Over the last few months I have been working on several projects for weddings. I was lucky to design 3 Mother of the Bride/Groom dresses, a wedding dress for a Cathedral wedding and a wedding reception dress for my lovely niece and model. The last was a fairy tale wedding in Sintra Portugal which I also attended.
Sintra wedding - Ellie is wearing green silk peony dress- hand-painted by Eve Vaterlaus
The large floral print silk was chosen for it’s vibrant greens for a wedding in Ireland.
Mother of the Bride dress in silk shantung - with half cummerbund belt.
Large flower print bursting with vitality, as is it’s owner - for a wedding in Bermuda - the body and weight of the fabric leant itself to a simple figure-flattering shape.
Mother of the Bride dress in 6-ply organza
This wedding dress was a challenge to construct. The Bride was inspired by a Halston dress designed for Liza Minnelli. I love the contrast between the shimmering silver sequins and the fragile slightly irridescent silk chiffon. Luckily, Michael at B and J Fabrics was able to find the gorgeous chiffon which was super light, yet able to bear the weight of the dress.
virtual wedding at St John the Divine - silver metal sequins on silk chiffon with silk chiffon bodice/sleeve
This dress was draped on the client out of a single length of silk chiffon
Silk Chiffon burnout Mother of the Groom dress
The wedding of my niece was held in a fairytale castle on a perfect moonlit night in Sintra , Portugal.
