The Making of a Gown
How a Modern Trousseau gown is made.
Hand-crafted in the USA for the classic, timeless bride. It begins with a vision.
A Vision
Every gown begins with a sketch, your ideas brought to the page in our American atelier.
The Toile
We build a muslin (a cotton toile) to shape and refine the design in three dimensions.
Cut to You Alone
More than thirty measurements are taken by hand. Your gown is cut to them, not to a size chart, across at least two fittings.
Hand-Crafted
Made by hand in fine fabrics and lace, with care in every detail.
Watch the Film
Inside the atelier
See a Modern Trousseau gown made by hand, from first cut to final stitch.
From sketch to gown
Tailored to perfection, by hand.
Before a single length of silk is cut, your gown is sewn first in muslin, a cotton toile made to your exact measurements and pinned to you at the fitting. Only when that fit is perfect do our seamstresses, many of whom have spent decades at their craft, cut the final fabrics and laces. Seams are finished by hand, buttons are covered one by one, and the gown that emerges is yours in every sense of the word.