I can totally breathe a sigh of relief after this weekend! Three big made-to-measure garments all related to weddings: mother of the groom dress, a wedding reception dress for a bride, and a wedding gown!!! It’s truly pretty freaking awesome to be able to be a part in each of these special days for these […]

For a mother of the groom dress for Maureen, we made the Jane Dress from the made-to-measure collection swapping out the jersey cowl top for a rich looking gold silk charmeuse. The garment absolutely needed beautiful buttons, but I was totally unsatisfied with the selection of pearl schenck buttons out there!! So….. I made them…. […]

Make it a soft and fabulous pillow 🙂 Ali

For the modest train on the beaded wedding gown, I trimmed the delicate scalloped border of the fabric off and then laid them out piece by piece to the hem of the gown. We will bustle it a little so the bride-to-be isn’t tripping when she’s dancing herself dizzy! We just love the way the […]

Almost done 🙂

This is most definitely a top secret kind of project, buuuuuuut I have to share a teensy bit!!!

So I’m working on a wedding dress that is made of this gorgeous beaded fabric… We had to break out the heavy artillery. – Ali

On Tuesday the 19th we decked Bidwell Park with ferocious fashion! Yes, it was hot. And yes, the girls held it down and still looked fabulous. The girls were sprinkled throughout the crowd with anatomy stakes acting as live mannequins! Vogue. Picket fence for fashion.  

Come one, come all… actually come all.  xoxo Ali

Hot toddy Keri!!!!!! Her first made-to-measure dress. I bet her boyfriend was beating off the men with a stick all night… xoxo Ali