An occasion
Doutora Maria
A short ivory dress with an oversized bow, made for a birthday — gold sequin wall, balloons, and a room full of people.
Not every commission is a wedding
This one was a birthday. The brief was a dress to be photographed in all evening and danced in afterwards — short, structured at the bodice, with a bow big enough to be the whole idea.
It is a useful reminder that made-to-order is not only bridal. The same pattern-cutting, the same fittings, the same single cut of the cloth.
The photographs
11 frames
- Against the gold sequin wall
- Full length beneath the balloon arch
- Black and white: the room and the dress
- The oversized bow at the waist, close
- Turning, skirt lifting
- Arms open, mid-laugh
- The structured bodice in detail
- Final fitting, moments before
- With the faux-fur jacket over the shoulders
- On the stairs, guests behind
- The last of the evening
Made to order
Begin your own
Every gown here was cut once, to one person's measurements. Yours would be too — the first fitting is on us, in the atelier or by video.
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