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SHE once shut herself away from the world as she struggled with postnatal depression and an unhappy marriage.Now, at 40, Louise Vicente has found a new lease of life as a model and pageant queen – and will compete in a national beauty contest next month.The mum to Lauren, 14, and sons Kyle, nine, and Reece, six, hardly recognises herself when she looks back to her 20s and early 30s.she married at 23 and had Lauren two years later. But when she began to feel low, she became more and more introverted, leaving behind the girl who once loved to party.Louise, of Hamilton, said: “I was never encouraged or made to feel good about myself. I lost confidence.“I loved being a mum so I just concentrated on that but I didn’t go out much. My then husband didn’t encourage me or say nice things. You need a wee confidence boost but the marriage went downhill. 

“When I had Lauren, I felt quite low and it developed into postnatal depression. I felt tied down and I was constantly worried about whether I was doing things right. It wasn’t until Lauren was a year old that I went to the GP. She put me on medication and I started to feel a bit better.”With her then-husband away a lot with work, Louise put all her energy into the kids, forgetting about herself.“I was left at home a lot of the time,” she recalled.While the dress the two women dreamt up was fairly traditional, Seams Couture creations go beyond the bounds of standard bridal wear.evening amongst their renowned collection Taffeta sweatheart Embroidery beaded a-line Quinceanera Dresses. Della-Piana has made everything from a Flamenco-like black and red silk taffeta gown to a simple white top paired with a rainbow tulle skirt to a knee-length baby blue satin dress. And, about a quarter of her clients opt for suits.“You don’t have to wear white at your wedding and you don’t have to wear a gown,” Della-Piana said in her studio, a two-room space in a West Side Victorian filled with sumptuous fabrics and vintage dress forms. “Some women just don’t like the way they look in a skirt.The designs and style of the dresses include floor length dresses, halter neck dresses Tulle round neck beaded applique wedding dresses HS56238 It’s about having a party and being happy.”To get a sense of clients’ likes and dislikes, Della-Piana asks them to arrive at a consultation with images such as movie stills and computer printouts. That gives her a starting point to begin sketching.Dress First also brings to its customers long evening dresses Tulle sweatheart A-Line applique Beaded Quinceanera Dresses. “I’ll draw until they say yes, that’s it,” she said.