Rachel is a genius. I cannot recommend her highly enough as she not only made me the perfect wedding dress, but she became a friend (and sometimes a counsellor!) in the process. She’s ridiculously talented, and I trusted her implicitly to do what looked/worked best – quite a scary thing to do, but it was absolutely worth it. All of this came at the same price I would have paid for a designer wedding dress and alterations! I still can’t believe my luck I found her on Instagram a year ago and having my dress made by Rachel was the best decision I made this year (apart from marrying my husband of course)!
As a size 16-18 plus size bride I had some less than ideal experiences in bridal boutiques – “we can just hold the sample size 12 dress up to you for you to see what it looks like” – and I felt lost and unworthy to wear a wedding dress before I met Rachel. I had a clear idea that I didn’t want a lace or tulle wedding dress or a ball gown, but was relatively open about what it could look like. What we originally envisaged we scrapped early on, which is the beauty of working with Rachel. I took her lead and let her show me various styles from mermaid, to a-line, and we settled on a slim a-line dress. As my fittings progressed, we added lace to the sleeves and in a beautiful panel on the back, as well as changing from a pearl belt to a hand-beaded waistband which matched my hair vine.
My dress was perfect, and on the day I have never felt more beautiful. I still haven’t seen a dress from any designer that even remotely resembles my dress, which is testament to how extraordinary Rachel is. If you still haven’t found the right dress for you, contact her, and she will make you a dress better than you could imagine. Thank you so much Rachel, you are wonderful!