Reeta commissioned a hand made wedding dress surrey wedding day. I made her a plunge back dress in buttermilk silk satin and ivory lace.
Official photographs by www.photofactorysite.com
I designed a fitted bodice, softly boned with a sweet-heart neckline. The lace extends higher to just below the collar-bone with narrow straps set wide on the shoulders. I made the back of the dress plunge in a deep v-neck of shear lace. The pretty scalloped edge from the lace has been used to edge and soften the neckline at front and all down the back. I emphasised the underbust line with a band of exquisite diamante trim, finished by hand at the sides and back to fade away to nothing. The dress was very fitted to the waist and hips before flaring very gently to the floor. The satin under-layer had only a puddle train while the lace will extended longer so there was a wide band of shear lace beyond the satin. The lace hem was also all edged with the same pretty scalloped edging as the neckline.
Reeta wrote: “Everyone was blown away by the dress! I did not want to take it off!!! I look at her (the dress) hanging and I want to wear her again! Hope you like the pics. I tried choosing pics that would show the dress off as much as possible but the pictures sometimes don’t do her justice!“
Original design sketch. The narrow underbust ribbon was later changed to the beaded trim you see in the official pictures
I made lining of the wide, round train shorter than the lace. This allows the beautiful lace pattern to show up against the floor.
Detail of the underbust beading: We used a bought trim in Swarovski crystal diamante stones for the front. This was finished by hand at the sides and back to fade the design away to nothing.
Making Reeta’s Handmade wedding dress Surrey
Toile fitting pictures, the practice run in cheap fabrics.
Intermediate fitting pictures. Reeta’s hand made wedding dress Surrey took many fittings to get just right. I like to ensure we end up with everything smooth and sitting correctly, backless dresses are always tricky.
Wrist loop and a hidden ‘something blue’
Pictures from the final fitting in the finished handmade wedding dress Surrey. Above shows the back of the dress with it’s lace plunge. The train held up on the wrist loop with the little ‘something blue’ peeking out.
The back of the dress with the train spread out and bustled up for dancing
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And you can find more pictures of lace wedding dresses in this blog post
My wonderful supplier, Michael’s Bridal fabrics, has a wide range of lace fabrics to choose from. I have their sample books in my studio to look through at our consultation.
