Wedding dress for Marie Cook
modelled by client

Marie commissioned a slim fitting wedding dress in silver coloured silk dupion.
The dress has a fitted and boned bodice and a gentle fishtail skirt that flares at the back into a train. The off-the-shoulder neckline is softened with a silk chiffon cowl that hangs loose at the back to swing when Marie danced.

Similar styles from £1200

Wedding dress for Marie Cook
modelled by client

Wedding dress for Marie Cook
Marie wrote: Thank you so much for the brilliant job you did making our dresses. The girls loved theirs and will be wearing them again. My dress was fabulous and I really enjoyed wearing it. I felt glamorous and elegant in it. I was really quite sad to take it off at the end of the day. Everyone thought that we all looked great and the look was topped off by the boys in their matching cravats and hankies. Thank you again, Marie and Andy xx

Wedding dress, bridesmaids and cravat sets for Marie Cook
modelled by clients

Marie commissioned two stunning bridesmaids dresses in teal coloured silk for her attendants.
For more pictures click here.

Wedding dress, bridesmaids and cravat sets for Marie Cook
modelled by clients

Marie commissioned cravats and hankies made up for the groomsmen in teal coloured silk to match her bridesmaids, while her new husband wore silver to match her own dress.

For details of the cravats and the bridesmaids dresses click here.

Wedding dress for Marie Cook
Original design sketch

Wedding dress for Marie Cook
Pictures from the toile fitting

What is a toile?
After I take your measurements I draft a flat paper pattern for your dress. The pattern is then cut out in a cheap fabric (usually calico) and sewn together for a fitting. Any adjustments needed are pinned on and copied over to the paper pattern ready to be used on the real fabric. The toile stage saves expensive mistakes with your real materials and means you can check the fit and style are perfect in time for a complete change of mind if need be!

Wedding dress for Marie Cook
Fitting pictures

Pictures from Marie's final fitting showing the dress from the front and the back with the train spread out and bustled up for dancing.

Wedding dress for Marie Cook
modelled by client

Pictures from Marie's wedding showing the train bustled for dancing (left) and also held up by the wrist loop for extra 'swishing' when twirling (right).

Marie also commissioned custom made shoes in silk to match her dress. Bespoke shoes cost from £300 from Marsha Hall, shoemaker.

Wedding dress for Marie Cook
modelled by client

Occasion wear dress for Marie Matthews
modelled by client

Marie came back for more!

More than a year after being married Marie (now Matthews) commissioned a dress to wear to a winter wedding. Click here to see more pictures.