My Own Wedding dress
modelled by Felicity Westmacott (nee Parks Young)

Having worked so much in ivory and white I decided to be bright and colourful on my own wedding day.
My dress was made with a boned bodice in green silk with a gold lace overlay. The bodice has a pointed waistline, sweetheart neckline, shaped straps and a peplum at the back. The bodice fastened at the back with with two rows of cover buttons and loops. The full skirt was made in gold silk with contrast green silk waterfall at the back and worn over a hoop and netting. I also had a gold lace bolero.

Guide Price: £2500
Basic making (85 hours) £1870
Materials as shown £630
Hand embroidery on train £1200 extra (labour and materials)

My Own Wedding dress
modelled by Felicity Westmacott (nee Parks Young)

Having worked so much in ivory and white I decided to be bright and colourful on my own wedding day.
My dress was made with a boned bodice in green silk with a gold lace overlay. The bodice has a pointed waistline, sweetheart neckline, shaped straps and a peplum at the back. The bodice fastened at the back with with two rows of cover buttons and loops. The full skirt was made in gold silk with contrast green silk waterfall at the back and worn over a hoop and netting. I also had a gold lace bolero.

Guide Price: £2500
Basic making (85 hours) £1870
Materials as shown £630
Hand embroidery on train £1200 extra (labour and materials)

My Own Wedding dress (back view)
modelled by Felicity Westmacott (nee Parks Young)

The back of the bodice fastened with two rows of cover buttons over a hidden lace-up corset. The slightly Victorian feature at the bottom of the bodice is called a 'peplum' with graduated pleats and folds extending a little way over the skirt to create a slight bustle effect. The skirt had a back opening with contrast green silk waterfall and gold silk train embellished with gold lace and hand embroidery.

Guide Price: £2500
Basic making (85 hours) £1870
Materials as shown £630
Hand embroidery on train £1200 extra (labour and materials)

My Own Wedding dress
modelled by Felicity Westmacott (nee Parks Young)

Having worked so much in ivory and white I decided to be bright and colourful on my own wedding day.
My dress was made with a boned bodice in green silk with a gold lace overlay. The bodice has a pointed waistline, sweetheart neckline, shaped straps and a peplum at the back. The bodice fastened at the back with with two rows of cover buttons and loops. The full skirt was made in gold silk with contrast green silk waterfall at the back and worn over a hoop and netting. I also had a gold lace bolero.

Guide Price: £2500
Basic making (85 hours) £1870
Materials as shown £630
Hand embroidery on train £1200 extra (labour and materials)

My Own Wedding dress
modelled by Felicity Westmacott (nee Parks Young)

The embroidery on my train was all done by hand in Japanese silk thread. Fuchsias on a curling vine with gold lace highlights and a tiny bee to one side. The stamens were highlighted with tiny cerise and gold glass seed beads.

Guide Price:
Hand embroidery on train £1200 (labour and materials)

My Own Wedding dress
modelled by Felicity Westmacott (nee Parks Young)

The back waterfall and train all bustled up in the evening to enable me to dance a jive with my new husband.

My Own Wedding dress
modelled by Felicity Westmacott (nee Parks Young)

Having worked so much in ivory and white I decided to be bright and colourful on my own wedding day.
My dress was in green and gold silk and gold lace. My bridesmaids were in three shades of pink silk with gold embroidered organza on the bodices. The page boys each had gold waistcoats to match my dress and the groom had a subtle pinstriped silk in pale pink, fuchsia and gold for his waistcoat.

Guide Price: £2500
Basic making (85 hours) £1870
Materials as shown £630
Hand embroidery on train £1200 extra (labour and materials)

My Own Wedding dress
modelled by Felicity Westmacott (nee Parks Young)

I went on a shoe making course to make my own shoes. The tutor provided me with a pattern for the shape of the pieces we would cut to make the shoes so I could embroider the cream silk with fushcias before I went. The pattern is not symmetrical but lies across the two shoes in a diagonal curl.

Guide Price:
Hand embroidery on shoes £220 (labour and materials)
The shoe making course I attended cost £400 including all materials.

My Own Wedding dress
modelled by Felicity Westmacott (nee Parks Young)

Some views of the dress as a 'work in progress'.
Left: The toile or practice run of the bodice shape (back view)
Top right: a view of the inside of the bodice being pinned before sewing
Bottom right: a view of the bodice being fitted before the gold lace was added