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Contemporary Bridal Gowns "Antique Jade"
"Lucetta" variation

An elegant strapless corseted bodice with asymmetric encrusted decoration combining guipure and chantilly gold lace with beadwork emboidery.
Inspired by period costume, the cartridge-pleated skirt provides a unique eye-catching detail.
This gown an be constructed in virtually any colour and from a huge range of fabrics. Shown above in a violet/gold shot silk dupion with gold. Brides can pick a particular base shade of silk dupion (from around 400!) and then choose from our vast collection of laces - antique and modern, silver, gold, black......plus unique trims and beadwork possibilities held here at the studio. This results in a very individualised one-off gown, based on the "Lucetta" shape.

Slightly bizarrely, with all the hundreds of shades of silk I have available, this year two brides were inspired to this style in identical shades, within a matter of weeks of each other! (Fortunately, for my sanity, one requested a few variations in the embroidery detailing). When a dancer wanted a tutu in the same fabric a short while later, again embellished in gold, I thought she was pulling my leg! However, I fully understood what was inspiring them. This is a very unusual fabric (see "Beatrix" gown also in this section) - once seen, nothing else comes close. It is actually a bright turquoise silk woven with gold, but it reads differently inside, outside - in natural or artifical light, taking on tones of bright green, gold and blue. Challenging to capture on a photograph! Swatches available to anyone who is tempted.

Another client (shown below) chose to have the corset part of the "Lucetta" design as a seperate item, combined with a straight skirt. She chose a soft shade of teal green silk which toned beautifully with her embellishments of lilac and soft pink beadwork.

"Lucetta", as shown above in gold/ lilac is a Studio Sample to try on/ view. Size 10/12

Trying on the original gown at the consultation stage.

Beaded ivy leaves supplied by a client.

The completed corset with varied fish-tail skirt.

This design can be varied and individualised
to each made-to-measure order.
Approx. £2200 including fabric and beading

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