my first one I made and it was just below the knee. It was white satin with lace overlay and sleeves made in lace and it was knee length. After first husband died, I gave it to a charity. My second was a very victorian high neck, long sleeve off white dress with lace insert in the upper chest area and lace on the end of the sleeves and around the bottom and the bustle in the back. It was being stored in my mother in laws best friends home in a cedar closet for years until they had a water pipe break and flooded their basement. My mother in law went over to help her clean things out and whent hey opened the zippered protector it was in, it has mold on it. So my mother in law decided to throw it in the washing machine which totally shredded the basic part of the dress. When she gave it to me I was devasted but was able to cut the heavy lace off all of it and save it though. But all in all I have been lucky--the marriage has lasted 35 years and he was my highschool sweetheart