Shinku Rose Tulle Overdress review
Although this has already featured in an outfit post, I’d
like to do a more thorough review of Shinku Rose’s Tulle Overdress. Indie
brands need all the rep, they are amazing and the world deserves to know that!
Ordering Process
The overdress was a made to order and the pre-order period
was between June 12th and July 12th, which is a very
generous time frame; I placed mine on June 18th. While I provided most of
the measurements, I was asked for a few extra ones to ensure that the overdress
would fit well.
I did not hear again from Shinku Rose again until August 6th
when they told me that my overdress is being made now. Ten days after this I
received the postage notification, but it was actually already waiting for me
when I got home on the same day (domestic shipping). As far as I’m concerned, everything was on time and given that this was a handmade item, I’m more than satisfied with this!
The Overdress
While I didn’t take any photos of it when it arrived, it was
packed in a pretty large box. Inside it was wrapped in multiple layers of
tissue paper to protect the delicate fabric from snagging on the cardboard. I
can’t remember now whether there was any plastic to protect it in case of rain,
however, as it was a recorded and insured first class domestic shipment (sent
at the back end of a heatwave), it probably wouldn’t have been needed anyway.
A refresher in what it looks like since I don't have any other photo of it. |
As you had the chance to see from my coord photo, the overdress is absolutely gorgeous and fits very well. It is absolutely billowing with tulle, light and fluffy as a cloud – I can only imagine the feeling of drowning in tulle when sewing and hemming this. The skirt part feels like an entire full circle of fabric, which it may well be (I’m not a seamstress, so can’t tell). Similarly, the sleeves are made with a very generous amount of tulle, so that they float nicely over the clothes and I reckon you could probably fit a medium-sized bell sleeve underneath it.
The overdress is finished to the highest possible standard.
It is adorned with lovely satin ribbon above the ruffled tulle and where it
opens it features gorgeous floral lace. Elastic at the waist and neckline ensures a good fit,
regardless of how many layers you wear underneath; on the Alice and the Pirates
JSK I wore the waist seam sat almost exactly on the waist seam of the dress. It
closes with hook and eye fastenings, which I found are best done up
bottom-up. This is slightly unnatural for me as I’m used to buttoning things
top-down, however, when I do that I find that some of the middle hooks open
when I try to do the bottom ones – it seems like this is because of the loose
fit rather than a design fault, so just keep that in mind. The neckline is
scooped fairly low, leaving plenty of room to show off either collar details or
some gorgeous jewellery.
Detail of the lace at the neckline covering the elastic. |
Detail of the lace at the opening. |
Detail of the satin ribbon and ruffled tulle at the bottom. |
Detail of the hook fastenings. |
Final Thoughts
Shinku Rose have been incredibly responsive and kept me up
to date throughout the process. A little under a month has passed between the
preorder window closing and my order arriving. While I ordered a pretty
standard overdress in ivory, they did have something like ten different colour
options to suit a variety of styles. A made to order and to my exact
measurements, to an exceptionally high standard of finish, the price of £110 +
postage was more than reasonable. Do remember that this overdress is made out
of tulle (not the easiest fabric to work with on such a large scale) and a
cubic bricktonne of it too. I would 10/10 order from Shinku Rose again and encourage
you all to do the same.
You can follow Shinku Rose on Facebook and Instagram, as well as keep an eye on their Etsy store. Absolutely recommend them and if they ever open preorders for this overdress, you should totally get one!
I have seen they have it open for order again. It is beautiful, but I already have an ivory peignoir, so spending money on another overdress would be silly. It is stunning neitherless.
ReplyDeleteTrue, overdresses and peignoirs are not something you really need more than one of. Shinku Rose do a lot of custom made clothing, which I might one day ask for - if only I had a better head for designing things. :P
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