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Making and Fitting Jenn’s First Mockup
If you’ve been following my blog for a while, you’ll know that I love the mockup process! A mockup (often called a muslin or a toile) is a test garment that you construct in a way that allows you to...
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Jenn’s Sketches to Second Mockup
During the process of working with my friend Jenn to create custom bridal millinery and transform her mom’s wedding dress into a rehearsal dinner top, the steps of my custom process got all mixed up....
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Fitting, Disassembling, and Prepping Jenn’s Underlining
Welcome to the 5th post in my custom bridalwear blog series about Jenn! Thanks for following along!In my previous post, I created a second mockup of Jenn’s rehearsal dinner top. We rejoin the story in...
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All About That Lace…
When the story of turning Jenn’s mom’s wedding dress into a rehearsal day top left off, the vintage dress had been taken apart. Its satin fabric had been cut after pinning the mockup pieces as a...
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Basting and Fitting Jenn’s Top
My previous post was “All About That Lace…” This post could be called “All About That Baste…” If you’ve been following me for any amount of time you’ll probably know that I love basting. I find it...
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A veil for Jenn’s photoshoot with People
My previous post in Jenn’s bridalwear blog series shared the basted fitting of her rehearsal day top held at Workroom Social in Brooklyn in September 2019. But the top wasn’t the only basted custom...
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Finishing Jenn’s Couture Wedding Rehearsal Top
In my previous post, I took a little aside in Jenn’s bridal blog series to share one of the custom millinery pieces I made for her. But my seven posts prior were about taking her mom’s 1970 wedding...
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Jenn’s Wedding Ceremony Millinery
In this second-to-last post in Jenn’s bridalwear blog series, I’ll share the story of creating a custom fascinator headpiece for her to wear during her wedding ceremony. I love making millinery...
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Jenn’s Rehearsal and Wedding Day!
De Nueva Photography It’s the final post in Jenn’s bridalwear blog series! The custom pieces I created in all the previous posts have reached their final destiny: on Jenn! "Brooks Ann Camper turned...
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