Teal flamenco inspired wedding dress

teal wedding dress bespoke for mature bride

I made in Liz’s dress flamenco inspired wedding dress in teal blue shot silk. It has a boned bodice with ruching to the hip and a wide off the shoulder neckline. The skirt falls in graduated tiers of waterfall frills. Hand applique of teal lace adds sparkle and texture to the neckline and skirt.

blue silk frills mature bride wedding gown

Liz had shoes dyed and embellished with matching lace by Marsha hall

Liz wrote:“My dress is stunning and I love it – you have done me proud – I can’t wait until November to wear it, I want to wear it now!! lol. I think you can tell by the smiles on my face in the photoshow pleased I am with it. Thank you just doesn’t seem enough so for now I will say in French – Merci mille fois or a thousand thank yous!”

teal peacock blue silk dupion wedding dress
flameco style wedding dress ruched bodice
spanish waterfall frill skirt and hand beaded detail

Motifs of sequinned lace were carefully cut and sewn to the dress along the edges of the skirt tiers. A lace motif cut and appliqued to the dress was hand beaded with Swarovski crystals, seed beads and diamante stones to create a ‘brooch’ highlight on one hip.

hand beaded detail hip motif diamante crystal
original design sketch bespoke wedding dress

The original design sketch.

bespoke bow tie for groom teal silk

I also made a bow-tie for Andy, the groom, in silk to match Liz’s dress.

 real bow tie peacock blue silk dupion
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cross over neckline with lace detail teal silk

Making the flamenco inspired wedding dress

toile fitting practice run calico spanish frills

A picture from the ‘toile’ or practice run fitting. The dress is made from cheap fabrics to check fit and style before cutting into silks and expensive lace

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 fitting picture bespoke dressmaker wedding dress

An intermediate fitting during the making process

 inner lace up corset bodice bespoke wedding dress

The back of the dress closed with a concealed zip over an inner lace up layer that provided shape and support.

fitting picture waterfall frill lace wedding dress
swaorvski crystal beading hand sewn

Detail of the tiny Swarovski crystals sewn as a scattering along the roll-hems of the waterfall frills that fell from her front hip. I usually sew in a hidden ‘something blue’, but her Liz’s whole dress was already blue I sewed in a red rose for ‘love’ instead.

 finished dress on the stand shor silk dupion scalloped lace edge

The finished dress on the stand

waterfall frill skirt wedding dress bespoke

If you would like to see another dress with a waterfall frill skirt head over to Richelle’s Scottish wedding

To see more dresses for mature brides you can see my blog post here.

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Here are just some of my creations from the past year! I feel so lucky to get to make such interesting and varied garments as my job 🥰 colourful wedding dresses, unique mother of the bride ensembles, as well as alterations to make a dress feel more like home.

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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. 

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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!

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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.

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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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