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Orange silk and lace vintage 1950’s wedding dress + groom’s ties for Rebecca

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A beautiful 1950’s style wedding dress with delicate cream lace over Autumnal golden-orange silk.

Photography by Gregg Brown, www.greggbrownweddings.com 

Rebecca’s dress has a fitted and boned bodice with a face framing collar and v-neckline. Long lace sleeves are finished with scalloped edging. The skirt is a tea length full circle over many layers of ivory netting, each edged with orange satin ribbon. The lace hangs in handkerchief points over the silk skirt and in a waterfall peplum at the back. The dress closes with a concealed zip at the back and is finished with a silk sash and covered buttons on the bodice and back of the halter neck.

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Rebecca said “Felicity – dress maker extraordinaire. I loved the dress, EVERYONE loved the dress. Comments range from “so beautiful”, “stunning”,”gorgeous”, “wow”. THANK YOU”

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Ties and Hankies

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Ties and hankies were made for the groom and best man in matching orange silk.

candler 2 groom and best man ties and hankies in orange russet silk

Making Rebecca’s dress

candler 1 toile practice run fitting of vintage style cross over bodice

A few changes were pinned into the bodice during Rebecca’s toile fitting (practice run).

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fitting picture front and back made to measure wedding dress

Final Fitting Pictures

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Curious about the steps to take towards getting your wedding dress altered? Here are my tips for making your alteration journey a smooth and pleasant one.

1. Finding options
The shop where you find your dress might have a list of recommendations, or have their own in-house seamstress. You can also ask friends who they have used (and more importantly, liked).

2. Choosing a seamstress you can trust
Check online reviews. You can get a good sense of their professionalism from the look of their website or when you visit their work space. Getting undressed and trusting someone with your wedding dress is an intimate process so it’s important to pick someone you feel comfortable with.

3. Book early
Ideally, as soon as you have bought you dress. Seamstresses usually get booked up months ahead, especially in the busy spring and summer months. I normally recommend alterations are started 6-8 weeks before your wedding day.

4. Have realistic budgets expectations
Most wedding dress alterations with me cost between £300-£500 total, though this depends on the work that needs doing. Don`t assume that alteration costs will be proportional to the cost of your dress. Buying a cheap dress that needs a lot of work can end up costing as much or more than a more expensive dress that needs very little changing.

6. Buy a dress that is close to your size
Choosing a dress as close as possible to your actual size will give the best result. Making a dress smaller is much easier than expanding one.

If you have any more questions about the altering process, pop them in the comments!

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Curious about the steps to take towards getting your wedding dress altered? Here are my tips for making your alteration journey a smooth and pleasant one. 1. Finding options The shop where you find your dress might have a list of recommendations, or have their own in-house seamstress. You can also ask friends who they have used (and more importantly, liked). 2. Choosing a seamstress you can trust Check online reviews. You can get a good sense of their professionalism from the look of their website or when you visit their work space. Getting undressed and trusting someone with your wedding dress is an intimate process so it’s important to pick someone you feel comfortable with. 3. Book early Ideally, as soon as you have bought you dress. Seamstresses usually get booked up months ahead, especially in the busy spring and summer months. I normally recommend alterations are started 6-8 weeks before your wedding day. 4. Have realistic budgets expectations Most wedding dress alterations with me cost between £300-£500 total, though this depends on the work that needs doing. Don't assume that alteration costs will be proportional to the cost of your dress. Buying a cheap dress that needs a lot of work can end up costing as much or more than a more expensive dress that needs very little changing. 6. Buy a dress that is close to your size Choosing a dress as close as possible to your actual size will give the best result. Making a dress smaller is much easier than expanding one. If you have any more questions about the altering process, pop them in the comments!

Step 1: meet the bride-to-be, and discuss her vision. Shapes, fabrics, themes, colours, all of it!

Step 2: making! With regular fittings to make sure everything is perfect.

Step 3: the big day 💜

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Photographer - Corina Oghina

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#weddingdress #realbride #bespokeweddingdress #surreyseamstress #sussexbridal

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Step 1: meet the bride-to-be, and discuss her vision. Shapes, fabrics, themes, colours, all of it! Step 2: making! With regular fittings to make sure everything is perfect. Step 3: the big day 💜 ~ Photographer - Corina Oghina ~ #weddingdress #realbride #bespokeweddingdress #surreyseamstress #sussexbridal
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