The Dress

Gorgeous vintage styling in this flattering A line gown with tulle skirt and fully beaded bodice with cap sleeves. The dress is truly stunning, with just enough bling to feel special, but not so much it feels over the top.

After trying on dozens of gowns in styles that seemed to only be made for size 0s, and feeling squished into so many of them, this one made me feel like a MILLION BUCKS - just as I was. The cap sleeve is oh so flattering. I have selected the neck as a V, but it's a V with extra details - almost a sweetheart neck, and very flattering across the collarbones. The low back is also lovely - shows off the shoulder blades with just enough skin to feel special, while the bodice still feels completely supportive without a bra (it includes a sewn-in cup).

It has a floor length skirt plus a chapel length tulle train, but it could be shortened or cut off all together if desired.

I think this dress is actually more lovely in real life than most of the images from the Stella York gallery, so I wanted to share real pics of me. As such, please excuse the pics of me with no make-up and hair undone!

The dress is completely unaltered, except that I just snipped to two stitches that hold the waist band in place at the front, as I was looking at the idea of having a jeweled belt sewn in instead.

This dress is in a color is "Ivory over moscato". It has an antiqued looked with a soft blush undertone.

(For anyone wondering why this dress is new and unworn, despite feeling gorgeous in this dress, I ended up losing almost 20 lbs after buying it -- enough weight that major, relatively expensive restructuring was needed across the whole bodice. I ended up wearing a similarly styled dress that I got on ebay only a month before the wedding. The pics I included here show me at my initial try-ons of this dress. If it helps for reference, I'm 5' 8" and in these pics I weigh about 176lbs)