Brides · Loula · Wedding Day · Loula’s wedding day! Finally what you’ve all been waiting for! Loula’s wedding day was an incredible experience that I basically cannot put into words. I was overjoyed to… Keep Reading →
Brides · Loula · Photo Shoots · Kent Corley Photography of Loula’s Wedding Dress Loula’s custom couture dress was finally finished and photo-ready! I love the point in the process where I take my completed creations to Kent Corley… Keep Reading →
Bodices · Brides · Fitting · Loula’s Final Fitting Back in August, about a month before her wedding, Loula traveled again to North Carolina for her final fitting. The dress was still unfinished, with… Keep Reading →
Brides · Construction · Finishing · Loula’s Pewter and White Dress Gets Fitting-Ready The blue is out and the white is in! It was pretty much unanimous that the Silver Swirl fabric looked excellent with the white overlay… Keep Reading →
Brides · Design · Fabrics · Working with Loula’s fabrics Once Loula’s bustier was finished, it was finally time to start working on The Dress! I took Loula’s mockup apart and used the muslin as… Keep Reading →
Bodices · Brides · Finishing · Finishing Loula’s bustier! After our fitting, I was able to take Loula’s bustier apart in order to put it back together permanently and with better materials. During the… Keep Reading →
Brides · Design · Fabrics · Fabric Shopping with Loula Loula and I visited two fabric stores while she was in town for her first fitting. Usually the first fabric shopping trip comes a little… Keep Reading →
Brides · Fitting · Loula · Loula’s Mockup Fitting Back in June, my best friend Loula flew from her home in New Orleans to my studio in Hillsborough (NC) for the first fitting for… Keep Reading →
Brides · Loula · Mockups · Loula’s Mockup The mockup for Loula’s custom wedding dress was fairly easy to create because I had already put so much work into properly fitting her custom… Keep Reading →