Purple Halloween Wedding Dress in Las Vegas

las vegas wedding bride and groom white and purple

Gorgeous Ellie got married in Las Vegas on Halloween. I made her purple Halloween wedding dress with a wonderful blend of 1950’s shape, modern styling and subtle Halloween Vixen detail.

Halloween, Las Vegas Style

I made the strapless boned bodice and ruched overskirt out of winter white duchess satin. The underskirt has shot black/purple taffeta over layers and layers of white net trimmed with orange satin ribbons for a pop of halloween colour. The white satin was spangled all over with hand sewn swarovski crystals. And the purple layer had a hand beaded spider web with more crystal sparkles.

Halloween theme wedding dress in white and purple by Felicity Westmacott: design sketch
Original Design Sketch

Purple Halloween Wedding Dress design.

During the making process Ellie decided the roses in the original design were unnecessary. However, the cobweb detailing stayed in. it was integral to our Halloween theme.

purple wedding dress for Halloween Las Vegas bride

I hooked up the satin over skirt on one side at the front to reveal a hand beaded cob-web in tiny purple seed-beads with Swarovski crystal highlights. I sewed more Swarovski crystals, scattered all over the white satin skirt.

Halloween beaded wedding dress spiderweb beading detail
purple Halloween wedding dress spiderweb beading detail

A close up of the finished beading for Ellie’s purple Halloween wedding dress.

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I made Ellie’s net underskirt as a separate item so she could wear the dress and net skirt separately on future occasions. I trimmedeEach layer of the netting is individually with white or orange satin ribbon in different widths.

Halloween theme wedding dress in white and purple by Felicity Westmacott: thank you letter

Ellie wrote: Just a quick note to say thank you for creating my dream dress. Without you I would not have had such a perfect wedding dress. I can’t thank you enough for all your time and effort. This dress will be something I cherish forever. Thank you again Love, Ellie

Fifties strapless dress in white and purple by Felicity Westmacott
Halloween las vegas wedding dress white and purple
shoe bows bespoke made to order ribbon

I also made some ivory ribbon shoe bows, with Swarovski crystals sewn over orange centres to jazz up her understatedly elegant shoes.

White satin custom shoe bows clips
shoe bows hand beaded swarovski crystal

A close up of the shoe bows shows a glimpse of orange satin under the Swarovski crystals.

Making Ellie’s Purple Halloween Wedding Dress

I always make a ‘toile’, a practice run. To give the impression of the intended shape I made Ellie’s toile, a bodice and skirt with just the net layers and some purple taffeta tucked up over it.

Ellie looks so happy at her final fitting.

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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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When I made this wedding dress in 2017, I wasn't expecting it to be such a success. It's been featured in so many bridal photoshoots (I think four or five so far), and every time the styling has been completely different.

It's so interesting to me how versatile a dress like this can be. All you need is a little imagination. Even though the dress itself was originally designed as a period-inspired piece, it's been used for an Edwardian Downton Abbey inspired photoshoot, a Victorian gypsy photoshoot and a modern outdoor shoot.

Which version do you prefer?

I'm currently have a sample sale on my Etsy, where this beauty is less than ÂŁ700. So if you love this dress, grab her whilst you can!

Photography:
1: @bristy_fairytales
2: @neliprahova
3: @charlymaephotography & @dam.ute
Sometimes I get so carried away with making a bespoke wedding dress I completely forget to record the process for you lovely lot! Filming content is fun, but it doesn't compare to getting lost in the process of a creating.⁠
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My Morticia-inspired wedding dress is one of my most popular designs, and I can see why. Sparkly, sexy, figure-hugging, dramatic. Have a look at my previous post to see the *stunning* photos of this one on its bride, especially if you've got a gothic wedding in mind.⁠
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