The Making of my Mom’s 50th Anniversary Dress
During all the transitions and projects of 2014, I created a very special dress that I’d love to share with you. It was for my…
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Inspirations and Sketches for Diane’s Bridal Ensemble
Diane and her fiancé met me at my home studio for our Design Consultation just before the New Year. We talked a lot about what she…
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My Dress for Loula’s Wedding (pt. 1- Design and Draft)
Whenever I attend a wedding in which I made the bride’s dress, I always try to also make the dress that I am wearing. Inevitably,…
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…
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 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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