The boning channels are badly pressed and pulling, the lining is clearly a different size from the shell fabric, and they didn’t even have the decency to cover the busk (yes, I know some people like the look, but this is being sold as a *wedding gown*, not a fetish corset. Anyone who is going for this specifically for the corset aspect of the look will likely know that this part can be easily changed).

If this is what the dressmaker considers good enough work to be used as their chosen advertisement I would be deeply wary of their “typical” offerings.

Puckers are fine if you’re a hobbyist, or trying out a pattern for the first time, but if you’re charging the kind of money a “bridal designer” is going to demand you’d best know your way around an iron and some basting thread.

There are SCADS of corset makers out there who can and do regularly use far more difficult fabrics in considerably more intricate arrangements for flawless and beautiful pieces of corsetry engineered precisely to the wearer’s measurements. And all without the price tag bloat associated with the word “bridal”.

It’s still a beautiful design, and would make many a bride in want of sleeves very happy – but at that price, I’d be hoping for a professionally-produced pattern. In fact, I’d be insisting on it. I made my SIL’s wedding dress, and neither the boned princess seams in her satin bodice, nor the boned princess seams in her crystal organza trained jacket, had puckers, so it IS possible.

@sterlingspider What in particular is bothering you with regard to the construction? I’m very curious to hear comments from someone I know is an expert.

@Kristin Silk long johns FTW! Who’s going to know, after all, unless one is having a garter toss. And even then, in a climate where people are accustomed to wearing long johns, I imagine it would be a source of much humor.

Still, though: sleeves are wonderful. And that dress is lovely, although I would have to sell a kidney to afford it.