Thanks

Thanks

It is just lovely when someone takes the time to say "Thank you".

Hi Joanne

I just wanted to drop you an email to tell you how great you are as a designer and dressmaker!!  I was so delighted when I first came to see you as you were the first person to actually listen to what I wanted for my wedding dress and I had a short time frame which was never a problem for you.  I had an idea in my head and you made that possible, and my happiness with my dress was the priority throughout!    

You know what it means for a bride to feel good in what she wears on her wedding day... that is very clear.   Never once did you make me feel that my ideas were not possible.  THANK YOU!    You take all the fuss out of it!  Never once was I stressed about it after I came to see you!   I certainly will spread the word about you because you are fantastic!!!   

I've attached a few photos that I thought you might like to see!  :o)

THANK YOU AGAIN!

Sharon

Thank you Sharon for the photos of your "Big Day" and your kind comments.

The latest from the world of Fashion

While last weekend the news was out that Patrick Kelty and Cat Deely had got married in Rome it was impossible to find pictures of her dress. 

However Holly Valance was getting married to Nick Candy in Beverly Hills and there were lots of pictures.

Holly wore a wedding dress designed by J’Aton whicand Gabbana.h combined a meringue like skirt and a bodice top. Her 39 year old husband was dressed by Dolce.

Meanwhile Mr Middleton was giving away another Bride in the heart of England not another daughter however, this time is was a friend of the family with a stunning vintage inspired wedding dress.

Pretty Pippa, left, wore a coffee-coloured dress in broderie anglaise.

While canny Kate, right,  wore a pastel blue silk Erdem Moralioglu dress with floral embroidery, which she also wore to Trooping the Colour in June. Pippa wore a romantic rose on a small beret and Kate wore the same hat with her  Erdem again.

While in Downton Abbey Lady Edith was upstaging her sisters in her wedding dress which I need to watch on the television tonight to get you some good images. However sadly the wedding was stopped as the groom took cold feet. The Girls all looked stunning.

In Paris Chanel was putting on a show  which looked like it had been inspired  from the past but in a perfect in every way.

It makes you look forward to what is to come in Spring Summer 2013.

Karl Lagerfield at Paris fashion Week

Valentino with embroidery that looked inspired by Downton Abbey

Alexander McQueen's successor set Paris abuzz with her bee-inspired collection, while Chanel wowed, yet again, with restrained elegance and colourful boucle at the Grand Palais, and Valentino went for power with print and patterns during day eight of the spring/summer 2013 collections

Sarah Burton is in a sweet spot. The fashion  house at which she succeeded the late Alexander  McQueen is riding a wave of commercial success, powered by last year's royal wedding dress. Meanwhile her catwalk collections, which were good right from the start, get better with each passing season.

Her collection for Alexander McQueen was a knockout not only by her standards, but by those set by McQueen himself. Burton's McQueen is a different place from that which she inherited: she has clipped some of the thorns, and let the sunlight in.

The queen bee and her hive were the starting points for a collection which was, as is right and proper at McQueen, tempting as honey but with a deadly sting. Organza and lace suits were embroidered with hexagons and honey bees; cocktail dresses in nectar-sweet colours were dotted with appliqué flowers caught between their silk layers.

Beekeeper hats in laser-cut patent leather and crystal wedge heels packed honeycomb-tight with amber crystals bookended looks of perfect symmetry. By the time Burton took her bow, to the tune of the Archies' Sugar Sugar, the designer had made one thing very clear: duchesses are terrifically useful publicity, but this label needs no other queen bee.

Sarah Burton's latest in headwear.

Bespoke bridal

Bespoke Bridal

Bespoke bridal dresses,custom made bridal wear, made to measure according to the customer's measurements is possible with Joanne Ferguson Bridal. I have been designing bespoke bridal dresses since 1985. I realise that I need many different style and shapes for brides to be when they visit my bridal salon. From seeing examples of  techniques, cuts and fabrics the brides to be start to get a feel of what they want. I can make minor adjustments to the custom- made line, but with a bespoke dress we can factor in any ideas that the bride to be might have herself. We also discuss any themes for the celebration, the venue, the number of guests and religious or cultural requirements ( eg covering shoulders). All  of these practicalities are considered, together with an honest appraisal of her figure!

The latest in Bridal

During her commission by the government to review the future of Britain's high streets, the mighty Mary Portas directed passionate and unequivocal adice at retailers including bridalwear. The advice spells out what we know to be true "Surviving in todays value-minded, aggressively-discounted, convenience focused market means re-appraising how to compete and doing things differently.
We know how this is done - through EXPERIENCE, SERVICE and SPECIALISM.

Mary Portas says " IF you put the customer first, compete on a higher playing field and bring something genuinely different  then the customer will come and find you.

So we have the service, the expertise, the commitment and the specialism.

Wedding dresses can be something old and something new.

Most women wear their wedding dress just once and then pack it away never to be seen again.
But Joanne Ferguson Bridal doesn't see why the dress of your dreams can't be "for Life".

Having studied Textiles and Fashion at University and seen the wedding dresses at Museums Joanne believes that if you love your dress there is always a way to help you wear it again. Why does it have to be White or Ivory. If you look at wedding dresses in days gone by they were often a colour and after the wedding the bride wore them again and again.

She says: "They can be shortened, dyed of made into christening gowns"