Jewel Bright Wedding Dress Ideas

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If you’re a bride-to-be who loves vibrant colours, daring silhouettes and opulent fabrics, all whilst being inspired by nature, then I’ve got three jewel bright wedding dress ideas you’re going to love (made by me).

⁠This styled wedding shoot in Upthorpe Wood is such a feast for the eyes. Featuring so many gorgeous colours and all those flowers – these brides are like haute couture fairies!⁠

Jewel Bright Wedding Dress Idea #1 – Emerald Green Goddess

This first dress is evocative of a forest goddess, with layers of gorgeous green silk satin that moves like water. I used dark green beaded lace in shapes of leaves and fronds, distributed in a way that looks organic and natural around the keyhole neckline. It’s as though the very plants dressed this bride. I also chose big, dramatic sleeves made of silk chiffon, cut in a medieval draped shape joining up with the draped cape at the back. Those details along with the leg slit give the dress a powerful and sensual vibe.

It feels like something Florence Welch would wear, don’t you think?⁠

Pink tulle dress by The Couture Co.

Jewel Bright Wedding Dress Ideas #2 – Floral Fuchsia Faerie

For this second dress, I designed something I thought Helena-Bonham Carter or Dita Von Teese would wear. Inspired by Alexander McQueen, I wanted something daring but also playful.

I love the combination of the bright pink silk dupion, mixed in with the gold lace and ivory tulle. The tea length of the dress gives the bride more freedom to frolic amongst the trees, with all those waterfall layers of silk and tulle swirling around her. Mixing traditional shapes with new ideas, I made the dress with an illusion back, allowing me to add more gold flowers creeping up what looks like bare skin.

Jewel Bright Wedding Dress Ideas #3 – Sculptural Clementine Queen

For the third and final look I wanted something a bit more experimental and structural. Perfect for a bride that loves high fashion. It may be an unexpected combination, but I really enjoy how the bright clementine looks with the gold lace.

The skirt of the dress is a simple fit and flare shape, in glorious burnt orange satin. The bodice has some structure, with the sweetheart halter neckline and boning in pale gold sequin tulle. Here again there is golden lace, organically growing across the front of the dress. And then the star of the show – dramatic fans, bursting from the bodice. A rare flower that you’re lucky enough to see in bloom.

The Scene Is Set, The Table Is Laid

The cake, created by Edge by Imogen Davison, perfectly reflects the opulent theme, whilst looking like a work of art in and of itself. Along with the beautifully thought out The Ink Moth stationery.

Leah Louise Floral Artistry‘s touch can be seen throughout. From the bouquets decorated with silk ribbons from Little Acorn Silks, to the resplendent table centrepiece, accentuated with Colour and Candle bespoke candles.

And you can’t ignore the yummy treats in the form of biscuit lollies and cupcakes that Pretty Cake Creations and Whisk and Wonderful whipped up, complimented by Embroidered napkins from Laurel House Designs. All of these beautiful pieces were artfully styled by our shoot organiser The Lily Loves.

Shout out to hair by Capelli Amalia and makeup by Mrs Garrod, elevating our models to sparkling gemstones. Topped off with The Lily Loves floral halos. You might also spot earrings by Deco Flowers and Gemini Clay Studio. And the icing on the cake was having the pink and purple Smoke Grenades, adding so much atmosphere to the photos.

Creating vibrant, colourful and unique wedding dresses is my absolute favourite thing. If these look like the kind of gown you want for your big day, drop me a message. Let’s make those dress dreams a reality.

