Premiering today, the American Beauty inspired a bride-to-be who's renewing her vows on Sunday February 14, and she bought 6 of the American Beauty red dresses for her bridesmaids!
That alone was pretty inspiring to get me off the red carpet for just a brief moment to get a design out. It's not my dream dress, but it's definitely someone's dream dress, and I added detailing to the American Beauty to make it a stunning classic romantic bridal gown.
The fabric is a jacquard (JAH kurd or correctly in French zhuh KAR), a special kind of woven fabric that creates a raised pattern almost like embossing. While damask (DAH musk) is very flat and also contains special weaving that produces a pattern, it's reversible with one feature of the pattern in a high shine satin, and the other part of the pattern in a dull sheen. Jacquard is not satiny or high shine, but is basically a 3D weave made on a special loom created by Joseph Marie Jacquard.
The dress is a combination of a rose pattern jacquard in ivory with a complementary rose patterned organza, a stiffer sheer woven often with a very subtle sheen. The bodice, glitch, skirt, flexi skirt, gloves, and one of the trains with large bow trim are all in jacquard. The roses on the neckline and atop the gloves are in a sheer rose patterned organza as well as the bow train for the A-line flexi skirt and the large ceremonial overskirt. The train is shorter and narrower, yet still provides a formal touch.
The store has an ad board with more perspectives of this dress.
This dress is available in virginal white upon request :) As if, lol.....
