Pre-Raphaelite / Medieval

"The Accolade"

An ethereal, unashamedly romantic wedding gown, loosely based on the mediaeval costume in "The Accolade" by Pre-Raphaelite painter Edmund Blair-Leighton. The sumptuous multi-layered skirt and medieval style hanging (elveish) sleeves contain many metres of ivory and cream silk chiffon.  The made-to-measure duchesse satin  bodice is fully boned with back lacing.  Many variations on this theme are possible. From £2300 to £3500

For one bride we were inspired to use the intricately embroidered hem of a sari to reproduce the decorative effect in the original "Accolade" painting. The client also managed to find an antique Victorian pierced metalwork belt to use as an original hip girdle.

Detail of sari embroidery which was used for the skirt, bodice and upper sleeves.

Please click on image to see an alternative Mediaeval design using sari embroideries.

Emma was inspired by the original medieval-style "Accolade" gown, but also really suited the "Indira" style with its Indian embroideries (see above right). We combined the two gowns and reduced the quantity of elaborate embroidery which might have swamped her petite stature. This resulted in a romantic gown of midnight blue dupion with chiffon skirts and hanging sleeves, highlighted with gold. A lightly boned bodice with back lacing was ideal for a small frame.