Suppliers

Concept, styling and big headdresses – The Lily Loves
Venue – Upthorpe Wood
Photography – Caroline Horne Suffolk Photography
Gowns – Felicity Westmacott and The Couture Co 
Florist – Leah Louise Floral Artistry 
Hair – Capelli Amalia 
Makeup – Mrs Garrod 
Extra accessories – Vinted 
Cake – Edge by Imogen Davison 
Cupcakes – Whisk and Wonderful
Iced biscuit lollies – Pretty Cake Creations
Stationery – The Ink Moth
Bespoke ombré candles – Colour and Candle
Embroidered napkins – Laurel House Designs  
Headpieces – The Milliner Provocateur
Earrings – Deco Flowers and Gemini Clay Studio 
Silk ribbons – Little Acorn Silks
Smoke grenades – Smoke Grenades
Models – Niamh Hornsby, Louise Hartill, Alice Doman and Georgia
Shoot assistant – Julia Coppen

If you’re looking for more wedding dress inspiration, here are three more alternative bridal styles for you.

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I thought it would be fun to see the differences between various bridal petticoats and hoop skirts. Meet the Aurora wedding dress, she's one of my favourites, especially because of the excellent dramatic vibes she gives. So she felt like the perfect dress to experiment with.

The Aurora dress already has some layers of netting built into the dress, so she's already got a bit of volume from the get go. But I wanted to see what difference adding more underlayers would have.

The first addition was a single hoop skirt. Hoop skirts come in all sorts of variations - the single hoop is pretty much what it sounds like. There's a single hoop at the bottom of the skirt, translating into more width at the bottom of the dress.

Then I took off the hoop skirt, and put on a 5-layer petticoat. This thing is a monster! But adds so much more airy, fluffy volume.

The second hoop skirt I tried was a bell hoop skirt. This one has hoops built in all the way up the skirt, creating more of a...you guessed it...bell shape.

And then finally, for the ultimate princess vibes, I tried both the 5-layer petticoat and the bell hoop skirt together. It's giving fairy tale bride, for sure. Perfect for twirling in whilst you dance with your prince, princess or princep.

When ordering a dress from me, talking about what kind of silhouette you want is really useful. And I've got loads of seamstress secrets to achieve pretty much anything you can imagine!

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"I cannot begin to put into words how thankful I am that I found you to make my wedding dress of my dreams. The dress was perfect in every way and the colours looked glorious in the Cornish sunshine. Everyone fell in love with the dress and I even got likened to the Porthleven mermaid! It even stood up to rambling down cliffs. You truly are a genius and I can never thank you enough."⁠

Nicola wanted an elegant and figure-hugging mermaid wedding dress made in pale ivory lace. To add colour to her look, she chose a vibrant yellow, orange, red and purple dip dye skirt. 

If you want to see how the dress looked on the day of Nicola's wedding, have a look at my previous post. I love how the colours of the dress really stand out against the dramatic setting of the Cornish coast.⁠
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If you're also looking for a completely unique wedding dress, then you've come to the right place. Starting with your ideas and working together during the entire process, I'll design and make your dream wedding dress. Drop me and DM and let's have a chat!
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Photography - Thomas Frost - @t.frost.photography⁠
Venue - Beacon Crag B&B, Porthleven - @beaconcragweddingvenue⁠
Flowers - Fullers Flowers - @fullersflowers⁠
Hair & Makeup - Amy Needham @amyellenhairandmakeup
Part 2!

In Part 1 I spent all day prepping my bridal window display. There was a looot of dismantling and tidying involved before I could even begin to start thinking about which wedding dresses I wanted to include in my Pride themed window. Now that's all done, let's just enjoy all this glorious colour!

Which outfit is your favourite? I would love to see a bride wearing both the skirt and veil in one, fabulous, rainbow look.

And, of course, happy Pride 🏳️‍🌈

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I love making wedding dresses, but a highlight of my month is always coming up with a new window display.

For this month, obviously I had to do something for Pride. You probably know by now, but Pride is important to me for lots of reasons. I feel it especially important as an individual, as well as a business, to show my support and my pride openly, so that others know that my shop is a safe space for all.

With that theme in mind for this bridal boutique window display, I chose my Nile Queen wedding dress, complete with golden corset, and this gorgeous gold leaf, dip dye train. For the other three looks, I chose the bases to be relatively simple, so that the pops of colour from the rainbow overskirts and veil could really shine through. 

If you want to see how the window turned out, have a look at for Part 2!
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