Custom Wedding Dress & Kimono Upcycled Clothes | オーダーメイドウェディングドレス&着物ドレス
Remember I wrote about green satin bridesmaid dresses I made? Here are the photos of the bridesmaids wearing them! I am thrilled to see them in action and the dresses fit the girls well. I wore my “Chasing the Waterfall dress“..I love this print.
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Chasing the Waterfall Dress (also via Etsy)
Photographer: Yasunori Suzuki
Model: Eleonore Leno
Make up and hair: Naoko Ishibe
The shop has been updated with a new dress, Chasing the Waterfall Dress! This dress was inspired by a wedding I recently attended in the woods. The place was full of natural beauty and was completely silent, save the sound of chirping birds. The place is called Yatsugatake (八ヶ岳）in Yamanashi prefecture. The color scheme for the wedding was green. When I was asked to wear something in green, I was at a bit of a loss. When I think of green, I think of kelly green, which I am not a big fan of. I wanted the dress to be in the color scheme of the bride’s wish, without looking like a frog! This dress was made out of truly unique waterfall print I found here in Japan. I just love this print, and am planning on becoming making some separates (peplum top and I-line skirt?) as well.
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I am turning 30 soon, and I have a lot of people getting married this year. I have been invited to five weddings this year, including my sister’s. This bridesmaid dress was made for my friend, who is having her wedding this month. She will have three bridesmaids, and she and I worked on the design together. She wanted something swingy, so I suggested to go with a half circle skirt. As you can see in the sketch below, I suggested three options of the neckline, and she picked #3.
I added pipings all around the neckline. I love the piping details (as you can tell from this and this). It is a simple technique but adds color and more structure to the dress.
It is pretty rare to have bridesmaids in Japanese weddings – we don’t have the tradition. I remember having three bridemaids in my American wedding (I had both a Japanese and an American one), and sadly their dresses were from forever 21. I wish I sewed back then.
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