Absolutely gorgeous, gently used San Patrick ERESMA wedding dress. Size 14. Purchased in Dec 2015 for my April 2016 wedding.
This dress is in the optic white color, not the off white/ivory. Some wedding dresses I looked at I found the white option was waaay too white, like an almost blue white. That is absolutely NOT the case with this dress! It is a beautiful bright white that looks especially nice if you have tanned or olive skin like I do.
I added a corset back to this dress as I preferred the look of it. This is actually a benefit to any bride interested in making this incredible dress your own, because it cuts down the need for lots of alterations if you are roughly my size!! The corset gives you several inches of flexibility either way, as there is a very wide modesty panel in the back. A week before my wedding day my measurements were 38" bust, 33" waist, 42" hips. I am also a 36DD, so no cups were added or else I would have been spilling out of the top of the dress. If you aren't as busty then cups can easily be sewn in to the dress and you can avoid having to wear any undergarments, as this dress has some great structure to it and really keeps you in it when you are all laced up! I could have had it taken in a few inches through the hips but in the end I found that there was the right amount of room for me to walk, dance and sit! Given that it is a corset, you have the option of tying it a bit tighter during the ceremony and letting it out a bit during the reception if you prefer so that you can sit down and breathe better! :)
This designer makes this dress in a standard hollow to hem measurement of 60" when you order it from any bridal gallery. I spent the extra 200.00 to order a custom hem on this dress by submitting a hollow to hem measurement of 56" (-4 inches ... refer to pic of tag) I am 5'5", and I wore flip flops for my beach wedding, and I found that I could have ordered it an inch or possibly two shorter and still had it completely workable for me on my wedding day given that I was in flats, we were married on the beach and sinking a bit in the sand, and given the beautiful bottom on the dress. Any extra length I had wasn't noticeable at all, it just gave the appearance of it being a bit more fuller and billowy. But if you are wanting or planning to wear heels of any kind, simply chose the heel height and have a seamstress do a H2H measurement for you and you will know if this will work for you. Also, adding more crinoline (although it doesn't need it, but some brides do) or even taking a little bit away will also alter the length slightly, plus or minus about an inch.
This dress has been fully dry cleaned right after the wedding to ensure the best cleaning possible! There are three very small stains on the inside of the dress and a little bit of damage that I will explain in detail.
The lining underneath the crinoline that sits against your skin has a very small yellow stain (pea size) and also a tear, and the underneath of the front of the dress has another very small dark spot (even smaller than a pea!:) that did not come out with dry cleaning. None of these are noticeable when the dress is on since they are all on the inside, so its a non issue.
The bottom of the dress in the very front has 2 the organza "petals" that have slight damage/stretch to them. They are at the very front, and they are the layer right at the bottom of the dress, but they also have other layers that fall right over top which makes it almost impossible to notice unless your face is right near the bottom of the dress. It took me a long time to come across them when I was carefully examining the dress after the wedding. I have included one close up pic of the "worst" one, but please email me as I have lot of pics of this to show that the other layers naturally fall over top and hide this very well and make almost impossible to see.
I am trying to describe this as best as possible because want to be as clear and super detailed about the condition of this dress so you know what you are purchasing, but please don't think that the dress is not extremely beautiful and ready to wear because of these two small areas, because that's NOT the case at all! Last summer I went looking for this dress online before my wedding but I was unable to find any bride that was selling the size and color combination I wanted, but I loved the dress so much that I splurged and bought it new. I would have been completely thrilled to have found the dress in this exact condition, and would have been happy to wear it on my wedding day just as it is right now ... and even more so with the savings involved of not having to buy it new, and possibly saving hundreds of dollars of alterations as well!
I will also include a dress bag that I purchased and used to carry it on the plane to our destination wedding, and an extra brand new dress bag and canvas tote bag that was given to me by a friend that I never used. I also have the extra buttons and sequins that came with the dress, and the buttons and zipper that was removed in the event that you may be interested in putting it back in. I have no idea if it's possible, but you are welcome to it all.
Shipping to the USA and Canada only. This is not included in the purchase price. Cost will depend on where you live as I will charge only what it costs me to ship it to you, but I suspect it will be no more than 50.00 including insurance, but possibly less.
Please email me with any other questions and if you would like me to send more pics!!