The Dress

This stunning dress is a completely custom made couture gown by Pallas Couture. The bodice is modelled off the Princess Amorette cut from their Destinee Collection. Hand stitched French lace flowers create the straps.

Measurements:

Bust 87cm

Under bust (just underneath bust where bra would be) 76cm

Waist 66 cm

Hip (belt area) 85 cm

Hip (around widest bum area) 94 cm

Heel - 7cm heel

Height - 170 cm

The gown was $12,250 AUD and the three meter tulle veil was $750 AUD. The veil can be cut shorter if you wish. The skirt of this gown is completely custom made. For the ceremony I wore a $2000 AUD detachable tulle skirt, with hand stitched matching lace at the waist to create a seamless line with the bodice. This is gorgeous when the sunlight filters through as you can catch a glimpse of your legs through the tulle. It makes you feel like an utter princess whilst being a modern and elegant cut with the heaviness in the tulle at the back of the skirt as opposed to the sides. The gown, detachable tulle skirt and veil are included in the sale.

This skirt can then be removed later in the evening for the reception to reveal a sheath dress with a small and elegant train which can be pinned up for dancing. Perfect for enjoying the rest of your big day without the hassle of metres of tulle, or having to source a second reception dress. This under skirt was designed by the team at Pallas Couture based on their most recent collection which has a racier sensibility with sheer fabrics and figure hugging silhouettes. The effect is a mini dress covered in hand stitched lace with an art deco feel, this then fades into translucent tulle until the bottom of the full length skirt, where lace and hand stitched flowers tendril up from the lower edges of the gown. This design combines the feel of wearing a shorter reception dress whilst still actually being in a full length gown.

I had a wonderful evening in this gown, and my guests were blown away by it. It is hard to tell from the photos but this dress actually sparkles like a diamond in the sunlight.

I am the second person to wear this dress. It has been very well looked after and cared for and has literally only been wore for two days and tried on a handful of times. I have had the dress professionally dry cleaned for $450 so it is in amazing condition and it comes in the original Pallas dress bag.

There are some very small holes in the detachable tulle tutu. As there are so many tulle layers they are hard to find or see.