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The Lookbook

Wedding Dresses,
From First Sketch to First Dance

A scrapbook from the Shoreditch studio, the drawings, the calicos, the pinning and pressing, and the dresses out in the world on the best days of all.

A hand-drawn wedding dress sketch with fitting notes
Where every dress begins
A dress sketch beside silk swatches and a jewelled headband
Silks, sketches & something sparkly
Two seamstresses arranging lace panels on the worktable
Laying out the lace
Hand-beading lace in close detail
One flower at a time
Pinning a lace sleeve during a fitting
Pinning the sleeve
Orhan adjusting a lace gown at a fitting
Orhan at work
Hands smoothing lace flat on the table
Pressing the lace
A draped calico toile worn with a veil in soft light
The calico, draped
A satin corset bodice with draped skirt at a fitting
Corset in progress
The finished corset gown with slit skirt and veil
The full look
A boned corset and draped satin skirt taking shape on the stand
Work in progress
A dropped-waist dress with a stand collar on the mannequin
Dropped waist, deep pleat
Gathered organza ruffles across a bodice in close detail
Organza, up close
A lace top and high-low satin skirt on the stand
Two pieces, one bride
An off-the-shoulder satin gown with a long train at a fitting
Fitting day
The satin gown's train spread across the studio floor
The train, unfurled
A further fitting of the off-the-shoulder satin gown
Almost ready
A crushed red velvet dress pinned at a fitting
Crimson velvet, pinned
A strapless lace mermaid gown at its final fitting
One last look
A finished dress held up to the light on its hanger
Ready for collection
A couple on the steps of Old Marylebone Town Hall
Just married
A couple in front of a red Routemaster wedding bus
The wedding special
A couple in cream tailoring and boho lace by the lake
Lakeside, barefoot
A gold sequin dress and grey three-piece in the garden
Gold in the garden
A couple showered with petals outside a Spanish church
Confetti in the courtyard
A bride with her bouquet in a leafy lane, black and white
A quiet moment
A bride in a white blazer dress and coat by a stone wall
City bride
An ivory lace coat worn over an orange dress
The lace coat
A bride in embroidered tulle with her groom, black and white
The kiss
A bride and groom at the altar, black and white
At the altar
The couple dancing back down the aisle
Dancing out
A bride laughing with Orhan at her final fitting
That first-look smile
The finished beaded lace gown worn in the studio
Pria’s gown, finished

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Every gown here began with a conversation at the studio. Bring your ideas, a sketch, a photograph, a feeling, and we will make the dress that belongs to you alone.

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