Nicole as Adele

 Adele's gown is comprised of 4 dresses.  The bodice came from the lavender dress, in the middle.  Grey velvet trim was removed and lavender, off the shoulder straps were added with beaded detail.

The skirt came from the lavender dress, on the left.  The same beaded fringe that was added to the shoulder straps was added to accentuate each tier of the skirt.

We got 2 of the same dress, pictured on the right, donated from sisters in the same wedding.  The skirts were cut open and used as the train, while the bodices were connected and manipulated into the top of the bustle.  A lavender shawl was cut in half  and added as side panels.  White wedding dress lace was applied for decor.  Finally, stock white fabric and roses were added to bring a pop of color...

Tressa's Dress

Tressa's green dress was easy to build off the dark green 2 piece, on the left.  The only thing done to the bodice was the addition of beaded fringe off the shoulder straps.

The skirt from the emerald dress, on the right, was turned into the train, with some remnant burgundy fabric fluffed and gathered to make the bustle.  Burgundy flowers and green ribbons were tucked into for decoration...

Amanda's Dress

Amanda's started with this basic navy blue 2 piece dress.  Beads and rhinestones were sewn onto the bust line and front hem of the bodice.

The skirt got a light blue dyed lace and bead cut out from a 1980s wedding dress (not pictured).  Plus, stock grey fabric was pleated and added to the hemline.

A silver vest with long front panels was built out of stock fabric to add a contrast in color.  Small lace was added as trim.

For the train, the same light blue dyed wedding dress was used--showing off the lace cut-outs.

The bustle utilized the same silver fabric, from the vest.  Navy blue ribbons and light blue flowers were placed on the bustle for some more dimension...

Emily as Rosalinda

Rosalinda's dress was very easy to create.  The dress, above, was ready to roll, for the most part.  Shoulder straps of recycled hyacinth flowers, from a discounted Christmas wreath, and rhinestones were attached.  Then, all we needed was the bustle...

The skirt, from the middle black dress, was used as a base with the red shawl, from the dress on the left, used as a topper.  To dress up the red shawl, black and silver beaded trim, from the mother-of-the-bride dress, on the right, was used...

Mary's Dress

For Mary's dress, we tried dying a contemporary wedding dress, but ran into too many issues with having to take in the dress too much and the dye being inconsistant.  

This orange dress, brought in at the 11th hour,  didn't really need to be changed, too much.  Shear fabric was added as cap sleeves and a wedding dress under skirt was utilized as  the train.

The bustle took shape from the dress's original shawl and some stock copper fabric.  Lace cut outs were added to the shawl and stock lace was tucked under to add depth.  Finally, some flowers were added to bring in some more color...

Rachel's Dress

For Rachel's dress, we really wanted to use the 1980s layered purple and pink dress.  Playing off the lace on the bodice, remnant lace was swagged across the front of the dress and gathered in the back to help build the train.  

The underskirt utilized the lavender skirt, that was left over from the bodice, from the dress on the right, that was used for Nicole's dress. The top piece of the bustle was taken from a 1980s wedding dress and dyed lavender.

A simple lace shawl was created and used as a shoulder cover...

Leah's Dress

Leah's dress began its transformation from this basic raspberry strapless one piece.  First, we separated the bodice and added tabs, adorn with gold tassels, to the hem line.  The skirt was, also, trimmed with the hold tassels, along the hem line.

Stock iridescent gold and raspberry fabric became the underskirt and train.  It also was utilized as cap sleeves, along with the gold tassel trim.

The bustle was created with more of the gold/raspberry fabric, stock gold remnants, and gold fringe....

Ali's Dress

Ali's dress started with the train on the silver dress, on the left.  The front of the dress had already been, horribly hacked up for a different project, but the embroidered train was still in tact!

For the bodice, the lavender bodice from the 2 piece on the left was used as a base.  A second lavender dress (not pictured), covered in small lace strips was used as the skirt and some of the lace was transfered to the bodice.  Pleated shoulder straps were also added.

Wanting to not take anything from the train, a simple purple and lavender bow was added to the bustle...

Megan's Dress

Megan's dress started with the gun metal 2-piece, in the upper right corner.  To build off the halter strap, light grey shoulder straps were added with a very light stock shear silver layer.  Rhinestones were added to the bustle to help play with the tone-on-tone embroidery.

Using the same gun metal dress for the under skirt, we cut the top off of the burgundy dress, in the upper left corner, and draped it as the over skirt.  It was gathered to give it some volume and dimension.  To add depth, the burgundy velvet dress, in the lower right corner, was draped and tucked into the gathers of the over skirt.

The bustle was created by using the shawl of the dress, in the upper left corner.  Ribbon loops were created by sewing stock grey and burgundy ribbons together.  The same shear silver fabric from the shoulder straps was utilized to add a lightness and some movement.

The train utilized a skirt, similar to the white gown, in the lower left corner.  A light grey/silver skirt was cut open  and tucked up into the bustle, allowed to pool onto the floor...