Dress and Bolero for Karen, Mother of the Bride

 Dress and Bolero for Karen, Mother of the Bride, by Felicity Westmacott. Cerise chocolate silk, v-neck dress and waterfall collar bolero , with her duaghter the bride, also wearing a Felicity Westmacott creation.

Karen’s dress was made in shot brown/black chiffon layered over a cerise satin lining. The dress has an empire-line waist with cross over v-neck bodice and knee-length a-line skirt. The bodice lines are emphasised with pin tucked chiffon along the neckline and underbust line.

Official Wedding pictures by www.laurencephotography.com

Karen’s daughter’s wedding dress was also made by Felicity, see it’s portfolio entry for more pictures.

 Dress and Bolero for Karen, Mother of the Bride, by Felicity Westmacott. Cerise chocolate silk, v-neck dress and waterfall collar bolero

Karen’s bolero was a cut-away style with long sleeves in earth and pink silk dupion to match the dress. A waterfall collar revealed the pink lining and softened the line of the front.

 Dress and Bolero for Karen, Mother of the Bride, by Felicity Westmacott. Cerise chocolate silk, v-neck dress and waterfall collar bolero

On the stand ready for Karen’s final fitting

 Dress and Bolero for Karen, Mother of the Bride, by Felicity Westmacott. Cerise chocolate silk, v-neck dress and waterfall collar bolero , design sketch

Design sketch for Karen’s outfit Dress and Bolero for Karen, Mother of the Bride, by Felicity Westmacott. Cerise chocolate silk, v-neck dress and waterfall collar bolero , neckline detail

Detail showing the pin-tucked panels on the bodice

 Dress and Bolero for Karen, Mother of the Bride, by Felicity Westmacott. Cerise chocolate silk, v-neck dress and waterfall collar bolero

Picture taken at Karen’s final fitting

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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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