Designer Description of the dress: This decadent designer modified mermaid gown from the Martina Liana collection has a body-hugging sweetheart bodice with blocks of asymmetrical pleats and ruching at the neckline and bust.The fit-and-flare skirt features box pleat accents just above the knee. With a zipper closure under a strand of Silk-covered buttons that grace the mid-back of the dress down through the chapel train.
I wore this dress for only the ceremony, through pictures and for the first part of my reception before a changed into a traditional gown from my husbands culture. Minor hemline stained on the underneath side - I have pictures if you would like to see them.