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Classic modern low back chantilly lace wedding dress

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Rikki commissioned a simple, modern chantilly lace wedding dress. Her dress had a sweetheart bodice with lace overlay and lowback complimented by layered silk georgette for the full skirt and train.

I made the dress with a lightly boned bodice in a classic sweetheart neckline that then swept low at the back. The whole bodice was covered with delicate chantilly lace. I edged the lace with a satin ribbon trim on the front boat neckline and it dipped into a graceful v at the back. Rikki’s elbow length lace sleeves were finished with the pretty scalloped edging that came with the lace. I highlighted Rikki’s waistline with a satin ribbon and the back fastened with pretty buttons and loops.

I cut the skirt in panels, to hang flat from the waist but full at the hem and extending into a small train behind. Rikki and I carefully layered ivory and white silk georgette, which is semi-shear, to create the perfect warm-white colour to flatter Rikki’s skintone.

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The dress was originally designed for a different style of venue. Originally the dress had a very long, full train, designed to look amazing in a wide open country space. A change of plans meant the wedding was deferred and re-arranged as a town wedding, so the dress was altered to suit. We removed the long train so that Rikki would feel comfortable in the new, town wedding venue. With six years separating the original design and final wearing of this dress we were lucky the concept was fashion forward enough in it’s inception to still look on trend when the wedding eventually took place!

Official photography by balancephotographyweddings.com

Making Rikki’s Chantilly Lace Wedding Dress

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Pictures from the ‘toile fitting’ which is a practice run of the dress in cheap fabrics to perfect style and fit

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Final Fitting Pictures

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This picture shows the train before it was cut short for the second set of wedding plans.

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To see another dress made with chantilly lace click here.

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Since 1753, when the Marriage Act first came into existence, UK marriage law has come a long way. Some things have taken much longer than they should have (I'm looking at you, 1991 and 2013, 2023). But there's still more than can be done. The association of @independentcelebrants is campaigning for the UK government to follow the recommendations of the 2022 wedding law reform report. "At least 10,000 wedding ceremonies a year in England and Wales are led by independent celebrants. These ceremonies are perfectly legal to hold, but as it stands a celebrant cannot perform a legally binding marriage – that part must be done separately, meaning added inconvenience and cost for couples." I'm all about supporting couples to have the wedding day of their dream, and that rarely includes having to find time and money to go to the registry office. If you want to help with this, then you can spread awareness! Share this post, or make your own. Talk about it with friends and family. And once you've done that, you can always get in touch with your local MP. The Independent Celebrants website has a PDF guide to help you with how to go about doing that. Is this an issue you're aware of? Is there anything I've missed out? #ChangeWeddingLaw #SpeakUpForCelebrants #LegaliseCelebrantWeddings

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Now and again I`ll take one of the wedding dresses I`ve made, and break down some of the elements. So, if there`s something you love about a dress, but you don`t know the `proper words` to reference them, hopefully this will help you out.⁠
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This beautiful 1950’s style wedding dress with delicate cream lace over golden-orange silk has lots of really scrummy details:⁠
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🧡 the opening at the back of the dress is called a keyhole (or you could call this a slit opening). This one is closed at the top with three covered buttons.⁠
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🧡 the base dress is made of a beautiful russet orange silk dupion, with dark ivory lace layered on top.⁠
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🧡 the base dress is essentially a halter neck, with a turn over collar at the front, with the ivory layer providing semi-sheer, full length sleeves.⁠
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🧡 the edges of the ivory layer are cut along the floral pattern of the lace, making a pretty scalloped edge.⁠
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🧡 this length of skirt is called `ballet` or `ballerina`.⁠
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🧡 the front of the dress has a line of false buttons (buttons that are just there for decoration), that match the buttons at the back.⁠
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Those are just some of the details of this dress. If you have any questions about anything else, just leave a comment. I could talk dress making all day!⁠

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Now and again I'll take one of the wedding dresses I've made, and break down some of the elements. So, if there's something you love about a dress, but you don't know the 'proper words' to reference them, hopefully this will help you out.⁠ ⁠ This beautiful 1950’s style wedding dress with delicate cream lace over golden-orange silk has lots of really scrummy details:⁠ ⁠ 🧡 the opening at the back of the dress is called a keyhole (or you could call this a slit opening). This one is closed at the top with three covered buttons.⁠ ⁠ 🧡 the base dress is made of a beautiful russet orange silk dupion, with dark ivory lace layered on top.⁠ ⁠ 🧡 the base dress is essentially a halter neck, with a turn over collar at the front, with the ivory layer providing semi-sheer, full length sleeves.⁠ ⁠ 🧡 the edges of the ivory layer are cut along the floral pattern of the lace, making a pretty scalloped edge.⁠ ⁠ 🧡 this length of skirt is called 'ballet' or 'ballerina'.⁠ ⁠ 🧡 the front of the dress has a line of false buttons (buttons that are just there for decoration), that match the buttons at the back.⁠ ⁠ Those are just some of the details of this dress. If you have any questions about anything else, just leave a comment. I could talk dress making all day!⁠
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