Too bulky, too beige, too many lace … Do you find it difficult to find the dress of your dreams in shops and big brands? Having your tailor-made wedding dress can be the solution. The proof not 5.
“”I like the fabric of the first, the sleeves of the second and the back neckline of the last …“It is not easy to find the ideal dress, the one we always dream of has always been. Thus, making your tailor-made dress have several advantages, not only, it allows you to have a unique dress, which looks like you, with the color, the materials and the cut of your choice, but that will save you the race for the fittings. But before, make sure to make the difference between seamstress and creator:”If the first makes the dress according to a pattern, a photo or a drawing, the second fully creates the dress, from the drawing to the final realization“, Specifies Isabelle Beaumenay-Joannet, creator of wedding dresses in Paris who enlightens us on the tailor-made.
1 – A unique dress in accordance with your personality
Using a creator of wedding dresses is added value. You can discuss your desires and expectations with it. “”Some women come with a whole bunch of photos of dresses they like, explain to me with their words what they want, then after this long exchange, I make several sketchesexplains the designer. There is therefore no limit to imagination! We discuss a lot, this allows me to identify their character and see what would best adapt to their personality“.
2 – A dress perfectly suited to her morphology
Once the future bride has selected the model of his choice, “I take all its measurements and I make a canvas: it is a first assembly made in a raw cotton canvas that the future wife will be able to try“, says Isabelle. This step is essential since it will allow you to see the general volume and above all, if the cut goes to the bride and modify it accordingly (adjust the size, the length of the sleeves, the depth of the neckline …)
3 – The luxury of being able to choose your materials
Another advantage of making your tailor-made wedding dress made is of course to be able to choose the materials you love. Often, the designer works with fabric suppliers who have a wide choice of materials. “”I offer a lot of samples to the future bride who can touch each material, see her rendering in light or associate it with others and create unpublished fabric compositions herself“, says Isabelle, who has thousands of different materials in her” tissuthèque “, but who particularly likes to work on noble materials like the silk and lace of Chantilly. She adds that”With these very high quality fabrics that I find in Lyonnais or Italian manufacturers, I manage to create beautiful volumes, without the dress being heavy, which is not often the case with the models of ready-to-wear“.
4 – A privileged moment
This privileged moment during which a designer takes care of you, listens to your desires and takes the time to advise you is very precious during marriage preparations which are often sources of stress. In addition, you can take the time you need to choose and validate the model of your dreams. It is also the guarantee of having only one interlocutor, that is to say, a single person who takes care of the creation, patronage, cutting, editing and finishes.
5 – What about the price?
Although it depends on the choice of materials, the cut, the number of changes requested and the time required by making the model, a tailor-made dress is not necessarily more expensive than a dress of a large brand. The price of certain tailor-made dresses is around 1,000 euros. “”In the collective conscience, which says tailor-made says expensive price. However, because there are no intermediaries between the designer and the client, the manufacturing costs (subcontracting, delivery, etc.) are less significant and the prices of the models are often lower than in some large brands“, Ensures the designer. Another significant aspect: the delivery time of the dress. But again good news:”Since everything is done in the spotlight, the deadlines are much shorter than in the great production“.
