Front view, modeled so nicely by my vintage Acme fully adjustable “living” dress form. 🙂
Bodice front
Another bodice pic. I tried to get those sparkly star effect thingys happening with the light prisming through the crystals, but obviously my photography skills aren’t up to snuff, and I wasn’t about to Photoshop them in.
So there we have it. Six yards of silk chiffon + silk peau de soie bodice embroidered with freshwater pearls, Swarovski crystals, silk flowers, japanese seed beads + petticoats and a variety of supporting layers = one completed prom dress. I had a lot of fun!!!
Mezzo Couture 
Just gorgeous! I hope she had a wonderful time!
That is just one awesomely amazing dress! You did a fabulous job!
Awesome dress!! How gorgeous E must have looked on prom night.
Amazing! This is a work of art. Hats off to you!
Wow, spectacular!!! That is utterly amazing! Lucky lucky girl!! 🙂
What a fun dress! I’d love to undertake a gown like this but at the moment don’t know any prom-going teenagers. The silk panel print is amazing, and I can “see” how sparkly the crystals are.
I bet E was the belle of the ball! What a lucky girl to have you as a friend 🙂 🙂
wow, it is absolutely gorgeous and so different than any other prom dresses I have seen.
Wow, how absolutely stunning! This is a work of art! I’ll bet the lucky recipient looked absolutely gorgeous in this beauty!
Oh oh oh oh oh…. You clever wonderful mum. It was worth every single sneak peak post and then some. Please can we see it on your gorgeous girl too? Please pretty please?
Well, it was for a friend’s daughter, and she didn’t want to model it when I delivered it, hence my dress form as model!
Such a gorgeous dress!!You are so very talented!
It looks amazing. What a lot of work.
Fabric post: June 5; Finale post: June 15. Just. Amazing. Your niece should now address you as Saint TiaDia. Or at least, Your Majesty.
hahahaha! Well, when I like a project, I guess everything else falls by the wayside. I think I’ve done a lot of grumbling about looking after the kids and feeding people, etc., etc., since I started it!
Wow absolutely breath taking.
wow, what a great job you’ve done. I love that edge print. You’ve earned soooo many good karma points making this teenage girl so happy, good for you!
WOW! It’s really stunning! She will treasure it forever.
Simply Breathtaking. Brava!
A masterpiece!
Gorgeous! A girl can have so many treasured memories from the big night- this will definitely be one of them. I’m so glad you shared this work with us!
A magnificent dress, and I have followed the development of tension. A perfect job!
Truly amazing. The work on the bodice is spectacularand correspond pefectly the flowers of the skirt. I gues it is stillmore beautiful in the real life. And you were so quick. Congratulations
What a lucky girl-she will be a princess for the evening. It’s truly a gorgeous dress!
Wow! She is bound to be the “belle of the ball.” What a lot of work, but it looks gorgeous.
Wow. Just… wow.
She will truly have a dress to remember.
So beautiful. That is one lucky girl.
Beautiful dress. What a wonderful friend you are to go through all that work for her daughter.
Spectacular!