1950’s short wedding dress

seaside bride white wedding dress made to measure

Aine commissioned a 1950’s short wedding dress made up in white taffeta.

Wedding photography by Michael Dillon

The dress has a fitted and boned bodice with square shaped neckline and invisible zip back closure. The flared, knee length skirt has soft white tulle peeking out below. I decorated both the waistline and neckline with white and silver lace and hand beading with Swarovski diamante details. Aine’s veil was also made to order.

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Aine’s veil was a simple elbow length veil with two tiers, made from white tulle. It was finished with a plain cut edge and a thread of silver to match the silver detailing on her dress.

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Hand beaded lace details for a 1950’s short wedding dress

I emphasised t he neckline and waistline of Aine’s dresswith delicate white and silver scalloped lace. I added tiny silver seed beads, bugle beads, Swarovski crystals and diamante stones by hand to really make Aine sparkle on her wedding day.

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Original design sketch

original design sketch by Felicity Westmacott

I have made 1950’s style wedding dresses for quite a few other bride as well. I made this dress in a traditional style, like a Grace Kelly dress. And this blog post includes a dipdye version of a 1950’s short wedding dress too

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Felicity Westmacott

I write about all aspects of weddings, dressmaking, fashion history, and the human relation to clothing. I welcome comments and debate.

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Story time! 

Remember the Swan Lake themed wedding photoshoot I featured a few days' ago?

When the day came for the shoot, we were blessed with one of the sunniest days of the year so far (and this was March), but the ground was still very wet. We really wanted to get some photos amongst the trees for that real fairy tale feeling, but our beautiful bride, @alicia.modelling_x⁠ didn't want to risk ruining the outfit.

And that's when I stepped in!

You may think that a seamstress is only on set to help with the dress. But I'm here to do anything that might be useful to the shoot, and if that means carrying Alicia across the boggy ground, then that's what I'll do! 😂
(I was quite pleased that all my work on strength with @mybodyrocksstudio is paying off!)

If you want a seamstress who will not only make the perfect bespoke wedding dress for you, but will also go the extra mile for you, I think you know who to call 😉

(shout to @hair_by_tel ⁠for capturing this moment)
Today is my birthday, so I wanted to share something I've been grateful for almost every year of my life.

I started ballet lessons when I was four, moving on to the Lewiston School of Dance until 18 (I even won the Pointe Work cup with them once). My grandmother had been a professional dancer and my mum also took ballet lessons (and still does, at over 70!), so there has always been a lot of ballet in my family.

When I went to uni, I stopped dancing, then came back to it in the form of adult ballet lessons with my mum, and then got pregnant. After that I found aerial hoop, which replaced dancing as my active hobby. However, my ballet training has really helped my progress in hoop, and I'm very grateful for the skills I continue to draw upon for both hoop and acting.

What's a hobby you're grateful to have started, no matter what stage in life?

(and shout out to @hair_by_tel ⁠for capturing this video of me playing around during a recent bridal photoshoot)

#ballet #passion #dancing
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