Tuesday, September 20th, 2011

My bride, the beautiful Mrs Paula Amani

Paula came to me with her own sketch-book loaded with great designs and clippings. Her inspiration was 1940’s Hollywood starlets  - Rita Hayworth, Veronica Lake – alongside her own design ideas. From this, I sketched out my personal ideas, taking into account her inspiration and body shape.  After we had signed off our dress design and I had collected those all important measurements,  we created a Toile(template of final design) using a polyester satin. Its not the nicest fabric but it brought our design to life and allowed us to pin and manipulate the pattern without touching the silk. It also gave us an idea of how the fabric would drape and work for her on the day. 

 

 Paula and myself spent some time at Pongees (a fantastic silk supplier on Hoxton Square) draping the various shades of white and cream silk over her, this gave us time to choose the right shade of colour which complimented her  skin. It also helped confirm our final design idea and we cut to fabric, sealing seams a month before the wedding.  Paula looked beautiful and was an absolute pleasure to work with.

Love Nooshin x

Topics: Weddings