Lynne's 3 lush Bridesmaids

Lynne came to us as she had been to a wedding last year, where we had made the Wedding dress. She was full of ideas of having 3 bridesmaids dresses, with 3 different necklines, but a common theeme.
We came up with some ideas, and Lynne settled for the chiffon Changeant material in this gorgeous shade. Changeant means that it has been wowen with 2 different colours of thread one colour for warp and one for weft. this gives it a much more lively look, and in particular the sheer materials becomes much more vibrant in this way. We had even more benefit of the changeant material as the dresses were cut with some parts on the bias and some on the straight fabric.

All 3 dresses had a boned bodice with ruching on top, and then a double circle skirt for each one. That means, if you lift up the hem above your head, you have a full circle of skirt in front of you, and a full circle behind you... this is what makes these dresses seem so lush... lots of luxurious material. They looked fab and were accessorised with fab shoes, very city chique look.

The 3 bodices were:

Strapless, halterneck, and one shoulder dress.

Thank you so so much to Parris Photography for supplying the lovely images below. Have a look at their website, there is a lovely blog post about Lynne and Scott's wedding.

Lots and Lots of folds in purple and a little bit of green

Robyn wanted colour, folds and lots of fabrics and lots of drama for her wedding dress. And that's what she got!
We used Pure Douppion silk from James Hare Silks, which is a company we buy lots and lots of silk from, we are proud to say they conscientiously source their materials in Asia. The colour is really unusual as it is purple shot with green. We had lots and lots of purple netting and some very lightweight bremsilk lining...in... purple.

The dress was constructed with a "plain'ish" skirt, with a big netting underskirt with a hoop, then we had Edwardian drapes over the skirt, which created a large train which could bustle up for evening reception. Then there was a bodice on top of the bustle, which was very structured with lots of heavy interfacing and lots and lots of boning, the back was loops which laced up, and had a modesty panel behind. The bandeau was created with ruched bias cut douppion silk. Despite all the seperate pieces it still was a one piece dress.

Robyn had very early booked her venue Royal Terrace Hotel, and planned so much detail about her wedding, how she would have her hair, and how her bridesmaids dresses were, flowers and lots of other thing. The amazing collar necklace was a gift from her bridesmaid, and i think it went very well, with the whole look. Everything turned out fab, colourful and dramatic, just like she wanted it. The gorgeous flowers were from Garlands in Leith the bridesmaids dresses were from Vivien of Holloway

Robyn was in the very fortunate posistion of having a Photographer in the family, here are her photographs taken by Julian Grant.