The Dress

This dress has a stunning handkerchief tulle skirt which creates a beautiful folds of fabric with horsehair trimming. The bodice is fitting satin boat neckline without sleeves. The simplicity against the bigger volume of the tulle creates a very elegant and fairytale silhouette. It's also really light (perfect for summer) and easy to move in due to the tulle fabric used. The back is zipped up but has satin covered buttons running down it. The waist is accentuated with tiny alternating silver sequins and beads. Underneath the tulle is a bright white satin skirt with a small train that the tulle flows over.

The shape of the dress is particularly stunning and unique and certainly gave a classic princess feel while remaining completely modest. I loved the simplicity of embellishments (limited to the slight hand embroidered sequins and tiny sparkles at the waistline) which emphasised the beautiful flow of the soft fabric and the way it moved as I walked. Particularly pretty falling in a waterfall way from behind.

The dress has been hand-washed (not dry-cleaned), as a result there's some slight marking on the hemline of the satin underskirt where it touched the ground (particularly on the inside which isn't visible). Because this is all covered in the waterfall tulle layers it's not very visible. There's also a tiny pink mark on the bodice at the back (shown in the close up). I've got limited space to upload photos so do message if you'd like more photos of different angles of the dress.

Alterations

It's been altered to fit me to floor length (5ft3 with a small 2.5 inch heel). It originally had a sparkly gem belt but this was removed (to slightly elongate the bodice) and tiny sequins and sparkly beads added around the whole waist line. As a result of this you can see very slightly the place where the belt was originally stitched (but it's very faint and only if looking for it!)

Several layers of net were removed from under the tulle to prevent it being overly 'poofy' so now the main volume comes from the waves of tulle—this isn't visible on the outside/when wearing it but if you pulled back all the layers underneath you'd be able to see.

(All of these alterations were before the photos were taken so the silhouette shown in the wedding photos is how it appears).

As before: I've got limited space to upload photos so do message if you'd like more photos on these areas.