Artisans - Lindsey King Embellisher of Beautiful Things - Bridal Sashes

Lindsey King hand beaded bridal belts. 

I met Lindsey last year whilst working on her wedding dress and we instantly shared our love of all things embellished and sparkly. Lindsey really wanted a beaded belt to wear with her wedding dress and knowing her skills with a paint brush (check out her hand painted table wear here) I gave her the option of making one herself.

After a few months working away on the belts a little at a time, Lindsey arrived with the most breathtakingly beautiful beaded sashes. Very different from my strictly patterned designs, these belts included vintage 1950s rhinestone hearts glistening in scarlet reds surrounded by silver, gold and pearls, all individually picked and placed. Coral and blue Swarovski crystals are hidden amongst opalescent vintage milk glass beads and tiny crystal bugles that contain the sparkles.

Turn the belt over and you can see the painstaking craftsmanship in fine beautiful stitches where each of the two and half thousand beads have been hand sewn.

One of these belts is all you need with a simple ivory dress to make your wedding dress shine and you will most certainly wear it again!

These belts are available from Lindsey's Etsy shop here. 

Friday Friends - What Katy Did Next

Our Friday friend today is What Katy Did Next  , a gorgeous accessories label by UK designer Katy Howieson. A relatively recent graduate of textile and surface design, Katy has already proven her professional skill out in the fashion and bridal market with three stunning collections. We were very honoured that Katy asked to use our dresses for the styling shoots of her latest collection, Alice in Wunderland. 

The Heart Shoe Clips were a thank you from Katy and I am truly in love with these. The best surprise hidden in my box of dresses, sparkling, pink and heart shaped. These will be a regular occurrence on the blog! 

 

The wonderland lookbook shoot, (above image of the Julia hair piece) photographed by Sally Thurrell will be coming up soon, in the meantime you can read all about it on Katy's blog. 

To find out more and to see the gorgeous accessories made by What Katy Did Next Click Here. Xxx 

Alisha Petty Hats

 I was very fortunate to be able to work with Alisha Petty and her gorgeous hats whilst shooting the bridal collection and they were the perfect finishing touch to the dresses. 

My favourite was the beautiful hare ear fascinator on a dark green wool base and vintage roses, it's perfect in every way and so very soft. It reminded me of surreal 1940s hats from Schiaparelli and Dali with that same design quality.

The veil is a soft asymmetrically cut tulle with a fine feather crown and rhinestone detailing and the two pearl beaded fascinators and incredibly demure. Thank you very very much to Alisha for bringing these along x

Contact Alisha Petty here. and Here