Fashion & Beauty

Bridal designer reveals…my secret wedding dress

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The popular designer, who’s dressed A-listers like Beyoncé and Taylor Swift and sold more than 50,000 bridal gowns, poses in her New York studio with pieces of a wedding dress she made a decade ago and has been secretly saving for herself. “It was so chic, it was so elegant,” she says. “It was ahead of its day.”
The popular designer, who’s dressed A-listers like Beyoncé and Taylor Swift and sold more than 50,000 bridal gowns, poses in her New York studio with pieces of a wedding dress she made a decade ago and has been secretly saving for herself. “It was so chic, it was so elegant,” she says. “It was ahead of its day.” Rene Cervantes
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Acra sewed the intricate embroidery with a needle and thread for her bridal line, but found the design so breathtaking that she pulled it from the collection and saved it for herself.
Acra sewed the intricate embroidery with a needle and thread for her bridal line, but found the design so breathtaking that she pulled it from the collection and saved it for herself. Rene Cervantes
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A sketch and fabric pieces from the stunning wedding gown have been kept tucked inside this box (right), and hidden inside a locked closet of Acra’s Chelsea home for the last 10 years.
A sketch and fabric pieces from the stunning wedding gown have been kept tucked inside this box (right), and hidden inside a locked closet of Acra’s Chelsea home for the last 10 years. Rene Cervantes