This is the heart of The Sustainable Bride.  Taking your family heirloom dress or a charity or vintage find that forms the basis of your Reworked dress.  So far I've made dresses from lace tablecloths and a vintage wedding sari to parents pre-loved dresses. It is so lovely to incorporate little parts of history into a reworked dress to become your story for your special day. Maybe you can pass it on too and keep the idea of circular dresses going.