A "ROYAL" AMERICAN WEDDING

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Chelsea Clinton, the daughter of former president, Bill Clinton and Foreign secretary, Hillery Clinton, was married with Marc Mezvinsky this past saturday. Their wedding is probably the closest the Americans is coming to a "royal wedding".

The High Society wedding took place at the Astor Courts Estate in Rhinebeck, two hours drive from New York. Check out more about the wedding here.

There was anticipation to the last minute on which designer would do Chelsea´s nice weddingdress. It was Vera Wang, that is known for her fabulous weddingdresses. The price of the dress was supposedly cost $ 20.000,-. Check out her webpage here.

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PROJECT RUNWAY - A NEW SEASON

Another season of Project Runway has been launched, namely season 8, which will be released tomorrow 29 July in the US.

But as usual, we have to be patient here in Denmark, as it will probably only be shown on TV3 next year.

Update! Initially you were able to follow the Series on Lifetime' website, but not anymore. Instead take a look at the three Finale-show contestants here.

LE GRAND BAL DIOR

While we were waiting at the Lounge in Montreal, I stumbled upon Les Beaux Arts Magazine. To my big surprise I found that Christian Dior (1905-57) apparently has his own museum, that I never heart of before now.

On top, it was his home when he grew up and it is situated in Granville in Normandy, France.
This year it displays a big exhibition with more than 50 ballgowns from the masters own hand, until the 26th of September.
I would really like to visit it once. You can take a look at the Museums official webpage here.

PATTERN MAKING

Since my last post, I have been busy constructing the three very different wedding-dresses on request. 

 

All three customers have had their measures taken and these measures are the basis for their very personal patterns, that these dresses are based on.

The next step is to copy them in silk-paper and make a muslin/calico. The muslin/calico is a basic model made up in a cheap cotton, that is used for the first fitting.   

After these steps, every single customer are appointed for a fitting, where the dress is adjusted. Depending on the cut and figure, more fittings can be necessary. But usually 1-2 fittings are enough.

The final design and details are decided, the fabric chosen and a deposit payed.

The last fitting for fine-tuning adjustments is agreed upon and the dress is being finished. 

 

The result is a very special One-of-a-kind dress. If the customers don´t mind, I will show the results later on.

Photos: John Frantsen

FABRIC HUNTING IN MONTREAL

Here in the middle of a Heatwave in Montreal, I finally succeeded to find some fabric for "Wedding dresses", that I hope my customers will like. I had these colors as a reference.

-And I found this lovely heavy silk/viscose on Rue Saint Hubert, where there is a big selection of fabric-stores.

-As well as this nice changing silk-taffeta for another customer.

Photos: John Frantsen