About the Dress

"Nell is a completely multi-dimensional dress that surprises and delights from any angle."

NELL dress from Vera Wang's Iconic Collection. Strapless ball gown with hand draped bodice accented by exposed corset neckline and organic pleated flower.

This is for a classic bride who is looking for a timeless Vera Wang dress. Vera Wang initially released this dress as part of the Fall 2014 collection but this dress has since become part of her Iconic Collection and is still being sold in her stores today (but not at the price I'm selling here!). Shown in petal pink on Vera Wang's website but this is the IVORY version.

I asked the Bridal Consultant at Vera Wang for something timeless, not over the top, yet classic Vera. She picked this dress for me saying it would be my dress. She was right - I fell in love as soon as I put it on. Other dresses just couldn't compare.

I will also include the matching Erin Cole Couture Veil that I purchased brand new and used for the ceremony and some photos for FREE It matches the dress perfectly. I wasn't going to buy such an expensive veil but as soon as I tried it on with the dress, I was unable to leave the store without it! The veil does have a few tears, it was dry cleaned with the dress.

This dress and veil were both only worn for a few hours as I changed into another dress for the reception. Dress and veil were both dry cleaned immediately after the wedding. There are many layers (approximately 14 layers) underneath the dress to create this ball gown effect. While getting the dress dry cleaned and upon close examination, I was told by the dry cleaner that there are some tears in the layers underneath and at the very bottom of the organza layer but it shouldn't be too obvious or noticeable from the outside.

Alterations: My seamstress has been at Vera Wang for years and did an amazing job altering my dress. I lost weight leading up to the wedding (as I'm sure most brides do) so I've had to take the dress in a few times, closer to my wedding my bust and waist measurements were around 33 and 25.5 so my seamstress tightened the dress by adding a thick elastic band inside the back to tighten my dress to fit. I was at least 34 bust and 26 waist at the beginning of alterations so there should be some flexibility. I was around 5'7" with my wedding heels on so I also had the dress hemmed to that height. My seamstress also added an American bustle. She did such a great job. The dress looks just as great bustled as it does unbustled.

Please contact me if you're interested before it's gone! I spent over $6k for the dress, plus cost of the veil, alterations and dry cleaning but now you don’t have to!