Gorgeous Ellie was married in Vegas on Halloween and her dress was a wonderful mixture of fifties shape,?modern styling and subtle Halloween detail.

The boned bodice and ruched overskirt were made of winter white duchess satin.?The underskirt is shot black/purple taffeta over layers and layers of white net trimmed with satin ribbons.

Our design. In the end the roses were deemed unnecessary.

The satin over skirt is hooked up a little on one side at the front to reveal a hand beaded cob-web in?tiny purple seed-beads with Swarovski crystal highlights.?More Swarovski crystals were scattered all over the white satin skirt.

A close up of the finished beading.

Ellie’s net underskirt was made as a separate item so she could wear the dress and net skirt later in different ways.?Each layer of the netting is trimmed with white or orange satin ribbon in different widths.

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

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

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

Making Ellie’s Dress

The making process included this ‘toile’ stage, a practice run of the bodice and the skirt with just the?net layers and some purple taffeta tucked up over it to get the impression.

Ellie at her final fitting.