Hi I've bought the Dalamo dress from Pronovias 2016 and just waiting till March for it to come in. I will post pics so you can see what it looks like in order to help. Basically I wanted a lace dress with sweetheart neckline was going to add cap sleeves in order for it to look similar to Reem Acra dresses (which are totally out of my budget). I ended up preferring Satin as the colour of a warm ivory and the material suited me more. The one I've gone for is strapless but straight across with tulle underneath to soften it. I still want to add a cap sleeve as this was my dream but don't know if it will work.
When trying on the dress I suggested this and the consultant pinned some plain tulle to make a cap sleeve but I didn't like it. I wanted something more blingy and there wasn't any of this material in the shop to show how it would look. She said it may not work anyway with the top of the dress being decorated in tiny pearl like beads (as you can see in photos). I don't know now if I should go for just plain tulle or none at all. It's hard because if I wanted it similar to reem acra or the below photo's it would be expensive material and not something they have hanging around. I don't want to fork out for something that might not look right.
There doesn't seem to be anywhere in uk that sells detatchable cap sleeves in this style which would make it easier as obviously I could just return them if they didn't work out. Has anyone seen any? All seem to be in the USA.
Not sure if it would even work with the straight neckline or would this need to be altered to sweetheart and would that take away from the dress. Decisions, Decisions! Basically my best option is to find a place in the UK that sells detatchable cap sleeves and that way as I said I can send it back and lose no money.
I've even had a hard time finding material you would use to create a beaded cap sleeve. Oh and the consultant said she didn't think Pronovias would sell the material to us that they used for the top of the dress so it would match.
Am even thinking of having satin cap sleeves and using the satin from when my dress is hemmed. Don't know if this would look right either ahh.
My dress
Very similar dress I tried on from San Patrick (same group as Pronovias), The bottoms the exact same but top is lace and I didn't like it as much. This is the look am going for but instead of lace tulle with beading
Reem acra beaded cap sleeves
Or should I go for something like this instead
