Wedding diary: gown fitting – Dec 07′

One of the fittings while up in Truckee. You can almost see the pins still in the back awaiting the final fitting to adjust the pleating. I was trying on the mask I modified. I painted the leather mask I bought at the Dickens Christmas fair to look like a birdie :) I initially pleated the back on my “Uniquely you” while she was wearing my stays and had my then fianceé and his mother help adjust the pleating for the final fit.

Full back at the wedding while dancing:

I really like how I was spinning enough for pretty striped lining to show in this photograph.

Another of the back: