Wedding dresses
The wedding dress is one of the most elaborate garments, with a meticulous confection and an unparalleled sense of detail. Final piece at a fashion show, the wedding dress is the pride of the designer and highlights its expertise. The creators can show their work at Bridal Fashion Week and wedding fairs.
The brands of wedding dresses also create models inspired by the trends of the creators or originals. They are often inspired by the past. Destined for significant commercialization, ready-to-wear clothing requires a work of adjustment of the cut, in shop, so that the dress seems tailor-made for the future bride. Here are the different steps of creating a wedding dress at her purchase to be the most beautiful on D-day.
CREATOR DRESSES: A WORK OF ORFÈVRE
Each creator, before launching his collection, begins with a drawing work that is called sketch fashion. Very often, during exhibitions, the sketches are highlighted to show the path, from the paper on the idea to the very design of the model, like the dresses of Franck Sorbier and his sketches, in 2014, on the theme of Gulliver's travels.
The sketch makes it possible to draw the model in all its details, from the cut to the folds of the fabric, until its natural fall. Designers work with type B bold pencils, crayons or charcoal pencils. To play with color gradients, watercolor remains the most realistic technique and the most successful in sketching.
Creators do not use patterns to format their model, but 3D design via casting, also called drapping. On a manikin, the first step is the laying of bolducs, which are ribbons, which serve to structure and determine the lines of seam.
The seamstress works every quarter of the manikin, with ribbed fabric, transparent enough to see the bolducs. The garment is made directly on the manikin, with a perfect fit of the pliers and folds. Watch how a Dior seamstress masters casting with disconcerting ease and dexterity.
Following the molding, making with the fabric can begin with the ability to pattern and embroider patterns or dye.
Thus, Chanel opened its doors to show the creation of a haute couture dress, which is made in a workshop by a first hand. The result is splendid on the podium and we can see all the design stages. The job is the same for a wedding dress.
BRIDE READY-TO-WEAR DRESSES
Although there are 2 salons dedicated to the wedding per year in New York (or London for that matter), the calendar of the brands of wedding dresses is not stalled on that of the haute couture designers. Each brand launches only one collection a year.
Stylists often work with inspiration notebooks to give unity to their collection. The conductive thread may be a color, a material or a cut. Most ready-to-wear houses offer permanent timeless designs and collections.
The creation of the model is also done by fashion sketches and technical sheets. The model then goes to prototyping. The dress is created in one size, to see if it can be marketed. Once validated, the brand entrusts the mass production of the wedding dress, to a textile company in France or worldwide, from the assembly of fabrics to finishes.
The model is presented at the wedding fairs and is the subject of an advertising campaign, with a photo shoot.
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