Alexandra June 2010 Prom

Alexandra had her prom last month...so here's a few pics she sent me. Thank you ALi!!

2010 Prom

Just about all of my dresses have built in bustier with sewn in cups. No need to find a macthing strapless bra. gotta love that!!

My Youngest Client Delaney

I am known for creating pretty frills for women like you and me, but once in a while I also get personal requests to create cute little wonders.

Delaney's mom wanted to create a special "1st Birthday" dress for Delaney to match her cake and invites; pink with black Damask theme. The dress must have black ruffles, a short sleeve and full skirt bottom. I found this totally cute black tulle with pink polka dots to use as crinoline, added ruffle bloomers with "D" heatseal rhinestones for Delaney and created a flower hair clip to match. Here's some pics she shared with me from their after party photo session....

Thank you Mandi!!

Cherise+ Bridal Party

Cherise & Shann Wedding
St. Thomas -June 2010
Cherise came to me in Nov. 2009 for bridesmaids dresses after getting her Badgeley & Mischka wedding dress from Kleinfeld.
She knew that she wanted to use the Colors: light tan, Tiffany's Blue and Chocolate for her wedding, which was for her wedding in St. Thomas: a sohpisticated color palette to go with the destination wedding theme right next to the sandy beach and water.
Cherise wanted her bridesmaid dresses to be flowery blowing in the ST. Thomas breeze and immedately we agreed to use light silk chiffon fabric, because no other fabric will be prettier than chiffon.


Cherise & Shann.

Cherise's mom surprised me with a request to make her trumpet dress 1 month before the wedding. I always welcome a challenge. She was so fun to work with and not to mention a "killer" body. You rock Miss. Sharon. She bought her silk taffeta fabric prior to seeing me and knew exactly what she wanted once we met

The girls in my dresses. 4 bridesmaids in knee length ruched front dresses with contrast detachable chiffon flowers sash


Kathy and Carlene posing for me.... kinda. We edited out the flowers to keep it more clean.


Cherise's rehearsal dinner dress in a barely pink chiffon.
First wedding pictures of the year. Can't wait to see the professional pics Cherise!!

Alexandra 5.14.2010

Alexandra came to me a couple months ago and needed a prom dress. She gave me the freedom to make her any dress I want. So I made her this popular drapy peach color chiffon dress: easy to wear, light and flowry. Remind me of the 1930's/40's glam.
She live in Pa but she flew into NYC to see friends, so made it easy for us to meet.
The pics below are from our last meet/fitting. We had a little fun prancing around and taking a few pics.

LOVE my job!!!

A little Update

I went through a friend's blog post at Bespoke Affairs about Vera Wang designing a line for David's Bridal and was wondering "where have I been?". The news came out April 20th, a month ago. So realized that I have been working tirelessly for the past month. It had been a gruesome month of hard labor: staying up til midnight everynight, had a stiff neck for 1 week and a bit of a sore throat the past few days had me going through the cabinets looking for VITAMINs!!haha
I love every bit of this. That's why I want to thank everyone who have trusted me to be part of their wedding day, prom, Bat Mitzvah... It's been a wonderful 1st year by myself. More than I can hope for for a brand new business. I had been working in the industry for the past 10 years and never have I been as happy as I am right. Working with everyone and making dreams come alive is pretty magical.

Some people have asked why I don't mass-produce and go big?
Quite honestly, I've worked for big companies and once the business gets bigger, every Monday morning, it's all about the sales/money report. My passion is crafting dresses, pretty things. Once it's bigger, I will be too busy managing. I kinda like being a designer: playing with my camera once in a while if I feel like it (sorry I am not the best photographer ..for now). I get to interact with my clients which is something I never ever got to do. Real world of fashion: We sketch behind the computer, send it overseas and really don't get to see much til it's finished and deliverd onto the selling floor. pretty sad.
Now starting my 30's, I feel very accomplished, even though my business is really just "me" and some help sometimes. But nothing beats an email inquiry at least once a week telling how they love my work! What more can any designer ask for?

Rock your Wedding!!

Adrienne, event planner had asked me back in December if I wanted to participate in a photoshoot with a few other wedding venders and of course I instantly said "YEEEESS"!!!
The idea is very appealing..the storyline was even better:
** Young innocent suburban girl runs away with "Rock 'n Roll" boyfriend to NYC and they get marry. The idea of this dress was to still be pretty, but different. The dress consist of 2:
1) Under short basketweaved chiffon dress with raw ends of the strands hanging out assymetrically. This is meant to be the "short and funky" party dress she'll party ALL night in.
2) Longer skirt to go over the shorter dress for a more "traditional bride" look even though she is not anymore. Skirt is entirely covered with loosely hand scrunched & sewn yards of silk chiffon and tulle over satin.

Please take a look all the other wonderful and talented people that participated.
Danny Weiss for photography
Bespoke Affairs for coordination
Denise Fasanello Floral Design for the bouquet
Sally Duvall for makeup
Stacy Pitt for hair
Artikal for bridal hats & veils
Red Carpet Boutique in downtown Millburn, NJ for accessories
Anna Beckman for calligraphy
Timeless Films for video (which we will be sharing at a later date)

We were also featured on Rock'n Roll Bride. Check it out!!

Cherise Bridal Party

4-04-2010
What I love about my job, other than creating beautiful dresses, is meeting new people all the time.

I had fitting with Cherise and bridal party today. Such fun & sassy girls who are very involved with the creation process. Not afraid to be different and definitely have great style.

Thank you for all the compliments and making me laugh today, guys!! I had so much fun playing dress up and loooove it that I can all the time. heehee. Oh I love my job!!
Can't wait to see St. Thomas wedding pictures of you beautiful gals! I can just see it now................... :)