I hope you have a spare pair of underthings at the ready, because after this post about Dana's infathomably gorgeous hand-crafted steampunk wedding dress, you're going to need to go change yourself. I mean, OBVIOUSLY everyone at this wedding looked like they just stepped out of some neo-Victorian psychedlic wet-dream, saturated in rich colors and brass baubles and amazingness. But the bride's dress was crafted from an old prom dress and a parachute — the story simply must be shared, straight from the bride's mouth. I'm going to let Dana take it away from here! -Ariel

I pulled inspiration from many different photos and then drew up what I wanted. I enjoy drawing out what I want to wear and then seeing how close I can make it! It's a great challenge for my sewing skills. Some of the pictures I pulled from were models and some were fantasy art works. I found this dress years ago that I wanted to make that was made out of what looked like canvas. Later I found out that it was made from old Vietnam war era parachutes. The new parachutes are made from nylon and are really hard to dye — not to mention are usually green, orange or white to start off with — so it took some digging to find the silk versions. I found the silk ones that we used on a military surplus website.

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