Kaat Tilley Catarina (1990s)

‘90s Belgian designer Kaat Tilley, the master of the corset, brought everything in her repertoire to this one-of-a-kind A-line wedding dress. Catarina is constructed from handwoven silk dupion, silk habotai, and silk velvet. (We think the handwoven silk that Tilley used to make this dress is the most beautiful fabric in our whole collection.) Catarina features covered buttons with hand-sewn rouleau loops, a contrasting off-shoulder neckline made of soft silk velvet, a lace-up back, and pickups in the skirt.

 

Snow White was Kaat Tilley’s lifelong muse and inspiration, and that inspiration is obvious in this dress. It’s hard to imagine walking down the aisle in anything more romantic than this. Catarina is one of our favorites.