Stephnie Anne Designer Dressmaker

This dress is one of my favourites I have ever made. The elegance and sophistication created with a floor length beaded wedding dress takes my breath away. 

Maggie was wonderful to work with. She knew exactly what she liked and did not like.  

I literally worked until my fingers bleed, but it was so worth it! I hope you agree

Maggies wedding was stunningly captured by Jim MacIntosh. If you have a beaded dress, book him! Amazing

http://www.jcmackintosh.com/

I love these photos sooo much! They actually made me cry with joy!! I cried too because I miss you Jennifer! I am so proud to know this girl!! Mostly for the fantastic person she is. Quirky and strong! Creatively phenomenal and a bit of a rebel. Jennifer is a London 2012 and Rio 2016 Olympian as a sport shooter. So do not mess with this chick! 

Jennifer is ALSO the most talented make up artist I have ever worked with. I know!! What else can she do well? We have collaborated on a couple of projects and hopefully there will be lots more.

Jennifer knew exactly what she wanted her wedding dress to look like.  Together we turned that vision into reality. Jennifer and Andrew married at Edinburgh castle on the 6th of December ( I loooove a Christmas wedding) Jennifer's dress was made with an ivory silk velvet bodice and silk chiffon skirt with a biscuit coloured silk underlay.  My favourite part was the hand applied lace around the cuff and dropped waist of her dress. Hand sewing is my happy place when I day dream whilst painstakingly sewing appliques. We also applied the lace so that it looked as if it was falling of the one side of the dress!! Thank you for allowing me to walk this incredible journey with you Jennifer!! I adore you and adored making you your fabulous dress!
Tony March Photography captured Jennifer and Andrew's day. Tony's use and knowledge of light in photography blows my mind! Amazing work Tony http://www.tonymarshphotography.com/

It is so easy to make a dress for a lady with a beautiful heart!! Katrina Murnane has a very beautiful heart!! I had such a wonderful time creating her dress and also photographing her and Jonathan's wedding day at Surgeouns hall. A day so beautifully framed with their love for each other, their family and God. For Katrina we designed a silk chiffon dress with the most gorgeous powder blue silk crepe underlay. Her bodice was made with a guipere lace overlay and flower appliques. Katrina wore a guipere lace bolero with pale blue covered buttons down the back. Their first dance was epic...so it was very important to Katrina that her dress would be easy to move in . I convinced her that she can have a train that we were able to bustle up for the evening. Thank you for letting me walk this lovely journey with you Katrina Murnane. Dress: Stephnie Anne Design Photography: Stephnie Anne Photography Flowers: Village Green Venue: Surgeons Hall

Images courtesy of http://www.davidho.com/  I made  beautiful Becs a soft pink silk shift dress with beaded lace overlay for her big day. Becs and Rob tied the knot in the historic village of West Linton in Scotland. I love this girl... she is so full of fun and has the most dazzling smile! Plus she makes the yummiest chocolate brownies I have EVER tasted!

Anne's initial idea for her wedding dress was completely different than what we designed for her :). I managed to happily convince Anne that we need to show of her amazing body and to also introduce a bit of color to compliment her beautiful sage green eyes.

Anne's dress had a bias cut sage green silk crepe underlay  and "sea pearl" french lace overlay. I complimented the dress with goupere lace trimmings around the neckline and the skirt seam.

Anne married her Paul in a lovely intimate ceremony at there home. I took the images during fitting stages and Anne's sister took photographs on the day.

Personally I completely love this dress!! If I had the figure for it (which I don't!) I would have loved to wear something similar on my wedding day. Instead I am hoping to make another gorgeous gown like this for  more brides :). Come on people, make me happy!

If you look closely at this dress you will most definitely spot a piece of my heart! I poured myself into Rhona's dress! I completely fell in love with this beautiful French lace and the super soft and lush silk crepe that we used for the underlay. Working with Rhona was also the most fantastic journey!! Watching her and her lovely mum interact with during every fitting inspired me as they are such wonderful friends.

Rhona's dress had a silk crepe bias cut skirt underlay. We boned the top of Rhona's dress to give her support. The french lace bolero had a diamond cut back with button detail. I replied some roses and leaves around the neckline and sleeve hem to give a gorgeous organic finish to the bolero. 

This girl is awesome! Yvonne and Lional are wonderfully adventures and love cycling! For their woodland wedding I designed her a tea length wedding dress that would not stop her from having the most amazing time (and cycling) on her big day.

I lined Yvonne's dress in fabric from her beloved mum's wedding dress and embroidered mum's initials into the dress right beside Yvonne's heart. I wanted her to feel  like her  mum was hugging her all day long.

Stuart Nimmo Photography captured their day so brilliantly. Thank you Stuart for allowing me to use your amazing images

http://www.stuartnimmophoto.com/

Bias cut silk crepe gown with silk chiffon detail, low back and swarovski beading

Images courtesy of  Alex Martin http://www.borders-photographer.co.uk/.Thank you Alex. 

Glicious photo was also there on the day to capture more images

I am not sure if Kirsty enjoyed having her dress made more or I enjoyed making it more! We hyperventilated and squealed a lot during fittings. 

Kirsty's dress had a boned corset with lace overlay and full layered tulle skirt. 50m of Tulle to be exact :). I recently caught up with Kirsty again to meet her adorable little girl Ava! 

Maxine and Stewart were married on the beach in Thailand! So amazing!! For Maxine I created a pale pink French lace and silk chiffon gown that would be cool enough to wear on their big day! Maxine, you know how much I enjoyed working with you! You are a wonderful, fun person! Maxine and Stewarts photos were taken Kerry Manning from Koh photography. Love how he captured the fun of their day in a very relaxed fashion.

Lisa and Andy married at the incredible Eilean Donan Castle in the Scottish Highlands. When designing Lisa's dress we stayed true to Lisa's love of black, heavy metal music and tattoos. I designed her a dress to compliment the person she is. Lisa's dress had a blue silk dupion underlay with black lace overlay. When finishing the dress I reapplied the lace around the edges by hand to compliment her tattoos and to look like more tattoos onto her body. We added a black metal corset and bustle that I purchased ready made to enable me to stick to Lisa's budget.

Images by the very talented http://nowandthenimages.com/

One of my favorite wedding dresses we've designed. It all started with those incredible Christian Laboutin shoes with the red soles. We designed Janet's dress to compliment them! 

Nude silk crepe draped dress with internal corset and button detail down the back. We then added hand embroidered red silk roses, brances and leaves and some swarovsky crystals for sparkle.

Loved working with Janet...she is a true gem!

Lovely Kirsten married Gareth in Edinburgh's Queens Street. The very talented David Bryce was there to capture there day.

Images courtesy of http://www.davidbryce.com/

Kirsten wore a champagne colored wedding dress with full circle organza skirt and embroidered silk corset.

It was such a wonderful experience working with Kirsten. When I think of her I think of her feminine nature and her beautiful posture :).

Candice wore a custom made champagne silk gown with lace overlay. We added a tiered lace effect on her hips and crystal and pearl beading around the neckline with a little cap sleeve

Sarah married Matt in Australia. One of the things they will remember about there wedding is the struggle to get there. There journey from Edinburgh to Australia was rather lengthy with lots of delays and chaos. This was due to days of severe snowfall in the UK a few days before they were meant to set off.

I am sure you will agree with me that Sarah looked absolutely gorgeous in her fish tail shaped silk dupion gown with button detail down the back

Julie and Chris married at George Hariot's school in Edinburgh. We made Julie a rushed silk dupion dress with sweetheart neckline.We also made Julie's mum, Wilma a gorgeous embroidered organza outfit to wear to her daughters bid day

Images courtesy of colindickson@lumison.co.uk

Letitia's gown was made from silk dupion and rushed to compliment the shape of her body. We added hand made silk dupion flowers for a focal point.

Images courtesy of http://www.martinleckie.com/

Julie and Kevin surprised all their friends by getting married in Vegas . For Julie we made a beaded lace overlay to wear over a champagne silk shift (nice and cool for Vegas). We hand applied lots of flowers from the lace around the neckline and the top of the sleeves. The gorgeous Edwardian looking lace edge was re applied to the hemline and the drop waist.

For lovely Pamela we made a floor sweeping ivory dress with lace overlay. We added an ochre colored silk sash as a focal point.

Beautiful mum to be Claire was 7 months pregnant on her wedding day. Claire's dress was silk crepe with silk chiffon overlay and flower details

Made to measure purple lace bolero with hand applique to compliment Alisoun's shift dress that she purchased from Coast. Ailisoun married Paul at Prestonfield House, Edinburgh

Images courtesy of K & G Photography

Marzanne and Jian got married married in the beautiful vineyards of South Africa, my home country. Marzanne's silk dupion dress had a strucktured bodice, rushed with silk dupion and button detail on the back

We made the lovely Ann-Marie a 50's style short lace wedding dress with lace overlay. Along with Ann-Marie we chose a lace with gold thread embroidery and pearls to give her some sparkle for her winter wedding in Scotland. 

Luckily we made Ann-Marie her fur wrap too as it snowed lots on there wedding day

Linzi married her Greg in the Scottish Borders in November. Linzi knew she wanted a silver wedding dress. So together we sourced her fabrics and lace and designed her a dress that is just to her. Linzi's incredible granny came with her to every fitting and is one one of the most amazing ladies I have ever met!! Linzi, thank you for choosing me to make your dress!! I loved making this very special dress even though I still find black pearls and beads in between my floor boards :).
Alex Martin did an amazing job at capturing Linzi and Greg's day! Thank you for recommending me to Linzi Alex and thank you for letting me use some of your stunning images
http://www.borders-photographer.co.uk/
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Fushia pink silk chiffon wedding dress with hand embroidered leaves in purple and ivory

For Shirley we made a ivory silk dupion 50's inspired wedding dress. The dress had a structured bodice and full circle skirt. For a focal point we added a velvet ribbon belt with bow detail

Each outfit is designed for you individually. Together we design a dress that you will feel beautiful in and that compliment you and the day.

Claire and Dave married in Gretna Green on 12-12-12. What a day it was! Claire asked me to take photos of there big day...my first visit ever to Gretna Green and there was 52 brides there that day. To say it was a surreal experience would be a real understatement.

Claire knew she wanted a 50's style wedding dress with a full circle skirt. The colors and embroidery on the dress and skirt was inspired by Claire's Ness shoes.  I loved walking this journey with Claire and her family.

This gallery is me having fun in the workroom photographing  garments on the tailors dummy and the little details during garment construction.

Bridal shrugs, fur stoles, velvet wedding capes and cloaks, we have the finest selection . Perfect to complement your outfit on your special day. Specialising in wedding wraps, bridal shrugs and boleros all our pieces are handmade here in the UK so we can tailor to your individual requirements should it be your lace bolero, velvet wedding cape or fur shrug. Also offering feather light silks, tulles and chiffons to vintage wraps, shrugs and boleros in marabou and faux fur, for timeless allure and enduring elegance.
 

All our veils are made to measure to be the perfect length for your dress. I use the most gorgeous, dreamy veiling to create your dress. From the front I like the veil to barely be visible so that it is all about you and the gorgeous person you are as you come down the isle. Lace edges and applique can be applied to compliment you and your dress