Zoe’s top and skirt re-style
For her informal, barn-style wedding Zoe bought a simple top and skirt from the high street which we bridal-ised with fresh fabric overlayers. The top was a spagetti strap vest with bustier style seam lines in stretch jersey. Zoe wanted lace here, so I sourced a great stretch lace at Goldhawk Road. The pattern on […]
Emma’s dress: start to finish
Restyle project Taking Emma’s mother’s wedding dress and bringing it forward into the 21st century, giving it a second life for a new bride. Design brief Emma loved the Laura Ashley summer dress her mum married in, but felt that the straight neckline didn’t suit her and that the fit of the bodice wasn’t […]
Hannah’s dress: start to finish
Restyle / alterations project Hannah bought a beautiful gown from Sarah Seven with a view to customising it. The dress is a style called Sunsets Forever, which has sleeves and high neck line but is entirely open below the shoulders and around to the front waist. Design brief Replace the sleeves and shoulder panels […]
Fundamental Full Circle Dress
The second of my Fundamentals line-up to be developed is a soft, slightly frothy gown with a full circle skirt and low-backed loose fitting bodice. This is a feminine, modern princess of a dress, or at least at will be once I’ve done all the hard work… To start this one off I’ve drafted a […]
Fundamental Shift Dress
This is the first style I’m working on for my Fundamentals capsule collection. I’m kicking it all off with a perfect, essential, elegant shift dress. As a pattern cutter you need blocks. Blocks are the… uh… the building blocks of fashion *groan*. They’re the basic starting point from which you’ll begin to develop a […]
Starting with the Fundamentals
I’ve been cooking up an idea for a ling time, and it feels great to actually start realising it! I want to create a capsule collection of essential styles which could form the staring point for any design idea, a basic range of dresses and separates any bride could adapt to her own needs. I’m […]
Studio!
I have a new home! Which is delightful. I took over this space a couple of months ago, but from September I’ve been working less hours at COS so I have more time to be here and settle in 🙂 It feels like quite a big room at the moment! But there’s a lot more […]
Jorge’s bridesmaids: ending
It’s been two months since my first (and only!) post on this project and I’ve done around 70 hours of work on these outfits since then. The great irony of blogging seems to be that the more you have to write about the less time you have to actually write, which is a bit of […]
Jorge’s bridesmaids: beginning
I’m making separates for the bridesmaids of my friend Jorge, who gets married in just under two months’ time. It’s a super fun project, collaborating with Jorge! But there are a few bumps in the road making it less than totally straight-forward. For a start, only one of the 5 girls is local to me […]
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