Bridesmaids and Mother of Bride for Charlotte's Autumn Wedding

Charlotte's bridesmaids had a chiffon dresses, with ruching to the side to mirror Charlotte's dress, Libby's dress had V-neck and the younger bridesmaid, Ana had a boat neckline.

Both dresses were soft dresses, without boning and only light structure.

Charlotte's Mother wore a silk Douppion Embroidered jacket, georgette skirt panelled flip skirt, and Gorgeous Hat from Alex Muir.

She kept all her accessories dark navy. Liz had a lighter top in satin devoree and in the same colour scheme to change into at night.

All the ladies had hair done by Charlie Miller and LG Make-up the Flowers were from Maxwell.

All the ladies got dressed at The Balmoral Hotel, the wedding was at Fettes College and the reception at The Signet Library.

It has been an absolute joy to work with everyone involved in this wedding, we have enjoyed it so much, and will cherish the pictures.

The stunning pictures are taken by Firstlight Weddings

“Having first talked to Mette at the Wedding Fair at Hopetoun House we knew she was the person to guide us with our weding outfits. She is like a painter with a blank canvas; she listens, suggests, illustrates and little by little the picture evolves. Such a talent. It was very special when Mette agreed to be with us as part of the family at the Balmoral. She helped us all get ready, but particularly Charlotte - an emotional moment for them both, I think. We couldn't have done without her, she gave us all confidence and calmed any nervous moments. Thank you Mette for everything over the last year.” 

Charlotte's dress for her autumn wedding

This is one of our favourite weddings of 2011 and there have been a lot to chose from. I first met Charlotte and her Mother Liz at the Hopetoun House wedding fair. They then came to see me to discuss Charlotte's dress, and we had a great exchange of ideas.
Charlotte had some lovely things to work with. First the wedding itself was to be at Fettes College where she works. We had a great laugh. To get the length of the train right for when Charlotte was standing at the alter, she went to the chapel and held a piece of string behind her down the steps from the alter. The lenght of string was compared to the train as we developed the style.
Charlotte was also so lucky that she had the opportunity to wear a 1920es French Tiara, which was family owned.
Charlotte was very involved in organising her wedding, and had great help from her mother. Along with that, and her teaching and playing the Cello, it has been a very busy year for her.
We so enjoyed working with Charlotte and the rest of her bridal party, that i was so pleased to be asked to come to the The Balmoral, and help Charlotte, her bridesmaids and her mother into their dresses. It was so lovely and I felt totally part of the family to be there on the day, and I do hope I was being a tiny bit helpful too.
We had a whole list of amazing wedding suppliers involved in this wedding, and it was a joy to work with them all. The Bride was staying at The Balmoral, the cars were
from William Sleigh, Maxwell did all the flowers for the ceremony and for the reception at The Signet Library, he especially sourced the beautiful Lily of the Valley.
Liggy's Cakes supplied a lovely autumn style cake, and a cup-cake making class for a girls treat. LG Makeup, made everybody up very nicely, and all the hairstyles were done by Charlie Miller.
With the Fabulous Firstlight Wedding Photography  Photographing Charlotte and Allan's wedding, there is far too much gorgeousness to show in just one blog, from stunning venues, attention to detail and lovely portraits, so another blog with the bridesmaids and Mother of Bride will follow one of the next days.
Charlotte's dress was made in a Emperor Thai silk, silk Satin "lip" and silk satin bolero jacket. Charlotte had hand beading of aurora borealis Swarowski Crystals, and
pearl. She had a little bolero jacket in silk duchesse satin, With the dress Charlotte wore a 2 tier fine silk veil.
After the ceremony the jacket came off and then the veil came off after the Dinner. The dress bustled up for the dancing by The Ceilidh Experience.

Charlotte said this after the wedding:

"Mette is simply fabulous! I went to her with ideas for my wedding dress but absolutely no artistic skills to draw any of them. She was instantly able to draw up each of my ideas, not only creating the perfect outfit for me but also for my bridesmaids and mother: all of us felt a million dollars on the day and there were compliments from everyone about our dresses! Every visit to her was relaxed and full of giggles and having her with us on the morning of the wedding was truly special. Mette sparkles with enthusiasm and talent and has a real gift with people too: a thousand thank yous Mette!"

