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ColumnA narrow silk-crepe column with a boat neck and a back open to the waist.
- Cloth
- Silk crepe, 4-ply, undyed
- Hours
- 132
Wedding dresses made in a one-room atelier in Ljubljana - the cloth, the hours by hand and the fittings behind each one.
A narrow silk-crepe column with a boat neck and a back open to the waist.
Six layers of silk tulle over a plain bodice, cut so it moves before she does.
Silk organza with sleeves gathered by hand, on a body that stays quiet.
Bias-cut silk satin with nothing on it, which is the hardest thing to make.
Her mother's duchesse satin, out of a box after thirty-six years, recut to her.
A wool-crepe wedding coat over a plain slip, for a January afternoon.
Her grandmother's corded lace, cut apart motif by motif and rejoined onto new tulle.
A cropped silk top and a high-waisted skirt, so half of it gets worn again.
Short, plain, silk, with sleeves. Made in five weeks for a Thursday morning.
A plain column with a silk cape that comes off after the ceremony.