Past Works

Here atThe Vintage Dressmaker, I have been rather busy recently and thought whatbetter time than to re cap and show what is so special about choosing me tomake that special garment and what sets me apart from the others.

Not onlydo i use couture sewing techniques to ensure a quality made garment, Ialso have a wealth of contemporary craft skills too, which enhance and takegarment construction to another level.

Thissmall part of a gown (above) is decorated with hand made Poppy flowers using a variety of techniques. Some are laser cutfrom silk, each are hand embroidered and embellished with beads and crysrals to bring them to life. Some are madefrom felt, where each fiber has been carefully chosen for their tone andtexture whilst others have been built up by sewing layer upon layer with sewing cotton and finally topped off with crystals.

The print panel was designed by myself in memory to all those who fought in Worl War 2. I used an acrylic and quink painting i'd done as a base, then using CAD, I scanned in not only watercolours of Poppies I had painted, but also photographic images of tanks, barbed wire, Robert Capa's D Day landing photographs and hand painted aeroplanes and layed up the images to produce this one design. The final image was then sent away for The Silk Bureau to digitally print onto Habotai Silk.

The red edges of the main gown have been laser cut into a petal shape, reflecting the Poppy image again. The Illustrator programme was written by me for the laser printer to follow.

Bespoke design and making service.

Taking customers dreams and making them a reality,I work personally with each client, listening to what they want from theirdress, reflecting their tastes and making it into a reality.

Each design and make or alteration service meansnumerous fittings where not only will you see your dreams come to life, the dress will also fit like a glove.

Poppy's dream party dress

From Design

To Completion

This dress reflected my love of the 50's, I have even used some vintage buttons and feathers on the embelishments.

Yours and their's but not the same.

Some clients wish a dress to be made for special occasions, and whilst there is a wealth of shops on the high street with fabulous clothes, there is a real concern that you will buy something that some one else is wearing. I have a few unique designs that can be made with most types of fabrics. This means that whilst you do not have to pay for the bespoke design service, you can choose a certain style and then your own colour. It is a more cost effective way to have a style that you know will suit you, still fitted bespoke to you, but in a fabric of your choice.

As you can see the gown below used the same corset style top, however is a long floaty number with embelishment to just the belt.