Backless Lace dress for the ultimate boho bride

Jessamin is a beautiful and whimsical girl, and for her marriage to Joe, she needed a dress which perfectly reflected her bohemian nature.
As a dancer, Jess wanted to be free to move and express on her wedding day so the materials used had to be very soft, light and flowing, and the cut unrestrictive.
I love to make lace look as though it was specially designed for the dress and for the bride, and so we chose two laces, a Chantily and a French Lace. The fine Chantily lace made the base of the dress, and from the french lace, I cut all of the flowers and paisleys and embroidered them ‘growing’ from the bodice, around the neckline, and trailing onto the hips and skirts.
The under-bodice is shaped to look like a delicate silk camisole, so that the fitted, long-sleeved over-bodice is sheer on the skin and the design and embroidery of the lace is emphasised. The sleeves are buttoned at the wrists with sparkly Swarovski beads.
The bodice is backless, except for a shoulder panel which makes a diamond shape creating a striking effect of Jess’ figure. Vines of lace and floral tendrils were embroidered to the edges of the cut-out to soften the shape and drape like Wisteria.
Jess’s Mum came to many of her fittings, such a lovely and inspiring woman, we decided to embroider some ribbon roses to the dress specially as a tribute to her.

The beautiful photo’s of Jessamin and Joe were taken by Photographer Matt Le Galle