Behind the Seams: Ghislaine

July 8

Forgive the cheesy play-on-words, but that's what this post is all about! In Enzoani's Summer 2012 magazine they explain what goes in to making a wedding gown...not just any gown, one of BHB's favorites, Ghislaine.

This beauty is comprised of 15 yards of tulle for the dress and then 15 more yards of tulle for the overskirt. Thirty yards!

Can you guess how many hours it takes to make just 1 of the Ghislaine wedding gowns?

70! 70 Hours to put the following together from the pattern panel:

the 30 yards of tulle on the dress and overskirt,

16 yards of dupioni silk,

15 different kinds of carefully hand cut fabric,

17 different kinds of beading,

50 individual lace appliques that are all hand cut and placed,

116 different pattern panels hand cut and placed,

and 116 pieces of panel. With the petticoat, skirt, scalloped hemline, interlining, and panel ready to go, they are all sewn together to create the gown. The final touch? The beaded applique at the empire waist is sewn on last and vuala! Designer Kang Chun Lin's one-of-a-kind gown Ghislaine is completed.

Lisa
BHB Floor Manager

Comments

Fabulous article. A real eye opener. I wondered how long it took to make the gowns, and that Ghislaine gown is spectacular! I know it takes me many hours to make my handmade bridal accessories.

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I would try it on before you buy it. Wedding dress sizes run weird. I wear a size 4 or 6 and my wedding dress was ordered in a size twelve. When my dress came in it fit pretty well. It only needed to be taken up at the hem, in at the waist, and at the straps. All in all the alterations cost me about $500. Now, if you’re talking about bringing a dress down a whole size then you are probably looking at more money. It’s going to have to be taken up at the hem. They always do. If the dress is complicated or heavily beaded you are looking at an additional expense.When the dress is altered, or in the process of being altered, don’t do the stupid thing I did and keep losing weight. My seamstress was ready to kill me every time I came in she kept having to alter the dress. Once they have to bodice part perfect stay the way you are. I don’t know how much money I wasted doing that. Basically, the more alterations the dress needs the more it is going to cost. Find a good seamstress if you are going this route. It’s worth the money to find someone who really knows what they are doing.

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Check the sizes very, very carefully. Wedding gowns are not always sized in the same way as street clothes.This is because some wedding gown makers still go by the same sizes used on clothing patterns. If you sew your own clothes, you’ll know that a size 12 in patterns is a 25- to 26-inch waist – a size 6 or 8 in store-bought clothing. The same thing is true for wedding dresses. You may be a size 2 in store-bought clothing, but you could be up to a size 8 in wedding dresses, depending on the style and maker.Never, ever, ever buy by size. Always buy by measurements. And that goes double for wedding dresses.

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