Jennifer Stemm wears a strapless ballgown with a V-notched bodice from Anne Barge.
COVID postponements — and a desire for comfort — are promp�ng brides to ree amine their choice of wedding gown.
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dd wedding dresses to the list of coronavirus casualties. With so many weddings postponed because of the pandemic, brides are swapping the dresses they bought pre-COVID-19 for something that better reflects their tastes or plans today. “The last few years have been pretty weird to say the least,” acknowledges wedding dress designer and couturière Harper Della-Piana. At her bridal studio, Seams Couture in Providence, Della-Piana often sees brides who bought their dresses early in the planning process, then delayed
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their weddings, only to conclude that their original gown is no longer “the one.” “Many are rethinking their approach,” says DellaPiana. “There were so many dresses bought long ago that some brides have had buyer’s remorse.” She says she has worked with brides to reinvent dresses, whether that meant adding sleeves or removing sleeves, or adding a high neck. But she says that even when brides downgraded their guest list dramatically or canceled overseas weddings, she saw no reason to rethink the dress of their dreams. “Why dull it down?” she asks rhetorically.
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By Andrea E . M cHugh
