This is a post about a lace and organza wedding dress for an hourglass figure. When we met, the bride in question, Giorgia, described herself as hourglass curvy so that’s the term I’m using today.
I often get approached to help create wedding dresses and outfits for brides who feel that their figure is a ‘problem’. I’m using the inverted commas on purpose there. Giorgia approached me about creating a bespoke wedding dress because she felt that her hourglass figure and generous bust would need more support and shaping than she would get from an off the peg wedding dress or experience.
I love the challenge and the reward of creating dresses for figures that have caused people some issues with fit in the past. Very few of us are standard sizes and shapes, and having an outfit or gown made to fit is a very exciting and rewarding experience for the bride as well as for me.
Giorgia’s dress was tailored to fit her in multiple stages. Below we can see a couple of images from initial fittings when the dress was in its calico toile stage. You can see I was only working on the fit over the bust in one of the fittings.
It’s important to get a precise fit right from the initial toile stages of the process. I wanted Giorgia to feel supported but not like she was wearing a suit of armour.
Once the toiles are correct I cut out this wedding dress for an hourglass figure in the actual real fabric. In this case Giorgia’s dress was created using a matt satin with a silk organza overlay and hand appliqué lace motifs over the bodice and skirts.
Congratulations to Giorgia and Simon who have recently reached their 1st wedding anniversary!
The wedding images are by Suffolk photographer James Davidson
