How to make a wedding dress - Part 5 - 2nd fitting and shoot

It's been over a month since we shot Katrin in the completed dress, but Ferris is worth waiting for (by the way, she is a very talented wedding photographer). It was an extremely hot and humid day, and we shot Katrin in the dress in Ferris' apartment in Brooklyn. Katrin's mom was starving but she hung out like a champ, and we locked up Katrin's fiance in the other room so he wouldn't see the dress. We put Ferris' white comforter on the ground because I wanted the backdrop to be white so that the tulle would stand out.

I took some extra tulle and made a makeshift veil for the shoot, which Katrin and her mom liked so much that I will likely be repeating it for the actual wedding in August. I made Ferris take off the necklace and bracelet from J.Crew that she was wearing and put it on Katrin. She put some makeup on, and her shoes for the wedding, and Ferris shot some images. She looks absolutely gorgeous, n'est-ce pas?

I pinned the tulle to her hair, bunching it up to mimic the dress.

Back detail. The fabric is sheer with little crinkles in it. There is just the one layer on the shoulder straps, and the bodice and skirt are lined.

Skirt detail. I hand sewed the tucks in the skirt.

The over skirt consisted of gold colored tulle with some peach colored tulle mixed in to heighten the three dimensionality. The straps are a little loose here -- I shortened them after the shoot.

Me and Katrin.