Fabienne [photos by Christy Tyler]
Claudia [photos by Christy Tyler]
Last week Chicago based photographer Christy Tyler stopped by the studio to pick out a dress for her upcoming Styled Shoot Photography workshop and took a few photos of two of our newest dresses as well. Above are Fabienne, a chiffon and lace dress, and Claudia, a bias cut charmeuse gown. To view more photos from her mini shoot or check out her upcoming workshop check out Christy’s site here!
The wonderful blog One to Wed just featured our Anita dress as their Dress of the Week along with a wonderful writeup. Thank you Kathryn for featuring us!
choosing ribbons and trims
rough sketchs of the design
inspiration photos
working on the pattern
We’ve just started work on a new project here at the studio and we are very excited about it. One of our brides requested an 18th century gown for her wedding taking place on stage at Chicago’s Symphony Center and she was so gracious as to allow us to share the process on our blog. Right now we are gathering bits of trims and ribbons, pouring over historical fashion books and referring to movies like Marie Antoinette and Dangerous Liaisons for inspiration as well as working on the pattern for the first muslin fitting. We’ll be posting each stage of the process, design, pattern, muslins (which are mock-ups of the dress for fitting purposes) as well as the gown itself and all of the hand work that goes into embellishing it. Stay tuned to see this dress come to life!
