The Dress

Hello Brides! Please read this description thoroughly before purchasing as this dress has a lot of niche details to it!

I purchased this dress to rework into my own personalized dream dress. The back had no beading on it (as originally it does, shown in photo 8) when I purchased it and I loved it! It was tagged a size 10 when I purchased it but I immediately took it to a seamstress to begin reconstructing it into my dream dress.

We shortened the straps, cinched in the waist, added a slit, and kept the pockets open. I was going to add a beautiful pearl fabric over the front and the back to give the back additional support (these ideas are shown in photos 5&6, but we never went through with them), and I wanted to make the dress strapless (which you can totally do if you add a back panel to it), and we opened up the hem so that we could begin making the dress to my height (but we didn't do any of that)! I actually didn't end up going through with these ideas because I switched plans completely and went with a totally different dress! Photo 7 shows a minor rip in the interior lining of the dress which is not noticeable when wearing or affect the wear of the dress (as you get the dress altered your seamstress will be able to fix this!).

This dress is so fun because you can completely customize it and make it 100% YOUR OWN! The material is mikado silk sometimes referred to as silk zibeline! That's what attracted me to it so much when I first saw it: the luxury of a one of a kind dress without the cost of a one of a kind dress! If you want to add a corset back, close up the slit, add lace, add a floral fabric draping to the front, literally whatever your bride mind can think of: this dress can do it! The dress has like a 2-3 ft train and if you want to cut that off, you can use the train fabric on the dress for the back panel, or the front decorative panel if you want, like literally this dress is so multifaceted!

Please don't hesitate to ask me questions!! I want to help you in this exciting and chaotic season!

Alterations

Here are the current measurements I have on the dress since I started the alteration process immediately after getting it:
Waist: 27in
Bust: 32in (this is a rough measurement because of the open back it has a lot of room, my bust is 35in for reference and the dress wasn't even CLOSE to being tight on my chest)
Slit: 34.5in
Waist to front hem: 45in