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Birth of a Bustier
My best friend Loula’s custom wedding dress was to be a form fitting evening gown with a corset back. Though the dress would have straps,…
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First Fittings by Mail
Loula lives in New Orleans and I live in North Carolina, and since she is my best friend, I tried some new ways to handle…
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The Loulage
In creating a wedding dress for someone I have known and loved for decades, I got to experiment with some things that I wouldn’t normally…
Waiting to see Loula (and her dress)!
Whew! Where was I?? I’ve been away from blogging for weeks and I’ve been way behind on sharing with you the process of creating my…
Loula’s custom wedding dress sketch!
THE ONE! From the many images that we shared with each other on Pinterest, down to the two preliminary sketches, we finally ended up…
Testing new ideas onto Loula’s two sketches
I showed Loula the two sketches for her custom wedding dress and she was in love. In fact, she was so in love that she…
Two Sketches for Loula’s custom wedding dress
After playing around adding images to our Pinterest group board, I narrowed the inspirations for Loula’s custom wedding dress down a bit. I added our…
Getting Inspired!
I visited my best friend Loula in New Orleans late last year to start delving into creating her custom wedding dress. We had each been…
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My best friend’s custom wedding dress: Introducing Loula!
The custom wedding dress I’ve been working on recently is one that is very special to me and I can’t wait to share its story…
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