Wedding dress for mid-size bride with silver lace

light weight ivory silk wedding dress made to measure

I made a beautiful wedding dress for mid-size bride, Claire. She commissioned a light and elegant dress made in layered ivory silk dupion and organza with silver beaded lace applique.

Official photographs by www.rubielovephotography.co.uk

I made the main dress from ivory silk dupion with a fitted and boned bodice and sweetheart neckline. A layer of silk organza over the whole dress extended upwards to a higher round neckline front and back. At the back the organza closed with a single button.

I hand sewed beaded antique-silver lace to the bodice so it crept up onto the sheer organza to create the shape of embellished straps. I added extra hand beading and Swarovski crystals on the bodice area, especially on the neckline and straps.

The dress was cut princess line which means with seams and panels from top to bottom with no break at the waist. This is a flattering cut for a wedding dress for a mid-size bride. The skirt flared gently from the natural waistline supported by a few layers of netting. The lace flowed from the bodice onto the skirt graduating downwards becoming spaced out motifs instead of solid pattern, thinning out towards the hem.

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The dress was fully lined in a contrast purple lining and closed with a concealed zip at centre back.

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thank you letter from happy client testimonial

Claire wrote: It’s taken me a while to write this because how do you thank the person who made the wedding dress of your dreams, when you weren’t even sure what you wanted! Well now I have Chiara, and one day I will have her in a frame at the top of the stairs, despite my husband saying look like a ghost in the middle of the night!

Thank you so much

With love from Claire and Daniel

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Making the wedding dress for mid-size bride, Claire

original design sketch by felicity westmacott princess line wedding dress

Original design sketch and notes

preparing and planning with fabrics

Fabrics on the sewing room table, ready to start work

making a wedding dress sewing room picture

A panel of all the fabric layers, with lace applique work to do

sewing lace to organza panel in the studio applique

Lace work to the back neckline

silk organza hem and button loop detail

Detail of the back neckline, button and loop fastening

pinning the hem of a bridal gown fitting picture

Pictures from Claire’s fittings

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Final fitting pictures

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finished dress on the stand hand applique work silver lace

Details of the lace and beading with the finished dress on the stand

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To see another wedding dress made with antique silver lace see this photoshoot dress.

I have made dresses for many mid size brides including this one for beautiful bride Alison

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Felicity Westmacott

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For this elegant, forest green wedding dress, I spent a lot of hours working on the pièce de résistance; the beaded collar. Sometimes doing things over and over again can be strangely peaceful, and sometimes it can be utterly mind-numbing. And sometimes it's a bit of column A and a bit of column B! 😂

The rest of the dress was kept classic and simple, so that this design element would really shine (literally)! I used an array of styles and shapes of beads in peacock colours - blood red, deep garnet, teal, vibrant purple and sparkling gold. I then played around with design ideas, taking inspiration from the art deco era, incorporating a lot of symmetry and geometry. Once I was happy with the layout, I transferred the design onto the fabric and began many many many hours of hand-beading. 

It's always a relief when I'm finally finished with a project like this, to be able to step back and see the finished dress and think "ah, that was completely worth it." 😌

If you want to see what this dress looked like on the day of the wedding, have a look at my previous post 🌿

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⁠When Iram saw the ⁠custom Asian fusion wedding trousers and top that I had made for a bridal shoot, she decided she had to have them for her own London wedding – and I don’t blame her! This outfit looks perfect on her.⁠ It's the ideal look for a chic, modern, summer wedding.

The ‘Evie’ separates comprise of a beautiful wedding top and trouser set with beaded waistband for a bride who is not afraid to make a statement. And Iram was definitely not afraid! She exudes chilled, modern bride energy in this cool and comfortable combo. 

If you love this custom Asian fusion wedding trousers, you can find the Evie bridal separates on my Etsy 💜

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