Embroidered Mesh Mermaid Gown with Jewel Detail

Embroidery is opaque and mesh is not, so on this gown the coverage is exactly the density of the thread. The Embroidered Mesh Mermaid Gown with Jewel Detail is solid where the pattern runs and sheer everywhere between it, which means the design decides what the gown covers rather than a lining doing it.

The Pattern Is the Coverage

Mesh on its own is a transparent net. Stitching worked into it is dense, raised and completely opaque. Put the two together and you get a garment whose modesty map is drawn by the embroiderer.

That is worth looking at closely in the photographs rather than reading about. Where the motifs cluster, the gown is a solid fabric. Where they thin out toward a seam or an edge, the mesh does what mesh does.

Jewels Set into the Stitching

Jewel details sit within the embroidered areas rather than on the bare mesh, which is the only place they can be anchored securely. A stone set on open net pulls at a single thread; set into a worked area it has a base to hold it.

The neckline is a plain scoop and the back is sheer with a zipper running through it. Between the sheer back and the open ground, this gown shows considerably more than a mermaid silhouette suggests from the front.

Prom and Formal Evenings

Mauve is a muted, dusty shade that reads as considered rather than loud, and it sits behind a bridal party without competing. Prom, a formal evening, a gala and a milestone birthday all suit it.

Look at where the pattern sits before you decide. A gown whose coverage comes from its embroidery is a different proposition from one with a lining, and only the photographs can tell you whether the placement works for you. That is a decision to make from the images rather than from any description.

One Band One Color

The gown is cut in mauve, in size XS.

Every figure above is in inches and is taken on the body rather than on the finished garment, so measure the fullest part of the bust, the narrowest part of the waist an inch or two above the navel, and the fullest part of the hips.

Altering an embroidered mesh gown moves the pattern, which is the one thing that cannot be moved. Taking in a seam pulls the motifs out of their placement and changes where the sheer areas fall. With a single band and no second size behind it, the figures above have to match closely rather than approximately.

Mesh, Stones and Handling

What can be worn underneath? Adhesive cups, and nothing else. A band would cross the sheer ground at whatever height it sat, and the back is open with a zip running through it.

Will mesh snag? An open net catches on a ring, a clasp or a rough seat more readily than a woven cloth does. A pulled thread on mesh runs further than it would on a weave, so check rings before the evening rather than after.

Are the jewels secure? They are set into the embroidered areas rather than onto bare net, which is the placement that holds. Individual stones can still work loose where the gown rubs, and they are replaced one at a time.

How should it be stored? Hanging, in a bag, with nothing pressed against the embroidered areas. Raised stitching flattens under weight and the mesh beneath it takes a set, and neither lifts back out.