The Dress

The Airlia dress by Ines Di Santo is absolutely stunning! It's a strapless dress with a sweetheart neckline and beautiful white lace appliques over an ivory fabric. The mermaid has multiple layers of tulle and a long chapel style train. This dress was purchased at a designer sample boutique for $3,000, which was marked down significantly from the original price of $8,000. I really loved wearing this dress on my wedding day! It is so feminine and elegant, yet was still comfortable to wear all day. I hope you enjoy it as much as I did!

This dress was altered from size 12 to a street size 2. It was taken in to fit my bust, waist and hips and the length was altered to 5'4 with shoes (I'm 5'3 and only wore a 1" heel). I had the ruffles along the neckline completely removed to emphasize the sweetheart neckline. The original dress had a tulle canopy that gave the mermaid an extreme flare, which was too overwhelming with my height. I had the tulle canopy removed from under the mermaid bottom so the bottom of the dress would lay more naturally. A bustle was added to the back.