2018 continues to be the year that keeps giving for me...Launching my first baby, Mellardi was like giving birth to a dream and just as I was completing the last design of my debut collection for the runway, I found out another dream come true for my husband and I...we were finally having a baby...
So here was the celebration of Mellardi's first runway event and I thought to myself, what could I possibly wear...I had not found the time to design something new for myself and alas, I felt a fashion panick taking over. Then it was as if the dress whispered to me, "remember me...wear me..." I had built my debut collection around three themes, white, red and black...completely forgetting about the dress that began it all...
A dusty, periwinkle blue gown that ignited the fashion designer in me...It was a dress that I had hand sown and still remains one of my favorite designs...The bodice was made in poly mesh, illusion with beading detail and a blue empire waist skirt...It never occured to me that this would be the perfect gown to compliment my pregnancy because it was designed while I was very young in college, when all things maternity were far from my mind.
Just as I slipped into my very first Mellardi, I felt the same magic I felt when I designed it years ago. And that is what I want every woman that wears Mellardi to feel, comfort, confidence and magic...
In looking back I decided that more designs inspired by this dress need to be made, so keep an eye out for similar styles as this dress to join the next collection...
Having a baby is a significantly joyous event in a woman's life and she should never dread being seen in this beautiful state...The best part of that night was closing the show in a dress that celebrated life...
Be beautiful...Be powerful...Be Mellardi...
XOXO Maria
