The Dress

This is a beautiful and very high quality dress. Bought in 2018 for a 2019 wedding at Kleinfeld’s in NYC, I have never owned something so luxurious in my life! It is easy to put on and wear - it has one simple back zipper with hook and eye closure at the top and I didn’t need any additional sort of bra whatsoever, a huge plus in my opinion. This has a good build in support structure with push up cups and I loved not having to worry about that. I am a tall girl (5’10 in the shoes I wore) and this is a long dress, with a long train that fans out so well for photos. The material is thick and heavy. I had no trouble walking, dancing or moving around though, and wore it throughout the reception as well. My favorite part is the neckline, it shows off the collarbones so nicely and I love that it is a wider cut v-shape, both in the front and the back. That part is also just beautiful where the lace goes up onto the mesh and you can really see the lacy details. So gorgeous! This is label size 12 but it fits more like a 10. I did have alterations done to take in the waist area slightly, shorten the shoulder straps and to add bustle hooks to hold up the gown for the reception. There were three bustle attachments, and that is the one area I wasn’t thrilled with (which was no fault of the dress itself, just the alterations done!). Due to the heavy material, the hooks attached were just not heavy duty enough to hold it up super securely. One came undone and I had to have my mom fix it back up mid reception, but it definitely was not on there correctly after that, then the hook came off completely. This did rip through one of the very delicate lines of lace but it really is not noticeable with how busy the dress is. I would highly recommend removing the remaining two hooks and getting a better bustle situation sewn in or just leaving them off if you don’t want it bustled! I also think the very bottom hemline looks a little bit raggedy, it’s supposed to be uneven lace but parts could be trimmed up to lay a bit nicer again after being worn. The dress is not dirty, but it was not professionally cleaned after wearing. I would recommend a dry cleaning.

Alterations

Waist taken in, shoulder straps shortened and 3 bustle hook attachments added to the train (one hook came off, the other two are intact but I would not recommend using them as they were not strong enough to hold the material up securely)