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Bespoke Wedding Gowns
Bespoke Wedding Gowns
Davina began the search for a tea-length gown and quickly became underwhelmed by the offerings of ‘off-the-rack’ bridal stores. She googled ‘tea-length wedding dresses’ and of course, Elvi Design popped up! Davina wanted a gown that she could move around freely in and that wouldn’t get dirty in the country setting they had chosen. We created a sweet tea-length gown with a lace bodice, keyhole back and circle skirt. The gown was finished off with a vintage inspired jewel embellished belt and handmade buttons down the back.
We met Naomi at First Comes Love last year, we met up to chat ‘dress’ soon after and she had just found out that they were expecting their first child. We designed the dress, selected the fabrics and then we waited until after her little boy Tadhg was born to get started on the dress.
Naomi was looking for a tea-length dress with lace sleeves to match her fun, bubbly personality. We created an epic silk organza skirt with a lace bodice and silk waistband.
“Before we set off for our honeymoon tomorrow, I just wanted to thank you again for all your work on my wedding dress. Peter and I had a really amazing day on Saturday and I felt totally fabulous in my dress, it was everything I hoped for. Everyone commented on how gorgeous it was and the wonderful lace work.
It was such a pleasure working with you. I had absolute confidence that you would do a fabulous job and you totally did, so thank you. I have been raving about you to all my friends.” – Johanna Lynch, married March 2013.
Amy & Jessica. Photography by Christine Lim
“Oh where to start with my wonderful experience with the two marvellous ladies that make up the Elvi Design team!?
When I started to plan my wedding I knew that my dress was going to be one of the hardest things to find, but how wrong I was once I found Sandra and Birgitta. They made the entire process from the custom designing of the gown right to the very end when I saw their gorgeous faces beaming out at me from amongst my family and friends as I walked down the isle feeling absolutely beautiful in the most perfect dress I could have ever imagined and asked for! Their attention to detail, devotion to creating a dress that suits each and every one of their clients perfectly and their overall LOVE for all things fabric and fashion makes this duo stand out above all others and I don’t know what I would have done with out them.
When I first came to Elvi all I had was an amazing pair of Aruna Seth ivory wedges, a silhouette of an image floating around in my head of a tea length wedding dress with a high boat neck, low back with creeping lace and a mish-mash of 5 different dresses cut and pasted into one for my bridesmaids’ dress and I remember looking at Sandra and Birgitta in utter bewilderment because I had no idea how they were going to “read my mind” and create these dresses when I hadn’t even tried on a single wedding dress before and after 2 years of searching everywhere both in bridal magazines and online still hadn’t found a dress that I even remotely liked, let alone was prepared to be remembered in forever.
They absolutely nailed it.
I will leave all the details about the incredible process that goes into the making of the gowns to the Elvi girls to tell you but let me just say that from start to finish I could not have had more fun and asked for more, Sandra and Birgitta have gone above and beyond for me. I have been blessed with a gown that I would wear all day, every day if I could (don’t laugh because I have been known to hop back into it again on occasion he-he), a gown that I am delighted to have been married in and a gown that I feel undeniably comfortable and beautiful in.
After the wedding not only do I have my stunning wedding and bridesmaid gowns but I also now have an incredible friendship with both Sandy and Birgitta, these two ladies are absolutely gorgeous and are undoubtedly the best at what they do, LOVE YOU BOTH SO MUCH AND THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING!!
xxx” – Jessica Butcher
We are so touched to receive such a beautiful testimonial from the lovely Jess. We thoroughly enjoyed creating her amazing dress, you may have seen her made-to-measure tea length lace dress on Green Wedding Shoes or at First Comes Love.
Tenae in her Elvi wedding dress
We love it when our clients send us a little thank you email, it’s the best feeling. Tenae looks fantastic in her custom-made lace frock. She accessorised the dress with pink – belt, shoes and bike! She also wore her grandfather’s antique fob watch.
“Thank you Sandra and Brigitta for creating such a beautiful wedding dress, I absolutely love it! I had so many wonderful comments about it on the day. The dress was also an absolute breeze for me to dance and ride a bike in – so good work there too!” – Tenae Francis
Photo courtesty of Wild Kat Photography