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Cassie Howard’s wedding dress is arsenic outrageous arsenic nan characteristic herself.
The 3rd section of “Euphoria” Season 3 sees Cassie (Sydney Sweeney) yet marrying Nate Jacobs (Jacob Elordi), pinch nan bride stepping down nan aisle successful a civilization Wiederhoeft gown pinch a curved corset, thigh-high slit, voluminous train, melodramatic veil and plentifulness of sparkle.
“It felt for illustration it should beryllium really complete nan apical and person astir apt 1 excessively galore features — successful a measurement that you could show her characteristic has specified a beardown grip, but besides is losing her grip astatine nan aforesaid time,” designer Jackson Wiederhoeft told Page Six Style exclusively of nan “princess-like dream dress,” nan biggest their marque has ever created.
Incorporating astir 160 yards of tulle, nan gown was truthful “massive,” successful fact, that Wiederhoeft worried astir uncovering a container large capable to vessel it from New York to nan HBO show’s group successful Los Angeles.
The Parsons grad began moving connected nan look pinch “Euphoria” costume designer Natasha Newman-Thomas astatine nan extremity of 2023, pinch Wiederhoeft trying to get into Cassie’s “deranged mindset” to understand what type of customer she mightiness be.
“It was nosy to ideate Cassie arsenic a ‘bridezilla’ successful this infinitesimal wherever she conscionable wants, like, measurement excessively much,” they said. “It’s a small spot excessively galore creation elements. It conscionable goes 1 measurement excessively acold … But that’s what was truthful fabulous astir it for Cassie. It feels for illustration she would beryllium nan benignant of personification to push a designer past [the edge].”
Quipped Wiederhoeft, “If she was a customer of mine, she would astir apt beryllium trying to really creation nan dress herself.”
Topped pinch a type of Wiederhoeft’s signature Wasp corset (which retails for $4,500 connected its own), nan gown is crafted mostly from Mikado silk, chosen because it’s “super lustrous” and “pretty” pinch “good bounce.”
Since bid creator Sam Levinson gave them support to move “the measurement past 10,” nan corsetry couturier past fashioned an underskirt draped precocious astatine nan hep and hand-embroidered pinch solid beads, on pinch a crinolined underskirt and a “Princess Diana-like” detachable train measuring 20 feet long.
“I astir apt would ne'er fto a customer person this dress successful existent life,” Wiederhoeft admitted. “It’s benignant of a fictionalized type of what we do here, for a customer who astir apt would person been a very challenging personification to activity with.”
When it comes to real-life brides, Swifties person each eyes connected Wiederhoeft aft Taylor Swift — who is group to wed Travis Kelce this summertime — wore a mint greenish corseted skirt set to nan iHeartRadio Music Awards.
Could they beryllium moving connected a (much much understated) wedding gown for nan Grammy winner?
“That would beryllium a dream,” Wiederhoeft demurs. “I don’t cognize what they person planned, but, you know, we’ll spot what happens. I’ll support praying; I person my family doing nan rosary for that one.”
