Photos courtesy of Sam Sarkis www.samsarkisphotography.com

Sam Sarkis and I took three models to The Henry Ford [museum] on September 18 to capture some great photography for the upcoming season and a new marketing brochure. We thought you'd like to see the results.



Jennifer Spencer [left] is wearing our version of the "Royal Wedding gown." We first designed it [Princess Grace of Monoco was our inspiration], and were pleased to see that Kate Middleton had the same thoughts when she sat down with her designer to recreate a similar gown. The dress is a heavy silk taffeta and Alencon lace in ivory.


Tera Bean [center] is wearing a dress that we designed using a couple of wonderful floral cascades around the waist. We loved that tone-on-tone. The dress is Italian Zibalene [or Mikado] and the waist wrap and flowers are a slightly darker color silk taffeta.

Annie Hildebrand [right] is wearing her own wedding gown [married in June 2011] and tells us that she got "rave reviews" from all who attended. Her gown was silk taffeta with an organza overlay. Alencon lace appliques were sewn on both the under and over-skirt. She wore one of Custom Fabric Flowers [N.Y.] at the waist.

Marielle Newsome had her heart set on something romantic, but extremely out of the mainstream for her wedding. She and her fiancee agreed that black and white would be a powerful statement for a wedding gown. The two of them looked at a number of fabrics and laces, and decided on a silk taffeta for the dress with a black chantilly overlay for the bodice. The results were amazing.

Marielle added a little black topper headpiece that she found at an antique sale.

Prior to their June wedding, the couple traveled to Vancouver where her fiance was to attend a medical conference, and then on to Boston where the wedding took place. The dress went along on the cross-country trip.