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Wedding Dress for Hannah

Wedding dress by Felicity Westmacott: strapless dress with flowing silk tulle from underbust

Hannah was married abroad and wanted a dress that would be light and easy to travel. Her choice of slim style and very light weight fabrics was ideal for this purpose.

A simple strapless dress with very lightly boned bodice and underbust (empire-line) seam. The top layer of the dress is ivory silk tulle gathered horizontally across the bust on the bodice allowing the contrasting taffeta (in violet/gold) to show through. The tulle extends just a little way above the top of the taffeta onto the skin to soften the top line.

For the skirt the tulle is gathered the other way, vertically, into the underbust seam, the top edge allowed to frill above the green satin ribbon. The underskirt will be made of two layers of ivory silk satin, bias-cut which allows it to be slim-line but flowing and without restricting movement. The skirt is floor length with a puddle train of just the tulle (not the lining silks) and the dress fastens centre back with a concealed zip.

The fabrics Hannah chose were particularly luxurious (silks) and therefore expensive. The silk tulle was over ?100 per metre! Savings could be made by using cotton (?50p/m) or polyester tulle (?4.50p/m) instead to create the same dress for much lower cost.

Wedding dress by Felicity Westmacott: strapless dress with flowing silk tulle from underbust

Hannah wrote… (Before the wedding) ?Hi Felicity, Sorry been meaning to email you for the last week and only just got around to it… Just to say thanks again for making my beautiful dress – it’s just prefect and I really love it! I cant wait to show it to everybody!!! Thanks again! Will be sure to recommend you too…

and afterwards… Just thought I’d send you a few pics of our big day.the dress was perfect and Dan absolutely loved it! And it travelled amazingly well considering it took us a car, plane, coach and boat to get to the venue! And wore it again for our party back in the UK so it did well.! We had a great time so thank you again. All the best! Hannah

Wedding dress by Felicity Westmacott: strapless dress with flowing silk tulle from underbust Wedding dress by Felicity Westmacott: strapless dress with flowing silk tulle from underbustWedding dress by Felicity Westmacott: strapless dress with flowing silk tulle from underbust

Making Hannah’s Dress

 

Wedding dress by Felicity Westmacott: strapless dress with flowing silk tulle from underbust, inspiration pics and designs

Original design sketch and the inspiration picture Hannah brought to her first consultation

Wedding dress by Felicity Westmacott: strapless dress with flowing silk tulle from underbust, fitting picture

A picture from a fitting in the dress, almost finished!

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Over Christmas I wanted to make something to combat the darkness of December and add a bit of razzle dazzle to my bridal shop. And so the Poinsettia wedding dress was born!
I love to make dresses for my brides, but once in a while it's very fun to make something from my own imagination and see where I end up. 

The first thing I knew I wanted was sparkle! And lots of it! I wanted to make something dramatic and showstopping. I went with a deep plunging neckline, and a semi-sheer bodice. To compliment the sleek silhouette of the base dress, I also made a big overskirt (removable, of course). But the crowning glory of this dress are these gorgeous oversized flowers! And they match perfectly with the white and silver sequins of the material of the dress and I think they're a stunning feature of the dress.

Although the intention of this dress was to be for a winter bride, I think there's something very Hollywood glam about it. And the fact it's sleeveless means you won't overheat, even in the summer.
What do you think - does this dress suit a winter or a summer vibe?

If you're looking for a bespoke look for your wedding, drop me a DM. I love to create completely unique and beautiful bridal pieces, so let's chat!

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As a wedding dress maker, I would say the fitting process is when I need my brides to trust in me the most. It's all well and good showing them beautiful drawings and fabrics, but when it comes to those first fittings, things can look very different to what you imagined. And that's fine!

All art goes through a process, whether it's layering oil paints on a canvas, or refining the clay of a sculpture...but an artist knows, it will all be worth it in the end.

I think the finished result looks absolutely beautiful, and that’s thanks to those fittings, where I could refine, check and double check, and make sure this bride’s dress fitted her perfectly!

If you want to see photos from Laura's wedding day with this dress in action, on a beautiful, snowy day, then have a look at my earlier post.

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