English · Real brides
Every dress below was made without the bride ever coming to the studio. The photographs are unretouched.
United States
A double-faced satin wedding dressWhy this fabric travels well, and how the measurements were taken over video.
Seven days of crystalsHundreds of crystal strands set by hand — the one part that cannot be hurried.
A dress and the whole bridal partyOne bride ordered her own dress and her bridesmaids’ together. And what she wrote afterwards.
A red áo dài with a beaded phoenixKaren lives in the US and wanted the traditional Vietnamese wedding dress on her day.
Australia
A satin dress that travelled half the worldImported satin, a pared-back design, and the photographs that came back.
A lace dress for a church aisleFormal and composed but still soft. Fine lace, classic silhouette, long sleeves.
Canada
Angela’s dress, chosen from CanadaNothing elaborate, but elegant — and comfortable enough to enjoy the day.
The dress that would not fit the mannequinInconvenient — and the best evidence that it was built around one specific body.
Rest of the world
A floral dress for GermanyLight and romantic rather than grand, for an outdoor European wedding.
Made from a distance, worn in a Japanese autumnWhich lace suited her frame, and how the measuring was done from Japan.
Settled entirely in messages, for KoreaThe whole dress agreed in writing — and it fitted.
A short white dress, worn in SpainAnd why we ask every bride for photographs after the wedding.
A dress and an áo dài, sent to RussiaA country that comes up less often — but not only once.
Behind every story on this page is the same way of working. When the dress is finished, before it is packed, we photograph it and send you those pictures: the finished dress, not stages of production. It is folded in layers with anti-crease padding, wrapped against moisture and sent with a carrier chosen for that route, with a tracking number.
