear the dress on my wedding day, and obviously there might be sign of wear if you look hard enough. But there are NO major or noticeable flaws/defects. I have had the dress professionally dry cleaned and it is ready to make you look and feel like a queen for your big day! I hope this dress makes you happy as it did for me!

Alterations

Alterations/For your information

-This is a custom made to order dress for my height (5’3” with 4” heels) and dimensions listed.

-There was an $300 extra cost added to have supportive cups for the bust (it was recommended to give that area more structure). In addition, I’ve had bombshell push up padding sewn into the cups. This is easily removable if desired by any tailor.

-I had the open (see through) parts of the dress (where the legs are in the front and back) covered for me to make it less sheer, for a more classy look. But it was done it in such in way that if you want it as the original you should be able to easily have your tailor/seamstress remove the fabric that was sown in. (*Note* Pics 3&4 depict how that looks as pics 5&6 of the dress were taken before I had that done.) But it was also the best lighting of the dress so you can see other details.

-There were originally three small buttons by the back of the waist that are not meant to be noticeable, but are there for the train to hook unto. One of them fell off, so I had them all replaced when I got the dress dry cleaned so it is now as good as new, if not better :)