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Denise

Lake Como, Italy · Couture · Photographs: Bandele Zuberi and Grimmy West

“Many people have commented on how much my dress fit like a glove. My response, ‘It should do, it was made especially for me!’ ”

Denise and her husband walk the aisle beneath ivy-covered arches at Lake Como, Italy. She raises her bouquet in a bespoke Kosibah couture mermaid gown with a long tulle train; the lake and mountains are behind them.

Denise’s couture wedding gown

For her Lake Como wedding, Denise wore a breathtaking bespoke Kosibah couture bridal gown featuring a sculpted strapless sweetheart neckline, signature internal corsetry and a dramatic mermaid silhouette. A soft peach-toned foundation was overlaid with delicate lace and richly textured three-dimensional floral appliqués sourced from Australia. The figure-hugging design flowed into a magnificent layered net and tulle skirt with a dramatic 2.5-metre train, complemented by a cathedral-length veil. An unforgettable expression of couture craftsmanship, precision fit and romantic elegance.

  • Denise, Lake Como, Italy, holds her husband's hand and smiles, in a strapless sweetheart bridal gown with a soft peach-toned lace bodice and three-dimensional floral appliqués, a jewelled headpiece and a veil.
  • Denise and her husband stand between ivy-covered pillars at Lake Como, Italy, as her cathedral-length veil and the dramatic train of her couture mermaid gown blow out behind her.
  • Denise and her husband embrace on a terrace at Lake Como, Italy. Her strapless mermaid gown is fitted through the bodice, with a long sheer veil falling down her back.
  • Denise, seated in her couture mermaid gown with a layered tulle skirt and a 2.5-metre train spread across the terrace, poses with her husband, bridesmaids in white and groomsmen in black tie at Lake Como, Italy.
  • Fashion illustration of Denise's gown, signed Yemi Osunkoya, Kosibah: a strapless sweetheart neckline, a peach-toned corseted bodice under three-dimensional floral lace appliqués, a mermaid silhouette and layered tulle train, with close-ups.

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