Collette's story was a familiar one. After searching through bridal salons from Lansing to Toledo [and trying on at least least 70 dresses], she finally decided that going the "custom" route was her only alternative. She brought several photos of dresses she liked [parts of this and parts of that] for us to look at and to begin the process of designing the "dress of her dreams."

Collette knew that she did want an all-lace [ivory] dress over a deeper color silk under-fabric. She also knew that she didn't want it to be "strapless;" in fact she wanted some sort of a sleeve. She wanted a youthful look that might be difficult to achieve with a sleeve, so we went through many design ideas before finally coming up with the ultimate solution; a sleeveless lace gown with a matching bolero jacket. This way she would have the option of removing the jacket during her reception if she wanted to.

To keep the lace-over-lace design of the jacket from becoming too busy over the lace bodice of the dress, we underlined it with a pale peach organza. The color blended beautifully with the deep taupe underfabric of her gown. We added a beige satin ribbon just under the bust for accent.

Collette was married on October 10 [10-10-10] to the love of her life. It wasn't hard to see that her "Prince Charming" was enchanted with his "Princess."

We'll be posting her photographer's professional images as soon as they're ready.