Bridesmaid Dresses for a Christian Wedding in India
A complete guide to choosing elegant bridesmaid dresses for Christian weddings, from colours and fabrics to silhouettes, styling and customisation.
Notes from the atelier The Drapemoda Journal.
Notes from the Drapemoda atelier on bespoke bridal gowns, bridal blouses and bridesmaid collections: how a commission is designed, measured and made.
Bridal blouses
How a bridal blouse gets designed around one bride
The blouse is drawn to your saree, your jewellery and your proportions, and the hand work is placed to that drawing rather than repeated from another.
Bridal gowns
What decides the price of a bespoke gown
Fabric, hand embroidery, structure and the number of fittings all move the figure, so a commission is quoted to its own design rather than to a list.
Bridal gowns
When to start, and what if your date is close
Book as soon as the date is set. Design time, fabric, hand embroidery and fittings all sit between the first conversation and a finished gown.
Bridesmaids
Dressing a bride tribe that does not match
Putting six friends in one identical dress flatters about two of them. A bridesmaid collection holds together as a palette instead.
Consultations
What a bridal consultation actually is
A Drapemoda consultation is a private design conversation, not a morning of trying gowns on. Here is what is decided in it, and what to bring.
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Every commission starts with a conversation.