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I got what I paid for

Me: Always choose a couture bridal specialist to work on your wedding dress. The skills they have over your aunt’s friend or your own DIY efforts if you’re not a pro are worth every penny. Also me: I’m not spending £8 – eight whole pounds – on that Hobbycraft kit when I can make one…

Work Experience Wunderkind

The student I turned down is now doing my job Warning: post contains injury picture I broke my wrist last Thursday. My right, and I’m right handed, at the start of what are typically my two busiest months of the year. I was booked solid with alterations, bespoke creations and embroidered veil orders and one…

Stranded on their wedding night!

I just posted some pics of a veil I made for a bride, Kira, getting married today in Sydney. Seconds later, I saw she had published a video on Instagram of her (still in her veil and wedding dress) and her husband from an hour previously, STRANDED in the middle of nowhere. I can’t (and…

And the bride wore… the dress I’d just bought. 😱

Disaster! “We recently attended a wedding and the bride wore THE DRESS I brought to you a few months ago. I could have screamed!!” So began an email from one of my brides whose dress I’m altering later this year. Imagine. You’ve just spent more money than you’ve ever spent on one item of clothing…

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Hello, I’m Holly. Welcome to my latest musings on designing, dressmaking, what goes on behind the scenes and all things weddings. May contain cats.

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