The Dress

"Baby Olivia" Dress, veil and sash all included. As with all Philippa Lepley dresses, this dress is made from the most beautiful material and was a dream to wear. The veil is so light and delicate it’s almost as if it isn’t there (I have a video of it if you’re interested). It was made in 2010, was dry-cleaned by a specialist company after use and has been beautifully preserved in acid free tissue paper.

The dress is a pretty classic design - strapless, sweetheart neckline with a lovely full skirt (though not at all meringue-like) and quite a long train (the most fun for dancing in!). There are a couple of champagne stains which might be removable (I’ve tried to show these in the video) but other than that it is in beautiful condition. The sash is to tie around the dress to turn it into an “evening” gown … I actually left this on my Mum’s bed on the Big Day so it was never worn! The dress hooks up at the back for dancing in. It is corseted inside and P Lepley have very kindly just sent me a new corset string as the original one was lost.

Dress details from original receipt are as follows:

Baby Olivia. Exactly as sample. HW silk duchesse satin bodice and 5" waist ruching, with LW silk duchesse satin underskirt, with 2 layers of man made tulle and silk organza top layer (all exactly the same size). Hip is fitted from waist for 4" down. Almond neckline shape as sample. Petticoats 1 x 168 and 1 x extra geand

Mink sash (1014) to be hand tied with bow at side front, on top of original fixed waist ruche for the evening. Just a little larger than PL BOW 02

PL VEIL 01 Long plain silk tulle cut edge Veil.