My Dress for Loula’s Wedding (pt. 2- Draft to Dancefloor)
Yes, I got to wear a wrist corsage! This is the second post about the creation of the dress that I wore to Loula’s wedding, shown above with my handsome husband Charles. It’s an asymmetrical color-blocked wool sateen pencil dress. You can see the inspirations and learn about the pattern drafting in my previous post. Caught […]
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, someone attending the wedding will ask the dressmaker about her own clothing: “Did you make this too?” I feel like the answer should be “Yes”. Bonus: I get a cool […]
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 Photography to get some awesome shots for my portfolio. Kent is a product photographer who I have become good friends with as well as work with as a stylist on […]
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 certain parts left basted in case there were any last minute adjustments. Basically, there weren’t! The dress and bustier fit very well and only very slight tweaks were made for […]
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 and so-so with the blue overlay. Loula and I decided to use the blue tulle as petticoats for a fun flash of color! We both loved the way that the […]
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 underlining. I’ve written a few posts on underlining so, even though it is one of my favorite techniques, I won’t write about it much in this post. I know you […]
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 fitting, I was able to determine exactly where we wanted the seams, bones, cups, and closures. In the photo above, you can see me pinning the boning tape in place. […]
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 earlier in the process when we are still working out the design of the dress. Since Loula is from out of state, this was actually our first time really diving […]
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 her custom wedding dress. We had done some mockup fittings of her undergarment via the mail, so she was trying on the basted version of the real understructure for the […]
