The Dress

Hi! I wore this gorgeous wedding dress for my May 2018 wedding. It got a lot of compliments! It has very good karma attached to it. I married my soulmate in it and a month later conceived my first baby! :)

It's David Tutera for Mon Cheri label. I bought it at a reputable sample dress shop in VA Beach in late 2017 and it's a label size 12, but I had the bust taken in, so it's more suitable for someone who wears a size 8 dress.

It's a GREAT color: Champagne Ivory! Has very elaborate hand-beading work all over the bodice, hips, and back, trailing onto the skirt on little paisley lace pieces. It's a satin lined dress with a tulle over-fabric, and has a chapel length train. The train is about 23" longer than the bottom of the front hem. It zips up the back and has a rubber no slip strip all along the very top of the bodice in the inside, so it really stays up. Has cups inside.
My favorite part of this dress is the semi-sheer peek-a-boo design on the front of the bodice.

Condition: Clean; I spent a lot of time delicately soaking and handwashing the bottom of the gown and the inside of the gown with delicates soap very soon after I wore it, which was with a slip. It has some faint staining from dragging on the floor UNDER the hem and the edge. If you get this dress hemmed it's not a problem, and it's not something you can see when the dress is worn. Also has several 'runs' or pulls on the tulle fabric on the top layer of tulle on the very back of the dress and a few tiny micro-holes there. When the fabric is laid on top of the other layers, you cannot see these imperfections. Has a broken 'hang strap hook' inside bodice on one side, this is not a big deal since it only is there so you can hang the dress flatter and a seamstress can fix if you care about it. I am pricing the dress with this condition in mind. Has all the hang straps attached. It comes with the dress bag and is stored in a non-smoking home.

Measurements:
Length: from underarm to front hem, 53" /
from bottom of 'V' (top of where the sheer fabric begins) on bodice center to front hem, 51" /
36" bust /
30" waist /
42" hips

I am 5'7" and wore this dress with 2.5" heels.

Please let me know if you have any questions. I am selling because, while I love this dress for the beautiful memories, I have a new baby now and I want to raise some money for that! Thank you for looking!

Alterations

Seamstress took dress in at sides of bust and added a 'below the butt' invisible button bustle. Also added extra bust support straps inside the dress so it wouldn't 'move.' Was not hemmed. Has had extra tulle added inside the dress near the bottom so a petticoat is NOT necessary. That was very nice!