I always wanted the ball gown tulle type of dress, since I was a little girl. I tried on many variations of this dress. Short sleeves, long sleeves, tank, and strapless tops. I loved the strapless look, however, it was "frowned upon" to have bare shoulders in church.

Then I found "THE DRESS"! It was a strapless dress, but had a bolero jacket to be worn over your shoulders for the ceremony. I loved the jacket because it was very delicate and sheer with appliqués on it, and didn't cover the dress at all, just accented it. My dress had a cathedral length train, with appliqués down the back, which required a French bustle. The bottom was satin cord edging, and the top part of the dress was satin with appliqués all over, and the button down back. I wore opera length matte gloves to accent the strapless dress.