the 11th hour...

It is the home stretch with my first wedding dress of 2011.  It has been a collaborative process between myself and the bride for the past six months.  With only three weeks left to the big day, last night we changed the dress all over again. 

Am I mad?  Hells no!

The Wedding Gown is the ultimate dress in a woman's lifetime, and with such ultimateness the beauty, romance, and fairy tale of this special day need to be translated through this dress.
 
I've been reassured that on occasion these last fittings can have drastic changes.  It can be anything from the bride going down a dress size, to realizing a greater vision of what we really want.  With this gown, we've gone from an elaborate seventeen layer skirt to a more demure seven.  We've learned through this process what flatters best, what looks the most elegant, and what makes our bride smile.

And this is what we want the most, for Michele to smile all day and into the late late hours of the night.