1950โ€™s short wedding dress

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Aine commissioned a 1950โ€™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. Aineโ€™s veil was also made to order.

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Aineโ€™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 1950โ€™s short wedding dress

I emphasised t he neckline and waistline of Aineโ€™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 1950โ€™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 1950โ€™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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A little bit of this and a little bit of that lead to a whole lot of magic โœจ 

Want to see how the dress looked on the day? I'll be posting it later this week (and it's all your soft focus, dreamy Kate Bush vibes ๐Ÿ•Š๏ธ)
Especially if it's the bride's mother's wedding dress from the 80s, hand dyed to the perfect shade of warm pink, and restyled to evoke the iconic Vivienne Westwood. 

There's definitely a lot of happiness in that. 

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