"I'm wearing Megan O'Neal"

My roommate is determined that I will design her wedding dress one day so when I found out our blog assignment for this week I decided to ask what she hopes her dress will look like. I did my best to apply everything she asked for to my design along with adding my own personal touches and ideas of what I believe would look best. She said on her wedding day when everyone says, "Where did you get your dress?" she will say, "I'm wearing Megan O'Neal haute couture." (I tought her what haute couture meant.)

For this design I was going for simple, sophisticated, and princess with a modern touch all in one. There of course is crinline under the skirt to help give it volume. The skirt of the gown is made of white charmeuse satin which gives it a smooth and shiny look. It is also bunched every four inches and accented with tiny rhinestones to catch the light when it moves. This skirt is a high waisted skirt so it comes to the ribs and is topped off with a pastel pink satin ribbon, which draws more attention to the chest and takes focus off the hips. I thought that it would be nice for the bride's bouquet to include some light pink roses with rhinestone accents to compliment the dress.

The pink satin ribbon falls just below the breast and is wide which creates a slimming allusion and brings more attention the to waist. It ties at the small of the back in a big hanging bow. Under the bow, is where you would attach the train. The train is nine feet long and is made with the same material of the dress. Running down the middle of the train is a lace overlay. I used the same lace that I will use on the front of the dress in the middle of the breast part to create the effect of a corset look. The back of the dress also looks like a corset because the waist of the skirt falls just above the hips. I have included pictures of the material I would use below.

The main material for the dress:
white charmeuse satin.

The white lace for the overlay on

the front and the train.

The pink satin for the ribbon.