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Collette Dinnigan
US$650 • Save 61%
- AU$2,590
- -AU$1,590
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- AU$1,000 Total in AUD
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This dress is part of Collette Dinnigan's spring Secret Garden Collection from 2010. This dress is exquisitely hand-made by artisans of the trade.
The dress has a divine vintage feel to it featuring French antique lace that is layered across the bodice. The bodice leads into a silk taffeta skirt. The fit is such that it flows out nicely without turning you into a 'cupcake bride'. I had the dress altered to have a very simple/small train to it so when you walk there is a flow/glide to the dress. Features a concealed zip/hook and eyelet closure on the side-seam of the dress. The dress is fully-lined.
The dress is ivory in colour and fits a size 8 with the alterations I had done. Please note, with alterations the dress can be expanded width ways to accommodate a larger size of roughly the same height ( I am 163cm tall and wore 5-inch heels on the day).
I saw this dress on the Collette Dinnigan website in 2010 and flew to Melbourne immediately. It was the very last one they had left at her South Yarra store on Chapel Street. I wore it on my wedding day in 2011 for a garden wedding.
The dress was worn just once for my wedding day and dry-cleaned straight after by the best dry cleaner in Brisbane. It is in immaculate condition except for some light dirt marks at the very bottom of the train that could not be removed.
At full-price, I paid $2590. In addition, I paid $300 for alterations at Paddington Brides, Paddington and $300 for dry-cleaning and boxing at Leon's Fine Dry Cleaners in Woolloongabba.
Upon purchase you will receive the dress in its current box from Leon's Fine Dry Cleaners.
I felt beautiful in this dress on my wedding day and it was very easy to accessorise for the occasion.
I am located in Toowoomba however I can arrange to meet in Brisbane or the Gold Coast also. Additionally, I am happy to post the dress if required.
I hope to sell this dress to another bride who wants to feel as beautiful as I did on my wedding day.
Thank you for looking at my listing! Should you require any further information or photographs, please do not hesitate to contact me.
Details of alterations/marks:
The dress was labelled a size small from Collette Dinnigan which is approximately a size 10 Australian. I am a size 8 and consequently had the dress altered to fit me at Paddington Brides, Paddington Brisbane. The seamstress was amazing at Paddington brides and expertly altered the dress. It is easily alterable again because of the back seam she added to the bodice. In short, the seamstress did not cut anything out of the dress width and instead, tucked it into the seam. This alteration is not bulky though so if it fits you as is, it would not need alteration. The skirt of the dress was altered in this fashion also. Additionally, I am 163cm tall and wore 5-inch Christian Louboutin heels and the dress was cut down in length to accommodate me. We did not remove a lot of length as I liked the longer look. There is also a curved (slight) train cut into the dress so it walks-well.
Given we were married in a park, there are some minor but permanent dirt marks that happen with heels on grass. The dress was dry-cleaned and boxed by Leon's Fine Dry Cleaners in Woolloongabba.
Details
- Condition: Used
- Dry Cleaned: Yes
- Color family: Ivory
- Fabric: Taffetta
- Year: 2016
Seller Sally
- Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia
- Email verified
- Last active 6 years ago
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