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...