wedding style
Tell us about the custom dress process?
I had my consultation with Laurie at the beginning of the year and immediately felt confident in her ability to deliver - similar to choosing boutiques, I went with Laurie because of her vibe and style aesthetic. It helped that I tried on dresses beforehand to understand styles, fabrics and drapes that I liked on me, but also gathering inspiration from designers that I liked that fit my aesthetic - chic, modern, and minimal. From that conversation, Laurie produced three sketches to choose from, as well as providing sketches for my bridesmaids dresses - I was able to view these sketches on my custom bridal portal that she designed specifically for me that provided detailed commentary for each dress. She also sent me several fabric swatches to choose from which was great, to texturally and visually see it since this was being done remotely. After selecting the dress and providing my measurements, she immediately went into production, starting with my bridesmaids dresses. Throughout the process, month by month, Laurie kept me in the loop with updates and abreast with any delays that occurred due to pandemic. In August, we had to pivot to a virtual fitting vs an in-person fitting in Chicago ,where her studio is based, in which she sent me my dress express. During the virtual fitting, albeit the dress was beautiful, we both decided that the original dress didn’t have that “zing!”, it needed something more. So in that moment, we came up with a whole new design and finalized it - we went from sleeveless, to sleeves; train to column skirt, and even tweaked the fabric. Two more virtual fittings would follow to get the fit and desired drape right until the final dress was delivered to my doorstep, and boy did Laurie deliver! I would absolutely recommend going custom if you find yourself liking certain aspects of a dress, but have not found the one that captures all of the elements you are looking for. For me, I am all about putting pieces together to create THEE look. Your dress can be a canvas that you build upon, or, it can be a statement piece .
vendors PHOTOGRAPHER: Renee
Hollingshead Photography
HOTEL: The
Brazilian Court
VENUE: Social
House
DRESS: Laury SUIT: Garcon FLORALS: Anthology
Bride
Couture Floristry
MAKEUP: Glam
By Maggie
CAKES: Earth
and Sugar
RENTALS: South VEIL: Filipa
Party Rentals
Cardoso Millinery
JEWELRY: Cult
Gaia
SHOES: Schutz COORDINATOR: Mimi FILM LAB: The
Joseph
Find Lab
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