'Old Key' Wedding Dress

The inspiration for this design may seem a little far-fetched. I found a picture of some old keys, the kind that look quite decorative and elaborate, and I tried to incorporate the patterns on them into the lace on the sleeves and around the neck of this dress. I'm not sure how well that worked, but the dress itself was still quite pretty, so I decided to post it.

This dress has creamy-white lace along the sleeves and around the neckline. The lace forms quite a high neckline and full length sleeves. The rest of the dress is quite plain, made out of a satin of the same cream-white colour, it has a full length skirt that is light and floaty, but falls to form quite a narrow silhouette.

I hope you liked this design. For more designs, check back here next week, or visit my every-day-wear blog: www.bronzedaledesigns.blogspot.co.uk/. 

Wedding dress design and image © Bronzedale Designs

'Madame de la Chere' Bridesmaid Dress

This dress is inspired by a painting owned by the National Trust and displayed at Sizergh Castle in Cumbria. The lady in the painting is called Mary Matthews, Madame de la Chere and she is wearing a very beautiful dress. I have used the style of her dress for this bridesmaid dress, though I have used different colours.

The dress has a double row of lace along the neckline, and is off-the-shoulders. It has a simple bodice and a fairly full, floor length skirt. I originally designed this dress in a moss green colour, but once I'd done it I decided that it didn't really suit the style. I then tried it in this parchment colour and felt that it suited the style much better.

I hope you liked this design. For more designs, check back here next week, or visit my every-day wear blog: www.bronzedaledesigns.blogspot.co.uk/. 

Bridesmaid dress design and image © Bronzedale Designs

'Killerton Gown' Evening Coat

I found a picture of a 1929 wedding gown in the National Trust collection at Killerton. It is a beautiful dress with lots of beading and a typical 1920s shape. I haven't used the shape at all in this evening coat, but I've taken the colours and patterns of the dress and have used them for this design.

The evening coat is intended to be made from a soft grey-blue velvety material. It is full length with large amounts of elaborate beading in translucent gold seed beads. The only fastening on the coat is on the bronze belt which fastens using large hook and eyes.

I hope you liked this design. For more designs, check back here next week, or visit my every-day wear blog: www.bronzedaledesigns.blogspot.co.uk/. 

Evening Coat design and image © Bronzedale Designs

'Saltram Frieze' Wedding Dress

This is a design I did quite a while ago based around a picture of a frieze I found in the guidebook for Saltram, near Plymouth. Shapes used in the frieze are used for the bodice of the dress. The dress has a corset style top and uses stiffened petal shapes taken from the frieze to form off-shoulder sleeves. The middle petal at the front of the corset joins onto a thin band of material, forming a halter-neck. Gold embroidery is used to outline and emphasise the shapes used for the bodice. The skirt is kept simple, it is narrow and left plain. The dress would be fastened at the back using an invisible zip. The back of the dress would look similar to the front, but without the central petal that joins the front of the bodice to the halter-neck.

I hope you liked this design. For more designs, check back here next week, or visit my every-day wear blog: www.bronzedaledesigns.blogspot.co.uk/. 

Wedding Dress design and image © Bronzedale Designs