Sheer wedding dress bodice, with thai silk skirt

Monica, came to see us about her wedding dress when we were in the old shop,.. then we moved.. and then suddenly Monica moved to the Far East, we got her dress nearly ready in the couple of weeks we had on our hands before she was moving, and then left the rest of the work till the week before the wedding, when she would be back in the UK.
Monica had great ideas about a "lingerie" style wedding dress, no bling.. just exclusive fabrics, and fine details in mix of fabrics and textures.
The skirt was made in thai silk and the bodice was in a corded lace with backing in silk organza and silk chiffon. The two fine layers of silk, still made the lace slightly transparent and the bodice bones and under wired cups gave some support and detail.
Monica went for a silk veil and a silk veiling "cover-up" it worked really well it attached on to a belt, and the dress had a different belt for night time to change the dress to an evening look.
Monica's family travelled from all over the world and the Balmoral hotel made it very special for them all, Balmoral Hotel is a great venue, and we are very pleased to be on their preferred suppliers list.
Monica's Make up was done by Kimberley Dewar and her hair by Christina at Conolly Hair flowers were by her new inlaws, Banks Florist The lovely photographs were taken by Sarah Morgan at Morgan & Rose Photography We are so pleased to be able to share them with you.

Emma, going for gold!

Emma had plans for her wedding to be a small intimate affair, only the closest people from her friends and family. The wedding was at the Registry office on the Royal Mile, a gorgeous meal at Angels with Bagpipes, and at night time.. lots and lots of dancing.

Emma had decided for a short dress. She originally brought in her favorite "party-dress" and we looked at things she liked about that, and changed some details and that was the starting point for Emma's Wedding dress. We made her dress in a silk douppion, the skirt is a true circle, and she had a silk satin gold ruched belt on her waist and empire line. We made her a fixed bow with long sashes hanging down at the back. The mix of the 2 textures worked really well together.

Emma's lovely Bouquet and Dave's Button hole was made by the Urban Florist

It was lovely to work with Emma, and it is fun to do weddings with different views and demands on the outfit, this keeps us on our toes, and continue to develop new ideas and styles. The addition of the colour was bang on the current trend.

Andrew Jack from Images by Andrew Jack, captured the day and has kindly supplied the photographs.
 

Hopetoun House, Summer, Champagne and Happyness!

Lauren and Rob got married at the beautiful Victorian venue of Hopetoun house near Queensferry, on a glorious sunny day back in May. 

Lauren had opted for an elegant full-length silk duchess satin gown in a dark ivory, with a pretty chantilly lace overlay in a lighter shade of ivory. This created a slight vintage and three dimensional feel to her outfit, which also had elbow length lace sleeves, an internal corset, button fastenings down the back and a long flowing train.

The Freja team also made her two bridesmaids dresses from a champagne coloured orissa silk and with a beautiful duchess satin sash around the middle. The bridesmaids wore sleeveless, midi-length dresses with a high neckline, a concealed zip fastening at the back and with pockets at the sides. One of Lauren's male best friends was also part of the bridal party and wore a waistcoat made from this same fabric.

Lauren looked absolutely stunning on her big day with her make-up done by Michael Becman, flowers by Planet Flowers, hair by Heidi from Paterson SA Dalkeith, head piece by Rene Walrus and photography by Rankine. A special thanks also goes to the staff at Hopetoun house, the Designer Cake Boutique and the catering team at Heritage Portfolio for making their big day so memorable! The happy couple even chose to celebrate their first dance with a surprise flashmob routine for their unsuspecting friends and family, marking a fantastically fun start to married life!

Black & White Wedding at Dundas Castle

Amy came to us after having tried on a hundreds of dresses in Edinburgh, Glasgow and London, she had seen a few she liked, but still not found the right one.
We met with Amy and discussed what we could do for her. Amy settled for a dress with internal corset and Chinese silk organza bias strips all around the dress, in total was over 200 meters of silk organza strips. The strips swirled round and round and made into big flowers on her skirt.
Amy wore a small veil on a simple pearl comb.
For night-time Amy had a black velvet ribbon round her waist for the night time.
Amy decided on black bridesmaids dresses, she had 2 adult bridesmaids in black one shoulder crepe dresses and one younger bridesmaid in an empire line cut dress, with a sash.
We also made Amy's Mum's outfit, she was in a silk - wool jacket in an a-symmetric style. And with that she had a dress in black-beige Chantilly lace, backed with neutral coloured satin.
The whole wedding came together so well with the black and white colour scheme. Ada Breckenridge from "The Flowerhouse, Balerno" had created the floral decorations, Julie Gilchrist created bespoke jewellery, and Iain Grant was the piper and toastmaster for Amy and Dean's wedding at the Dundas Castle.
Amy, her mum and bridesmaids,  have all been so lovely to work with and her dress was such fun to make.
The photographs have been taken by Kevin Walsh Photography. Thank you so much for letting us use them.

Debbie's Cowl-neck wedding dress at Dundas Castle

 

Debbie came into Freja with a few simple wedding dress ideas, and ended up going for something a bit more extravagant as her ideas grew and grew!  

She finally opted for a beautiful silk satin dress with a train, front and back cowl neck and crystal embellishment on her waist, a very similar style to one we had created for the Drumlanrig shoot!

She looked absolutely stunning, complemented by her accessories from Corrine Smith Design, flowers from Planet Flowers, make-up by Lucy Gourlay and hair done by Keith Marshall.

 

Debbie was so lovely to work with! She had lost a lot of weight before her wedding and it was so wonderful to help her celebrate her lovely figure in a slinky and elegant dress.

Dundas castle was the perfect venue for Debbie and Allan's big day, and was beautifully captured by Allan and Jackie at Rankine photography!