Polly, Anna and a Wow Factor Dress

Anna has had the most fabulous Summer of weddings dotted all over Europe and this Summer came something very special for her. A wedding dress all of her own.

It can be quite daunting working independently on your first wedding dress, it becomes yours as much as the brides. Anna has worked on all of our wedding dresses (she's responsible for them being so beautifully made and constructed) and was more than qualified to go it alone for this job.

Watching Polly's dress unfold at the studio was wonderful to see and the outcome is proper WOW factor all the way. I love Polly's plait on the day too, such a stunningly gorgeous bride!

We will be able to take on a few more wedding dress orders in the future and dependent on your style either myself or Anna or both of us will be working on your dress :)

Over to Anna to tell you all about it .............................

Hi there, Anna here – as you may have gathered it's been a very, very busy year for me when it comes to weddings, both with dressmaking work and socially within my friendship group.

It's always exciting when a friend announces their engagement and hearing about peoples wedding plans – ok, so maybe it's a girl thing – but I do love talking weddings. You can probably guess what the biggest question I'm always itching to ask is.......what about the dress?? It's actually quite difficult to bring this subject up with friends, I would never want to be pushy and am more than aware I can't do them all, but secretly I always hope to be asked to help.

So, back at the end of march this year I was sat in a steam room on my friend Holly's spa hen party, when my friend and neighbour Polly bought up the dress subject :) Polly was getting married this summer and I'm sure she wouldn't mind me saying I had no idea what she would be looking for in a wedding dress. Luckily for me Polly's sister Emma was already on the case and made my job easy.

We all met up a few days later in our local pub – well, why not? - and Alexandra came along too. Polly and Emma had already visited bridal boutiques and Emma had sketched what they envisaged having made based on things Polly liked. We looked at fabric swatches and decided on an elegant fishtail shape with sporty cut away shoulders in a fine corded lace and french crepe, with lots of buttons down the back and extra length to accommodate Polly's VERY high shoes.

The whole making/fitting process went smoothly, we had super relaxed fittings in Polly and Emma's Mums dining room, where the only problem was various people walking through, as the dining room is next to the back door!

Polly and Simon had a small wedding ceremony and meal in Wells and then a big party at our new favourite pub/restaurant The Swan in Wedmore a few weeks after. Two sunny days and two chances to wear the dress, what more could I ask for?

The wedding photographer Polly and Simon used was also a friend of mine, Aran Jefferies of Latitude Photography. You may recognise him from last years blog posts, we made his wife Em's wedding dress too! It's really great to finally be able to share some of his wonderful pictures on our blog and we hope to be able to work with him again soon (there's talk of a children's wear photo shoot, when we all get time....)

For now I'll leave you with some stunning photos – congratulations Polly and Simon.