Wedding dress for Justine Lewis
modelled by client

Slim fitting dress with boned bodice in duchess satin with silk georgette overlay. The bodice has a deep sweet heart neckline and gathered georgette panels from the underbust going over the shoulders to create straps. Two gathered georgette pieces from a criss-cross feature over the front bodice, echoes with gathered panels on the back bodice. The floor length skirt is a gentle fish tail shape with small train at the back.

The really distinctive part of this dress was the 'wings'. Made from georgette flowed from just below the shoulders and extended beyond the dress into a longer train. The wings were detachable for the evening part of the wedding and the dress's train also hooked up for dancing.

Similar styles from: £1200
With silk materials and detailing as shown £1540

Wedding dress for Justine Lewis
modelled by client

From the side the line of the wings, falling from the shoulders, can be seen.

Wedding dress for Justine Lewis
Original design sketch

Wedding dress for Justine Lewis
Official wedding pictures

Views of the back of the dress showing the wings and the train

Wedding dress for Justine Lewis
Pictures from Justine's fittings

Left: The underlying structure of the dress is fitted.
Right: Justine's final fitting with detail of the bodice.

Wedding dress for Justine Lewis
Two views of the dress during the making process.

Left: Just the duchess-satin 'shell' of the dress
Right: The georgette layer of the skirt is added (side seams still only pinned)

Wedding dress for Justine Lewis
Pictures from Justine's last fitting

Showing the back of the dress in all three ways it could be worn.

Left: With wings and train spread out
Centre: Wings taken off, train bustled up
Right: Wings taken off, train down

Wedding dress for Justine Lewis
Official wedding pictures