Photo: Amber Gress Photography, Courtesy Taylor Popik
A wedding gown is one of life’s most memorable clothing pieces. That’s whyTaylor Popikwanted to wear it again to relive the magic – just not in the way you’d think.
For her wedding last August, the bride wore a Tony Ward Bridal Gown (which she bought at theSay Yes to the Dress-famous Kleinfeld Bridal) designed with romantic petal appliqué and a mermaid silhouette that cascaded into a voluminous train. It was, for Popik, meant to be.
“It was one of those destiny things. I tried on three dresses, but I knew the Tony Ward was the one, and we said ‘yes’ on my first fitting,” she toldInsiderabout finding the gown.
Popik later took followers on her DIY journey through a series of TikToks that have since garnered over three millions views.
In thefirst videoPopik shared that her wedding dress cost over $5,000 and that she was ready to alter it into a mini cocktail dress for her Italian honeymoon. She captioned the video, “this is your sign to CHOP IT girls!!!”
After followers requested to see the final product, Popik revealed the dress with a slideshow of before and after photos replicating her wedding day photoshoot. In another, she showedhow she’s going to style the now-mini dress, posing in a chic cream blazer, a pair of silver lace up heels and a cool blinged out handbag.
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She then posted a TikTokexplaining why she made the unconventional fashion move.
“I was debating preserving it but I have a feeling my daughter, if I have one one day, will not want to wear my 35-year-old wedding dress,” she said of her original plan. “I decided to repurpose it [and] chop it short so I can rewear it.”
As for the remaining fabric, Popik is thinking of other ways to get crafty. “I have so much fabric left that I think I’m going to save some of it and then I’m going to do something else with the rest of it,” she toldInsider.
source: people.com
