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Purple Halloween Wedding Dress in Las Vegas

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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.

Alternative bride tattoo vintage 1950's wedding dress
Alternative bride tattoo vintage 1950's wedding dress
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
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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

fitting room pictures toile front
fitting room pictures toile back
fitting room pictures toile back

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.

bespoke dress fitting front
fitting pictures orange ribbon net skirt
skirt with picks fitting back

Ellie looks so happy at her final fitting.

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It's giving bridal Sun Goddess 🌞 Just look at that colour! One of my favourite bespoke wedding dresses to date. I made this opulent bronze gold look for an equally gorgeous bride who wanted something a little different for her wedding day. My favourite features have got to be the statement bow on the shoulder and the cartridge pleats around the waist. This style of pleating helped add volume to this unbelievable iridescent dupion silk. Cartridge pleating was popular in the first Elizabethan era and always gives a touch of the historical to any garment on which it's included. I also included a bustle hook (you can see what the dress looks like up in the last clip), which totally transforms the dress and makes it much easier to move in when it's time to dance! This is bride was a dream client - elegant and adventurous, with a touch of the dramatic 😉 drop me a DM if you've got wedding dress dreams that you're dying to bring to life! #weddingdress #ukbride #bespokeweddingdress #bridetobe

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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.

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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! #weddingdress #dipdyeweddingdress #seamstress #pinkweddingdress #princessweddingdress #balloonsleeves

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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

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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.⁠ ⁠ 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! ⁠ ~⁠ 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!

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And, of course, happy Pride 🏳️‍🌈

#pride #bridalboutique #surreybride #sussexbride #altbride #alternativebride #colourfulbride #bespokeweddingdress #weddingdress

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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 🏳️‍🌈 #pride #bridalboutique #surreybride #sussexbride #altbride #alternativebride #colourfulbride #bespokeweddingdress #weddingdress
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