STORIES, IDEAS AND THINGS WELL CHOSEN
You can't see heat in a photograph of a dress, but you will feel it an hour into the ceremony. Here is what to check at your fitting: the layers, the fabric, the sleeves, the corset and the hem.
Read the storyHems, straps and the waist are often adjusted. Letting a dress out by a lot, reworking embroidery or changing the silhouette is much harder. Here is how to prepare for the conversation at the atelier.
Read the storyTO KEEP. TO COME BACK TO.
Ideas that bring you closer to your choice.
From the first question to the final detail.
A civil ceremony moves at a different pace from the big wedding. You stand for the vows, have photographs taken outdoors, then carry on with the day. Here is how to choose a dress that keeps up.
Read the storyThe back of your dress is on show at the altar, on the stairs and on the dance floor, yet it rarely gets a proper look at the fitting. Here is how cut-outs, buttons and lacing behave, and what is worth checking.
Read the storyLength, waist and shoulders are judged in movement, not standing still in front of the mirror. Here's what to look for at a fitting and what to bring with you.
Read the storyThe silhouette decides how you move; the colour depends on the fabric and the evening light. What to compare at your fitting when choosing a long gown for a ball or gala.
Read the storyYou try a ready-to-wear dress on there and then. A made-to-measure dress you judge first from a sketch and your measurements. Here is what that means at the fitting, and what is worth asking.
Read the storyWeight, relief, the reverse of the embroidery and how it wears: what to look for in a hand-embroidered dress, and what to ask about alterations.
Read the storySequins don't automatically make an outfit look overdone. What matters is their size, where they sit on the dress, and how it looks at the fitting, both when you move and when you sit down.
Read the storyThe same cut looks and wears differently in lace, tulle, chiffon or taffeta. Here is what to notice in each fabric, and what to check when you try a dress on.
Read the storyYou notice a good corset mostly for what it doesn't do. It doesn't slip, it doesn't dig in and you never have to hitch it up. Here is what to check at your fitting.
Read the storyFOLLOW THE THREAD OF THE STORY
A dress to discover.
An idea to take further.
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