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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…
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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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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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,…
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…