Category: Custom Wedding Dress Orders

1. Lola-Rose Custom Dress

   Posted on 11:16pm Friday 4th Jul 2014

   So, this dress has been a year in the planning/making and now I can finally share it with you all!

   I met a gorgeous bride to be at a vintage wedding fayre we exhibited at in Nottingham last summer. She tried on our Kelly Dress and thought she had found "the one". Her bridesmaids were having Lola-Rose dresses in beautiful Liberty blue fabric and out of curiosity she tried Lola-Rose on too, this was to be her dress! She was very clear from the start that she wanted a lace dress, so all options were explored and a first visit booked to discuss fabrics.

   Our bride chose a silk fabric in pale ivory, with a corded lace overlay in a slightly darker shade of ivory. The dress was finished off with a simple plain silk belt (to which she has a fab vintage brooch to pin on) and a 4 layer petticoat trimmed in ivory satin.

    

   

   

   

   

   

   Watch out for the official wedding photo's coming soon!

   

2. The Fremont Dress

   Posted on 11:38pm Thursday 5th Jun 2014

   A few months ago I was contacted by a bride with a design idea, she wanted something subtle, dreamy and romantic with a touch of colour and loved the lines of Grace Kelly's dress, so here it is.... The Fremont Dress...
   
   A gorgeous silk and tulle dress inspired by Grace Kelly's character - Lisa Fremont, in the film Rear Window. Made in subtle shades of ivory and shell pink for a hint of colour, and designed to fall just above the ankle!

   

    

   

   

    

   

3. The Betty Bridesmaid Dress

   Posted on 8:07pm Saturday 17th May 2014

   Thought I'd share a quick pic of a custom bridesmaid dress with you all, this will be added to the shop but with a shorter 25" skirt length as standard! Made in cotton.

    

   It has a beautiful scoop back neckline with a full circle skirt, concealed centre back zip and fully lined bodice and sleeves.

   Shown made in fabulous floral cotton but is also available in plain colours, spots, patterns, ginghams, broderie anglais etc etc - too many to list!

    

   

    

   

   

4. Grace Kelly Wedding Dress

   Posted on 8:04am Wednesday 14th May 2014

   A lovely bride to be has been in touch and asked me to make a wedding dress inspired by Grace Kelly in the film Rear Window, I'm always super excited when I get to recreate something that from the Golden Era I love the most! It's going to be in shades of pink and ivory for a subtle pop of colour.
   The drawing is the original design sketch by the wonderful Edith Head.

    

    

   This dress will be named The Fremont Dress after Grace's character in the film - Lisa Fremont!

    

   

    

    

5. A Custom Request!

   Posted on 10:26am Saturday 15th Feb 2014

   A lady contacted me a couple of weeks ago with a very specific request. She was to be a guest a t a 50's themed wedding, and wanted to know if I could make her a dress very similar to the one worn by Audrey Hepburn in the modern Galaxy chocolate advert.

   In her words "It has to be in keeping with the brides quirky style, laid back and nothing that doesn't scream 50's". The bride was also keen to incorporate sage green in the colour scheme. The dress should also have wrist length sleeves and a very long skirt for the religious ceremony, which afterwards the sleeves needed to be rolled back up to the more traditional 1950s 3/4 length.

   We decided on a shirtwaist dress style with kimono sleeves and a button front, with a full lining as the wedding was to take place in February. The colours chosen were Dusty green polkadot cotton, ivory lining and satin trim and a 2 layer Alice petticoat in ivory.

   

    

   

    

    

   

   

6. The Kelly Close ups!

   Posted on 8:29am Sunday 27th Oct 2013

   So lots of you lovely ladies have asked for some detail pictures of The Kelly Dress.

   
   I took a couple of snaps of this one in my workroom until we have some "proper" images so you can get a better look at just one of the ways the back can be styled. This version has a beautiful bateau neckline front and back with pretty silk covered buttons to finish, the bride decided against lace appliqué along the neckline as she didn't want too much fuss around the top!

   The Kelly Dress can be made with lots of different design details: v-neck, round neck, short sleeves, no sleeves - the list is endless!

   

    

   

    

   

7. Mansfield Dress Custom Order

   Posted on 11:03pm Friday 30th Aug 2013

   This dress is a custom order for a lovely bride I met at the Oxford Vintage Wedding fair earlier this summer. She fell in love with the Mansfield dress but wanted to make the design her own, so we added the full circle skirt (Mansfield has previously been made with a ¾ circle skirt) and as she didn't want to wear a sash with the dress we added some beautiful embroidered appliqué to the upper bodice area. The fabric is pure silk dupion with a very fine slub in the weave.

    I really like the look of full circle skirt on The Mansfield dress, standing out to perfection with a 5 layer custom petticoat in pure white net, a classic 50's silhouette with that nipped in waist!