The Dress

Beautiful Adelia Lune Rue de Seine gown.

What they say:
Adelia Lune is the bohemian wedding gown you will never want to take off. Effortlessly cool, this long sleeve style is simple, sexy and timeless. Hand knotted fringe accentuates the beautiful bell sleeves and an unmistakable lace design is fitted through the body and flares out into a full skirt and train.

What I say:
I was always looking for something a little bit different as I'm not a traditional bridal kind of girl - you're most likely to find me in jeans and t's and I never thought I'd find 'the one'. As soon as I put this on, I never wanted to take it off. It was so comfy and was a perfect combination of everything I thought wasn't possible - cool, edgy, romantic, boho, relaxed, sexy, fashionable, classic, flattering, chic and feminine. I got so many compliments during our wedding and after, and it made me feel so slim and tall (I'm only 5ft 3) plus I wore the silk slip that went underneath the embroidered top layer (they come as separates) for the after party the day after - so it's two in one (see my profile pic for reference!)!

As with all worn wedding dresses, there is some dirt at the bottom, but I'm happy to get a dry clean at the price quoted, or if you'd rather do it yourself I can take some money off the dress. Couple of minor tears to the tulle at the bottom seam - it's obviously not noticeable as where it is but I'll happily provide pictures.

I'm a size 8-10 32D, but Rue comes up big, so I got the 8 and it was taken in to be a '6' (which is actually probably a UK 8). I'm 5ft 3 and was wearing Aquazzura heals of 10cm and the dress was ground level as you can see on the pictures. There is a small train but there is also a strap for you to put around your hand which means you can dance the night away so easily. it's also incredibly light and we had our reception at a pub, so it's very versatile. You don't need to wear a bra, it's nice and snug and there are hidden buttons in the straps to hold everything in place.

Paid £3225 and I'm UK based (I tried looking into shipping a second-hand dress from NZ/AUS but it was so expensive with taxes and duties didn't make it worth it!)

Didn't see the point in putting pics of the Rue models on here - you can google if you want to see how they've styled it up but I think it's more helpful to see on a real bride! Wedding video which hopefully shows it off even more in case you wanted to really see how it moved (https://vimeo.com/321046819)

Comes with single layer veil (as shown in pictures) worth £110.

Any questions, do ask :)

Alterations

See above. Was mainly the waist and length.