Pierre Chiha PhotographersI met Toni a few months ago through a friend of a friend. I had several years before made a prom dress for a girl. One of her friends remembered it and when Toni was considering having her mother-of-the-groom's dress made, I was recommended. Don't you just love word of mouth?
Toni is very creative and had her gown designed and made in such a way that she could trade pieces around to make several different outfits. The picture here is Toni wearing a simple green shantung gown with English embroidered lace of ivory and champagne rosettes. The lace had a scalloped edge at the bottom, but the opening in the front and over the neckline did not. Well, at least not in the beginning..... I took the scalloped edging from long scrap pieces and extra lace and transferred it to the neckline of the jacket. The detailing was beautiful and you had to look very closely to tell that the edging was not originally there. Toni also had a lace shawl and a shantung shawl made, which gave the dress three different and distinct looks.
During our work, Toni showed me some navy batik that was given to her as a present. The pattern was of yellow and green bunnies and absolutely gorgeous. We made her a formal jacket to go over a dress she already had using a pattern that we had already created for the lace. The jacket was unique because it was made in such a way that it could be reversed and worn with the batik inside and the solid navy outside.
I loved working with Toni and being able to talk with her about designs and production, of both she was very knowledgeable.
Hayley
Hayley Lauren Couture LLC
Vows Tuxedo
(850)668-0259
3852 Killearn Center Blvd
Tallahassee, FL 32309
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