Flower girl Dresses for Emma

Flower girl dresses by Felicity Westmacott, ivory duchess satin and soft tulle with coffee ribbon sashes

Emma commissioned me to make two dresses for her nieces to wear as bridesmaids.
The dresses are in a classic modern style. The bodices are made from ivory duchess-satin with a wide boat neckline and concealed zip fastening at the back. The skirts are made from three layers, soft ivory tulle on top, supported by a layer of ivory dress net and lined with a plain ivory lining to prevent little girls getting ‘scratchy’ legs. The dresses were finished with coffee coloured sashes in simple satin ribbon.

Flower girl dresses by Felicity Westmacott, ivory duchess satin and soft tulle with coffee ribbon sashes

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Flower girl dresses by Felicity Westmacott, ivory duchess satin and soft tulle with coffee ribbon sashes

Flower girl dresses by Felicity Westmacott, ivory duchess satin and soft tulle with coffee ribbon sashes

Flower girl dresses by Felicity Westmacott, ivory duchess satin and soft tulle with coffee ribbon sashes

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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Isn't this transformation so satisfying? 😍 I love giving wedding dresses a new life! I originally made Eleanor's bespoke wedding dress for her in 2010. Fifteen years later, she came back to me asking whether I could re-imagine her dress into something new for her wedding anniversary. Of course I said yes.

So, we went from a full length dress, inspired by Victorian and 18th century fashion, to a tea length 1950s look. The only extra fabric I used was for the new petticoats I used underneath the shortened skirt, to give it that classic 50s silhouette. Making this was a very satisfyingly sustainable project.

Which version would you wear?
Even though Rebecca lives in Germany, she sought me out specifically to make her bespoke wedding dress. She had seen my colour work and fantasy-inspired designs, and decided I was the perfect fit for her (pun intended!). 

She wanted a wedding dress fit for an ethereal princess, complete with this stunning pastel rainbow gradient. This kind of effect can't be achieved with dip dye. I had to use a different technique; ombre-dying. 

If you feel like you should have been born as an elven queen in a romantasy novel, then I might just be the right person to bring that dream to life ✨
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