The story of how I found my veil is pretty interesting.  I had already found this exquisite 1920s flapper style wedding dress, because of the unique style of the dress, I needed a veil that would look a certain way.

The first thing I did was to find the right headpiece.  Rather than a modern wedding tiara, I decided to get a vintage wreath made of wax orange blossoms.  I found the wreath on eBay, and then started looking for someone who could make the right veil to go with it.

When I was browsing eBay one night, I just happened to see this really lovely mantilla veil.  I was having a hard time finding a veil at that point, so I briefly considered the mantilla veil, but I decided it wouldn’t go with my dress right.  I started looking at the seamstress’s other veils, and realized she specialized in repairing vintage veils and making reproduction veils.  So I contacted her about making a veil in the fabric, color, and style that I wanted.

The end result was just gorgeous — really spectacular.  I couldn’t have chosen a better person to make my veil!

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