The Kept Girl Bridal Gown

Size	Bust (in)	Waist (in)
3XS	29	23
XXS	31	25
XS	33	27
S	35	29
M	37	31
L	39	33
XL	41	35
XXL	43.5	37.5
1X	46	40
2X	49	43
3X	52	46
4X	55	49

They dressed her in white, arranged her ribbons, and told her that she must remain beautiful forever. And so she did. Through the slow passing of years, through the silence of empty rooms and the gathering of dust upon everything once familiar, she remained immaculate, untouched, and terribly, terribly still. The Kept Girl Bridal Gown is a haunting vision of innocence preserved beyond its natural life, its exquisite ivory finery recalling the porcelain perfection of an antique doll, or the spectral loveliness of a young bride who has never quite been permitted to leave. There is something deeply unsettling in such pristine beauty, a suggestion of tenderness turned possessive, of devotion becoming captivity, of something precious kept so carefully that it has ceased to belong to the living world.

Cotton bridal gown with curtain front skirt
Boned bodice with underwired cups
Corseted closure at back of bodice
Lace trims throughout
Ties down the lower part of the sleeve
Elasticated shoulder
Fully lined

And what becomes of a beautiful thing that is never allowed to change? The flowers are replaced before they wither, the ribbons are tied afresh, the white fabric remains immaculate, and still the years pass unnoticed beyond the door. Somewhere between a cherished possession and a restless apparition, she lingers in all her exquisite, unsettling innocence. A gown like a beautiful little ghost story, where the most terrible fate of all is not to vanish, but to be kept forever.