Christening Gown for Baby A

Pale blue silk mini-me christening dress by Felicity Westmacott

I made Baby A’s mother’s wedding dress and a few years later I was very privileged to be asked to make a christening gown too. I used left over materials from Eleanor’s wedding dress to make the christening dress. We designed a dress using elements of style from the original wedding dress, but made suitable for a baby to make the perfect ‘mini-me’ dress.

Pale blue silk mini-me christening dress by Felicity Westmacott

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Pale blue and green silk mini-me christening dresses by Felicity Westmacott

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Photos of Eleanor’s original wedding dress

Eleanor commissioned a shoot after her daughter’s Christening where she wore her wedding dress too! Two beautiful girls in the ‘same’ dress.

Pale blue silk mini-me christening dress by Felicity Westmacott

Pale blue silk mini-me christening dress by Felicity Westmacott

A picture from her wedding day

Wedding Dress by Felicity Westmacott: Historical victorian inspired in pale blue silk with corset, pleats and embroidery

To see more pictures of Eleanor’s wedding dress click here

Pale blue and green silk mini-me christening dresses by Felicity Westmacott

Another little girl who had had a ‘mini-me’ christening dress made attended Baby A’s christening, here they are together, both in their mini-versions of mummy’s wedding dress.

Pale blue and green silk mini-me christening dresses by Felicity Westmacott

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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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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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This wedding dress took the most paint I've ever used for one of my dip-dye creations. 

Victoria's wedding dress is beautiful in part because it's so full, and that fullness comes from layers. So before I could even get to the main event, I had two underlayers to spray, both with long trains.

When it comes to spraying, the best setup is one where you're away from everything else, with good ventilation. Where better than outside? That does mean dressing to keep warm, and in clothes you don't mind getting a bit painty.

But all that effort was so worth it. Victoria chose such a gorgeously unusual colour palette - deepening from lilac, through purple, into black. It's regal, gothic, and has a real fantasy feel. And I think dyeing the full-length lace sleeves to match really finishes off the look.

What do you think of this colour combination?
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