Bridal dress with 50,000+ crystals sets new Guinness World Record
What's the story
A modest yet incredibly sparkling wedding dress astonished the crowd at the Si Sposaitalia Collezioni fashion show held in Milan, Italy, last month.
The audience erupted in thunderous applause as model Marche Gelany Cav-alcante walked the ramp wearing the Michela Ferriero label's bridal gown.
Now, designer Ferriero has created a new Guinness World Record for reportedly embroidering over 50,000 Swarovski crystals onto the dress.
Details
Bridal gown embellished with 50,890 crystals
The gorgeous bridal gown is embellished with 50,890 crystals, according to Guinness World Records.
After four months of preparation, the outfit was shown at the Si Sposaitalia Collezioni fashion show in Milan on April 14.
It was reportedly created by the premium Michela Ferriero bridal fashion label, and it took its team over 200 hours to hand-stitch the crystals onto the gown's transparent fabric.
Making
Outfit made in partnership with pattern makers
The outfit flaunts a transparent material, which was created by the designer in partnership with pattern makers, as per reports.
The base of the garment was critical to it as it held thousands of crystals.
With a sweetheart neckline, the stunning gown's gloves are also embellished with crystals.
Reportedly, the body-hugging dress featured semi-sheer fabric, a corset top, cutouts, and an open back.
Official
Guinness World Records ensured authenticity, availability of crytals
As per the set Guinness World Records criteria, the dress was checked to ensure that all crystals used for the record attempt were genuine and commercially available. The rules also require the crystals to have a quality and authenticity certificate.
On Thursday, the body also released a video of the bridal gown worn by Cav-alcante at the famous bridal event on social media.
Twitter Post
Watch: Guinness World Records shares video of dress on Twitter
New record: Most crystals on a wedding dress - 50,890 achieved by Michela Ferriero (Italy) 💎
— Guinness World Records (@GWR) May 10, 2023
It took over 200 hours to individually sew each Swarovsky diamond onto this amazing dress 😱 pic.twitter.com/LXys3lfp5l
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