Alice commissioned three fairytale bespoke flower girl dresses, Surrey.
Official Wedding pictures by www.laurencephotography.com
I designed the dresses each with a simple bodice in silver silk satin and layered skirts in grey and white chiffon over gathered tulle. The skirt layers were cut and graduated in petals with tiny purple and white organza butterflies sewn with their wings left to flutter as the girls moved. I embellished the neckline and waistline of each dress with hand applied Swarovski diamante stones to echo the brideâs own dress. I wanted the dresses to be truly unique so I included shaped necklines and chiffon shoulder frills.
Designs for bespoke flower girl dresses
Original design sketches, showing shoulder and neckline options for the bespoke flower girl dresses surrey
Finished dress on the stand
Details of hand applied diamante stones on shaped neckline and waist on the bespoke flower girl dresses surrey. This beading took me 2.5 hours per dress and used Swarovski stones.
I layered the butterflies with purple and white edged wings and then highlighted with silver seed-bead bodies. Their wings were left loose to flutter as the girls moved. I sewed the butterflies to each dress in a flock, to look as though they had just landed on the girls.
The steamed dresses, each on their own pretty pink padded hanger, await collection ready for the big day.
I also made the brideâs dress and dresses for her two adult bridesmaids. As we designed Aliceâs wedding dress in layers of both white and pale ivory we did the same for the flower girl dresses. You can see that the tulle beneath the chiffon layers is a brighter white colour.
To see other flower girl dresses I have made visit the portfolio page.
This set of flower girl dresses, that I made for Catherineâs wedding, also have hand sewn decoration in the form of silk kanzashi flowers
