A few months` ago, you all helped me choose what colours to dip dye a sample wedding dress I`d bought. The winning vote was for pinks and purples, so that`s exactly what I`ll be doing!⁠
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A bride-to-be has actually claimed this dress now, so you won`t be able to see what it looks like until after her big day 👀⁠
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But I have a few more sample dresses to play around with. I want to try some colour combinations I don`t usually get asked to do by brides, to really illustrate just how wild you can go with your choices.⁠
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So, which combo do you think I should do?⁠
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1. Desert at dusk 🩵💚💜 pale blue, shifting into dusty turquoise and green, and finishing with an undersaturated aubergine.⁠
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2. Spice of life 💛🧡❤️ cream that quickly amps up to yellow, orange and red. Nothing subtle, just bold, bright colours!⁠
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3. Alpine escape 💚🩵💙 all the most calming colours. Mossy green⁠
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4. Distant storm 💜🩶🖤 the colour of lightning in the night`s sky. Lavender, soft grey and blackest of blacks.⁠
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Vote in the comments!⁠
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After Rebecca decided I was the right person for the job of making her wedding outfit, I began work on this gorgeous, floaty dream of a wedding dress. ⁠
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However, we had an additional challenge to overcome...Rebecca lives in Germany. (there`s something about me and German brides - we just get along. This is my second bespoke order from Germany!) But we found a system that really worked for us during this process. ⁠
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So if you`re an overseas bride, looking for the complete bespoke experience (as opposed to `made to measure` which is what we do if you can`t visit for fittings), take note.⁠
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The dress was made over the course of six months. Rebecca first visited in May for 4 days, during which we had three separate fittings. Then I worked on the dress, including the intricate dye techniques required to achieve this pastel rainbow. In September she visited for another three days (three weeks before her wedding), with a fitting every day. After the final fitting, she took the dress back to Germany with her.⁠
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I`ve had many other overseas brides, and they often choose made-to-measure: where I make the dress according to their measurements (following my strict instructions on how to take those measurements). This process leaves less space for changing the design, and always requires some additional work from a seamstress once it has been sent. ⁠
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For Rebecca, having the full bespoke experience was absolutely the right choice. During our fittings she changed her mind on a few design elements - including removing the sleeves - meaning that by the time it was finished, it was exactly what she wanted. ⁠
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You just can`t beat bespoke 💜⁠
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Photography - @pesto_fotografie⁠
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"The dress got so many compliments and it was so nice to be able to wear something that felt so much more like a reflection of who I am."⁠
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Look at this beauty!⁠
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I`ve made a lot of custom dip dye wedding dresses, and many of them have been the Phoenix colourway. But somehow Jess made it feel brand new when she asked me to add blue to the bottom, and lower the saturation on the colours.⁠
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So instead of bright sunflower yellow, we went with a buttery pastel yellow. Instead of vibrant orange, we chose a warm coral. Followed by dusky pinks and muted purples, right down to that faded navy.⁠
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The effect turned out looking like like watercolours 🖌️ I love how it turned out and I`m so glad Jess did too 💜⁠
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Photography - Craig Foreman Photography

It`s not everyone who gets to say that part of their job is hand-sewing a delicate, beaded spider`s web, finished with Swarovski crystal dew drops.⁠
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It`s only because my brides have such brilliant and beautiful imaginations that I get to make such wonderful things.⁠
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Happy Halloween, everyone 🕷️🕸️⁠
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