The Dress

I fell in love with this dress the moment I saw it/ tried it on. This dress is made from full organza raw silk, very delicate, beautiful and sheer layers. The stitching is incredible, with the silk pinned to form layers. The way it's been pleated and pinned in certain areas also gives it an organic look with a lot of soft movement. It is definitely even more spectacular in person.

This dress has been professionally dry-cleaned.

From Danielle Frankel:
Silk organza strapless translucent ball gown with pintucked bodice. Basque waistline with soft sweetheart neckline. Sheer bubbled high-low skirt with extended train. Internal bustier with side boning and cups, grosgrain belt with 3 hook position. Center back zip close.

Alterations

The dress has been easily & reversibly altered to fit my size, which is a street US 0. The boutique ordered me a size 4 because of the length. The Emory dress is designed to be slightly above the floor, but I wanted a full-length look, and so we opted for a US size 4, and altered it to a 0. See my measurements for the current altered size.

However, the alterations were made completely reversible -- simply folded the fabric inwards with small stitches to hold together, you can simply have a seamstress unpick the stitches and it will be back at a size 4. In this regard, this dress is extremely easy to re-size. But I personally felt the longer length of this dress was a better look for me.

For context, the Emory increases in length by approx 2 inches per size, and so an actual DF Size US 0 would have been roughly 4 inches shorter, and therefore would have been significantly above ground in heels.