Wedding Waist cincher: mock-up
This mock-up in being shipped to the east coast this week for a long distance fitting. It is made with a mild 3″ waist reduction patterned in for a gentle smoothing for under a...
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Wedding Ensemble: project planning, draping, & sourcing
A few photos of a draping exercise showing the general shaping and the first step in developing a “sketch” of this project. This is just draped free hand with a long uncut yardage of...
Red Silk Wedding dress: added to gallery
*UPDATE* The Red Silk Wedding dress has been added to the gallery over at my portfolio. I have photos on the mannequin & now with permission from their photographer, images from the brides wedding...
Red Silk Wedding dress: pleating & details
Starting the draping: After the lining was fully fitted the silk was draped and pleated into place. The mock-up of the clients corset was saved and used to give the mannikin the correct shaping...
Red Silk Wedding dress: bodice accent
Draping ideas for a cream accent at the “v” in the front of the bodice. This shows the first idea which was scrapped for a shape that followed the “v” shape of the neckline....
Red Silk Wedding dress: fabrics
This gown was completed and delivered last week. I hope she enjoyed wearing it on her big day: 10/31/2008. Here follows the beginning of the dress diary: Starting out my client knew she wanted...
Blue Accent: on the mannequin
We couldn’t quite get the length of the train to fit sideways in the studio for the shot I wanted but I had this one I took the livingroom showing the the train when...
Blue Accent: added to gallery
You’ll notice my bridalwear section has reappeared too. Look back to see my next gown later in November.
Blue Accent: sewing on the trim
In the past I’ve hung up gowns on a rolling rack to hold up the weight while sewing the hem but I can’t do that in my current workroom. So.. I resorted to taking...
Dress for a Halloween Wedding: final fitting and pickup!
I’m going to keep calling this the Halloween wedding dress until I start the diary of construction because the wedding date is 10/31. After which the bride has agreed to come for a photo-shoot...
Dress for a Halloween Wedding: fitting today
It is not a Halloween costume. It is not orange and black. The decorations for the wedding sound spectacularly fun though. I’m looking forward to seeing the photos of everything! The fitting went very...
Blue Accent: draping possible trimming options
We had a limited amount of Belgium lace and tried a bunch of possible placements. The final arrangement with it over the under-bust only was the cleanest and most elegant choice. We also played...
Blue Accent: wedding gown back petals
Before the blue: Here you can see the horsehair at the edges of the petals. This gives a more clean edge and finish for the blue accent details as well as stiffening so it...
Blue Accent: Belgium lace accent
My client found this lovely Belgium lace to accent her Wedding gown. Isn’t it perfect! The white lace will tie in with the primary white silk of the gown and create a more subdued...
Wedding Diary: Robe à l’Anglaise en fourreau
I’ll be slowly finding and putting up more construction photos of my wedding gown :) The en fourreau back is a time consuming but dramatic detail on this gown. The back section of the...
