3 dresses into 1

A cautionary and then success tale about buying a beautiful dress online for ONLY $12.00. Story told with client’s permission.

Studio pictures by Micheal Lanz Photography. https://www.lanzartstudioofphotography.com

This is the dress she thought she was buying.

Quite lovely and full!

This is what she got. She wisely bought a second one right away.

She had this one also, as a “back-up”.

I took all three dresses apart.

Using every scrap of fabric available, I started to piece a new dress together. She chose the longer of the sleeves I had sampled for her.

All three dresses have been combined at this point. Now to give it personal touches

The first pass at making the sleeves.

With an insert, the sleeves became much more dramatic and full.

Then to make her trim. We started out with some ribbon and rhinestones she had.

I sewed the ribbon to a stabilizer and then carefully trimmed around the design for her waistband. I also hand sewed the rhinestones on in a pattern that the bride had designed.

I used lots of fray check on the edges of the now cut off ribbon and made this into trim around the bottom hem of the dress and the sleeves.

Looking pretty good even without the bride in it!

The dress waiting for the big day in the custom garment bag made for it.

She was all smiles at the way her 3 in 1 dress turned out!

Photos by:: Micheal Lanz https://www.lanzartstudioofphotography.com

A close-up of the custom designed and hand stitched trim.

Photos by:: Micheal Lanz https://www.lanzartstudioofphotography.com