“I always knew I would wear it,” says Ragazzi.
For her wedding in Bologna on September 12, 2020, Francesca Ragazzi wore her mother’s dress: a vintage 1980s creation by Lorenzo Riva that she embellished with handmade fabric flowers. This year on Mother’s Day, she shares her memories of creating the dress for the first time.Italia, began thinking about what she would wear for her wedding to Francesco Zucchini, she never had any doubts: “I always knew I would wear my mother's wedding dress, ever since I was a little girl,” she says.
Thus began the journey that transformed the 1980s creation into the wedding dress of Ragazzi’s dreams. “Ever since I was a teenager, I’ve had all the pictures of mom in that dress on my phone, and my biggest wish was to wear it on my big day,” says Ragazzi. “Of course, I wanted to give it my own personal touch by using styling makeup to cover the stains that had formed since it had been stored away. It had passed in more than 30 years since then.
“The idea of bridal fabric flowers was perfect,” Costenaro continues. “I had been making paper flowers with my mom for a few years, or rather watching her make them. Although working with fabric was a little different, the skills were already there. Francesca suggested experimenting with voile and feathers. For the voile ones, I used the techniques I had learned from my mom, then I put my own spin on them: I ironed each petal with a curling iron to give it movement.
Two days before the wedding, Francesca was in Florence for a shoot with Monica Bellucci. The star wore a couture floral dress by Dolce & Gabbana. “The designers knew I would be on set with them just before the big day, so they gave me nude long gloves, with which I completed the look,” Ragazzi remembers. “I had seen them in their last fashion show and fell in love with them.
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