What I do is my passion, I love every aspect of it. I'm so lucky to be able to say that, that's why I decided to give you a small glimpse of what goes on behind the scenes.
Next we start working on the pattern, this is the most important thing. A pattern determines both the appearance and fit of the gown. To determine that the correct look and fit is accomplished, we take the sample pattern to the cutting room. There we cut the pattern out of muslin, and fit it to our models to make sure that the exact look and an impeccable fit has been achieved. After we correct any needed changes we size the pattern according to all the sizes on our size chart.
Next we cut the gown out of the correct materials and our head seamstress puts it together. This is where the real construction begins. Every gown is lined with the same silk material that we use for the out side of the gown. Each gown has an inside layer made out of tricot to ensure minimum stretching and wrinkling. We use boning and acrylic horsehair to make sure the the gown has an impeccable shape and also be extremely comfortable. We focus on having our gowns feel like second skin.We once again fit the finalised gown on our models to ensure that both the fit and look are exactly what we wanted.
After we are satisfied with the final product we complete the gown by adding the final touches. Some gowns have silk buttons and trims that are added at the last minute so that they look beautiful.
Some gowns have 100 pieces that have to be sewn together. A gown can take up to twenty one weeks to be created from scratch.
All of our materials consists of 100% the finest silks. We only use imported french laces and flowers.
So there you have it, that's how we spend our day in the Anglo Couture world.
Photos: Carrie Wildes Photography
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