i made my daughters' wedding dress. i used silk organza for the overskirt and a lightweight silk damask for the underskirt. we were on a very strict budget, so the whole thing cost less than 300.00. we were lucky enough to find the fabric at a local small fabric store, i'll see if they will mail order for you if interested. cotton lawn is very light, almost diaphanousyou could use a combinst silk[ATTACH=CONFIG]324715[/ATTACH]