Danielle and Scott's Black and White Wedding

Danni, came to me with her idea of the Black and white theme, via Wedding organiser Joann Scott. Her wedding was in September, so we still wanted to keep a fairly light feel to the dresses.
Danni chose black cationic Chiffon and a soft satin belt for her bridesmaids. The dresses had a deep V-neck, and were soft without boing or structure.
Danni had 4 gorgeous bridesmaids, and the style colour suited them all. They were really lovly girls to work with and we enjoyed the banter during the fittings. Their hair and make up and the day was done by Monica & Sharon at Made-up.
The soft white flowers softened the whole look and it all looked stunning in the lovely setting of The George Hotel Edinburgh and the whole wedding and the lovely details were captured perfectly by Robin Frowley Photography, We would like to wish Dannie and Scott all the best.




Sarah's Silk Satin Chiffon Wedding Dress

We don't do many Glasgow weddings. So to get asked to do a wedding dress for a wedding in Glasgow University Chapel Glasgow University Chapel with Reception at One Devonshire Gardens after, felt like the cream of the milk.Sarah had many ideas about her dress when she first came to see me. I enjoyed going through the process with her, as she had so many ideas to contribute and as a Teacher always had done all her home work and research in advance of our meetings.
She went for very fitted boned corset and circle skirt in Silk Taffeta with soft draping of a silk Chiffon Satin over. All materials was from James Hare Silks. The colour was pale ivory.
Sarah had lovely ideas of flowers, in very soft colours, ivory and pinks, and bridesmaids i a soft blue colour. It seemed to all blend in to the beautifull sandstone of the Chapel and the stunning neutrals of the Devonshire gardens. I think it really suits the light we have here in the summers.
Sarah brought her mum to the wedding dress fittings, and i was so honoured they both came such a long distance for Sarah's dress.

Life in Frame did the phototography, I so enoyed how they have played with the light round the pillars at the chapel. Thank you so much to them for letting me show you the photographs of Sarah's dress.

Soft Lace, Silk Crepe and the stunning Signet Library

When Rebecca came to see me she had allready been round a few wedding dress shops, and thougth what she wanted wasn't exactly there for her to buy.

We talked about her wedding and it was supposed to be a small affair at the Signet Library with stunning food from Heritage Portfolio. The shape she would like to replicate from an evening dress, she had worn a before, and she loved the shape of, was the shape we created on her. The dress she liked was a soft dress without boning and structure. Rebecca couldn't get the dress simple enough. But once her daughters got involved in the process, they persuaded her to go for lace.

Rebecca chose a very fine chantilly with a floral motif. I think Rebecca looks stunning in her dress. She had her hair done by my friend Lesley at Hershaws in Rodney Street. Another friend Mikee did her makeup. Spiral Flowers had made her lovely bouket, Renee Walrus her head dress.

Rod Irvine took the photographs utilising the stuning pillars outside the Signet Library.

Rebeccas gorgeous daughters wears bridesmaids dresses from John Lewis which we altered for her gorgeous girls.

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Thanks to Rod Irvine for letting us use his photographs.

RIP wonderful, talented Lesage

It was such sad news to recieve this week that Francois Lesage had passed away. Francois Lesage ran the very famous embroidery house in Paris, which has provided embroidery for decades for the most exclusive Couture houses such as  Dior, Givenchy, Balenciaga and Christian Lacroix.
Lesage ran his workshop till his death and had nearly 50 embrioderers working there. Jobs could require up to  500 hours of work,  like the famous Jean Paul Gaultier's evening dress from 1998 collection, Leopard Evening dress in taffeta and embroidery required close to 500 hours in embroidery alone. Amazing and stunning work.

Lesage was in 2002 bought by Chanel, so it will carry on in the future, as long as the couture houses still require the exquisit and specialised work for their collections.

Boots Embroidered for Roger Vivier

This dress i saw at Victoria & Albert Museum London  It was part of the exhibition about the New Look. Lesage did this emboidery for Lanvin in 1957. it was truly stunning, the detail in the embroidery was breath taking.

Before his death, Lesage said:

"I never had any doubt as to what I was to do in life, given I was born into a pile of beads and sequins"