Rachel Lamb Bridal Design

This is springtime bride Julie (and her husband), who, as the title suggests, wore a sage green silk dress with a vintage-y looking nude/oyster coloured lace overlay. When Julie first came to see me, she wasn't looking for anything traditionally bridal in colour, and was originally thinking of  a richer blue or green colour, with comfort being a priority for her. We looked at a few green and blue laces but none hit the spot, so I suggested that she go on an exploration of some of the fabric shops in London to see if anything caught her eye. (I often send people off with a list of potential shops if I have nothing in the studio that matches their ideas.) It did, and Julie came back with a small piece of the lace she'd found to show me, but as I recall, there wasn't much of it left on the roll in the shop. We discussed and revised the design again and I advised her to buy the remaining piece of lace and said that I would draft the dress pattern to fit in with t...

Here are some fab pics to show you of one of my brides from this summer - Felicity, and her husband Julian. They got married locally on one of the hottest days and you can almost smell the hot sun and dry grass when you look at the pictures... Here they are leaving the ceremony. Felicity's dress and shrug was made of ivory silk taffeta... ...with a sweetheart neckline. Here's Felicity's bridesmaid Jane assisting. The dress was fitted to the hips and then gently flared out to the hem. The bodice part of the dress was gently 'ruched' across the back and front. Taffeta works very well for ruching - its got that crunchy texture but lies very flat if pleated or ruched. Here's a close up of the shrug. I also made Felicity's flower-girl's outfit (see above), and instead of carrying flowers, we decided to make her a lavender heart (with a matching flower attached) to carry, you can see the heart on the pink paper next to her wand! We thought this wo...

I've been having a bit of a fiddle about with my fabrics and jotting some ideas down in my sketch book and decided to try making these little hearts scented with lavender: And this little dress: This is age 1 or thereabouts, and it still needs some modification, but I think I shall make some more and see what I come up with. I feel like making some simple dresses for little girls - there's a lot of cutesy, fluffy stuff about, which is great too, but I'm favouring the 'less is more' approach.