dream dress!

Every bride's dress is super special and lovely and, if you follow tradition it's also a big surprise on the day! I am very lucky that often my customers let me into their secret and send photos or weblinks of thier wonderful dresses. It's one of the perks of the job!! However, often i may be looking at that very photo and wondering just how am i going to try and make a mini version of that frock for the cake top bride lol!! I may not be able to get it exactly right as its a very small scale to work on, but generally i think i can make a pretty good attempt!! Lace, beading, full skirts, short skirts, net skirts, long sleeves, short sleeves, no sleeves..... I think i've attempted it all!!

One such dress i admired was for a lovely bride who told me i was indeed one of the very few people who had seen it so far. She had sent me a photo of herself in the dress taken at a fitting, and i admired it and even wished it was mine lol! A top secret dress indeed!! Just lately she kindly got in touch again and this time i realised the secret was at last out about the dress!! It was her Uncle who had designed her beautiful wedding gown, and his name? Mr John Galliano. Now, after an initial panic at the thought of any legal action coming my way as i had, inadvertantly, copied a top designer's wedding dress design.... i was relieved and delighted to learn that in fact the cake top had gone down well on the big day, and no complaints lodged from Mr Galliano as yet.... Whew...

The happy couple had a beautiful wedding in Gibraltar, the photos look fantastic, and as you can see the Groom had a very dashing outfit of his own!! hey hey!

Congratulations to the happy and very well dressed couple!!!

You can read a bit more about the wedding and the bride's dress here...

Confetti magazine pages 54 & 55

Gibralta Cronicle