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    Somethingsoright    October 29, 2011   New York

    I was married on 10.29 wearing Justin Alexander 8334.  I love love love my dress!! 

    My husband and I are honeymooning in April and just bought tickets to a black tie event for the first night of our honeymoon - starting things off swanky!!  I have a fantasy that I might be able to work with a seamstress to alter my dress to a formal gown that I can wear to the event, would love to come full circle like that.  My seamstress for alterations was a nightmare, my worst vendor, so she's out.  I live in NYC, figure if there's anywhere that I might be able to make this happen it could be here.  Any ideas on turning a wedding dress into a ball gown?  Anyone know any amazing seamstresses in the NYC area who might be excited to work on a project like this?  I would love to hear any ideas you all might have!!!

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    nicolethegrrr8    June 18, 2011   Charleston, SC

    I love your dress, and I think it would look gorgeous as a formal gown. Have you thought about maybe just changing the color of the gown and not doing any alterations?

     
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    Somethingsoright    October 29, 2011   New York

    I hadn't thought of that, but it could totally work!  Do you know how one goes about getting a wedding dress dyed?

     
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    Ivorybuttons    September 22, 2012   Canada

    @nicolethegrrr8:  That was exactly what I was thinking, that the OP could dye it since it's not too poufy or heavily beaded to wear in another colour as a formal dress.

    A quick google search yielded these results.  Interesting!

    http://younghouselove.com/2008/10/i-wanted-to-dye/

    http://intimatedyeing.com/wedding-dress-dyeing-service.html

     

     

     

     

     

     
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    Somethingsoright    October 29, 2011   New York

    Super suggestions - totally contacted the dyeing service in the second link.  Thank you!!

     

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