Rachel Lamb Bridal Design

What has happened to February?? (See last paragraph below.) Here are some lovely images of one of my brides, Emily, who got married in the New Year. I think she looks great! So happy, and her dress fits her so well! :-) Emily's photos were taken by Ben Bull . Emily is wearing Gaia dress which is a design from my collection. It's the last one I shall make in this particular lace as sadly it's no longer easily available. However, plans are afoot for a new version of this dress using a different lace. I've been working on the dress from the sketch in my last post (see above). It's almost complete now. As usually happens, I've changed some of the features a bit as the work progresses. I'm in love with the colour - very cool-sky-ish. What do you think? I'm into designing some dresses that aren't ivory at the moment. I was listening to All Passion Spent by Vita Sackville-West while working on this dress, so perhaps the story...

...or is it early autumn? No matter. It's that transition phase. Do you fancy a walk? Come for a gentle ramble with me and him. I like to walk around my neighbourhood and village, every day if time allows. I love just looking .        I had intended to take pictures of hay bales - the rolled up type, because I love how they look.  They're such an unnatural shape. Like alien life-forms, or as if some large hand had just rolled them there.   Inevitably we got side tracked by other stuff too.   I love looking at wild stuff randomly growing. I like looking at the textural mass of tangle - I see it as a whole...       ...and the individuals that make up the tangle. Both are inspirational to me. I wonder if we would find the nettles above prettier if they didn't sting, and the umbel shaped things less attractive if they did?   More a...

Happy New Year! Almost every New Year's day, my husband and I go for a walk. This year we went to Anglesey Abbey . If you've not been before, now is a fabulous time to go because there is the most amazing garden there. For anyone who feels that winter is dull in the garden, I urge you to go and look now, its amazing. We thought it a good place to go to try out the new camera lens that Father Christmas gave me. These pics were taken by my husband while I was creative director, which is often the best outcome for all on a walk ;) I love these pictures and there are far more than I want to show here, so perhaps I'll post more another time or put them elsewhere. I find plants very inspirational, especially in the bare, sculptural winter state. When I say inspirational, I don't mean I would try and translate them exactly into a wearable garment (unless I was asked to), more that they visually please me and that affects what I design. Perhaps that's anothe...

Did you dream of your wedding dress when you were small? Some do, some don't. Today I'm going to show you someone who did. Perhaps you read the title and thought instantly of some sort of extremely fluffy 'princess' style fairytale look, well you're a tiny bit off the mark, for although she's very beautiful, this bride's dress is what I consider to be quite a modern and simple look, based on a modern fairy story. I'll leave the story until the end to see if you recognise it. Meet Zoe - here she is prior to the ceremony. Here's a close up of the back of her dress. Guessed the story yet? We made a few changes to the fabrication and details within the dress, but essentially its very close to the original imagery. All pictures of Zoe (apart from the last two) are taken by her photographer John Harris . A huge thanks to John for sending me these images and allowing me to use them. If you're looking for a wedding photographer, do have a lo...