A Custom Commission
Gown by Vera Wang

I was asked to replicate the very elaborate head dress the bride's future mother-in-law wore on her own wedding day. I was fortunate enough to view it in person when the bride was able to bring the original to a consultation.

The most challenging aspect of this commission was the large scale of the head dress. I am accustomed to working in miniature which is where I found my inspiration; I used a different technique to create the branches and used teeny tiny glass beads that were much smaller then those used on the original head dress giving the finished piece a lighter more delicate appearance.

One of the embellishment details of the gown consisted of a delicate petal and branch silk ribbon embroidery that I complemented by hand-trimming hundreds of tiny round French satin sequins into squares to reflect the small square shaped petals of the ribbon.

          The completed new head dress.

          Comprised of:
          glass beads
          pearl beads
          Swarovski Austrian crystals
          French satin sequins
          Mother of Pearl beads