Clementine had already her heart set on a short silk wedding dress when she came to see me. She also had some pretty spectacular Jimmy Choo’s from Pam Jenkins for us to work into her wedding outfit. She also had a piece of lovely Chantilly lace which had served as the wedding dress lace for her late auntie. We designed Clementine a short dress in silk douppion, it had a dropped waist boned bodice with internal lace up and ruching to the one side and sweetheart neckline. The dress had a pleated skirt in the douppion silk. We made a…
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Stong colours for Edinburgh Castle wedding
Anneke was a lucky bride to have 5 gorgeous bridesmaids. She had a style of dress in mind and ideas for clear strong colours. Anneke went to an amazing couture fabric shop in London and got 3 types of silk for her 5 bridesmaids. A silk lining, a silk Georgette for the main dress, and a silk satin for the belt. The style suited all 5 girls very well, the dresses were finished with french seams and keyhole button, concealed zip. The wedding was held in Edinburgh Castle, Flowers by Planet Flowers and Claire Cox Wedding Photo. …
Silk chiffon wedding dress with Navy accents
When Vikki contacted us to make her dress, we knew she was one of our most favorite kind of new people to hear from, as she was a good friend of a previous wonderful bride, so she already knew what we could do for her, and what we were all about. Vikki had a few initial ideas, which we looked at and kind of made a few suggestions with different elements. The dress really suited her. The cinched in waist, the soft floaty fabrics in contrast to the hard and structured navy really worked so very well. The dress was…
Summer wedding with Chantilly Lace and silk mesh
Ohh,,, this is one we will not forget in a hurry… when Lois came in to see us the first time, she had the most amazing suppliers lined up for her summer wedding, and when we met her, we just loved her and knew we had to make her dress. The dress Lois went for was a lace dress, with sheer silk mesh on the neckline. The lace was a lovely Chantilly lace in ivory with a deep scallop. The lace was backed with a duchess satin and had the silk netting on her neckline where the full lace bishop…
Beautiful Summer Wedding in East Lothian
This wedding was a record for us on so many levels. This, I am sure, is the most dresses we have ever made to one event. Steph contacted us originally as she was a friend of a friend from more than one side, she needed a dress for her summer wedding.. so nice. She had very sophisticated ideas of how she wanted to look on her big day. She tried pretty much all our sample dresses.. and needless to say.. looked gorgeous in them all. So, we started to work on her ideas, the details, fabrics and feel she wanted….
Embellished lace dress for Wedding at Hopetoun House
Embellished lace for Hopetoun House When Rachel came to see me for the first time she had already done a lot of research on her wedding dress. She just hadn’t found what she was looking for in the shops. She had seen a lovely lace at The Dress Fabric Company kindly helped by the owner Gwyneth. This became the lace we went with. The lace was stunning had a lot of detail as it was embroidered with beads and sequins, and had a very deep scallop. The lace was backed with a duchess satin, and it had an internal corset…
Winter Wedding at the atmospheric Mansefield Traquiar
Katie wanted a winter wedding, the dress she wanted had to cover her up. and still be alluring and sexy. She went for a silk chiffon backed with a silk satin. the dress had so many meters of silk in the skirt. The bodice was ruched and had little buttons on the back. To make the sleeves as fitted as Katie wanted them proved quite tricky, but we got there in the end. The dress had a belt with Swarovsky crystals, Katie described it as a “sugared belt” which i thought was lovely and so nice and subtle. I was…
Duck egg blue bridesmaid’s dresses and ivory flower girl’s and dolls
We were delighted to be asked to make Lucy’s bridesmaids dresses and Flowergirls for her wedding in St Marys Kirk, Haddington and reception in Gilmerton House. Lucy was very involved in the process and wanted to have duck egg blue bridesmaids dresses, She went for a textured Orissa silk, with fitted boned bodices and skirts with deep pleats. for her Flower girl’s she went for lovely ivory douppion silk and tulle skirts. big bows on the back.. then we made identical dresses for little rag dolls as presents for the flower girls. Lucy’s dress was from Alan Hannah supplied by Rachel Scott…
Cotswold Wedding with Vintage details
When Anna came to me she had lovely lovely ideas for her vintage style wedding for her beautiful Cotswold Wedding Venue. She told me of all the things she would like to incorporate and it left indeed a bit of pressure on me to achieve pretty. Anna chose a heavy textured Orissa silk with deep box pleats for her skirt, for her sweetheart neckline bodice with internal lace up and corsetry. She then went for a really pretty beaded lace in ivory with embroidery in Mink colour thread. We picked up the mink colour in a silk satin for her…
Pretty Chantilly lace dress with guipore lace decoration
Ashley brought her fiance Tommy when she came to see me for the first time.. this is most unusual.. turned out Tommy and Ashley are both fellow bikers..match made in heaven, we got on like a house on fire. I couldn’t wait to get started on Ashley’s dress. She had some lovely ideas with Chantilly lace, heavy 3D lace on top, floaty silk chiffon, silk satin, hand beading, vintage style beaded trimming, covered buttons, bare back, sea green beaded sash… and lots and lots of details. The wedding was to be at the beautiful Glencorse House, lovely setting for brilliant…
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