Wedding dresses: My favourite designers. Part II

Today some more of my favourite wedding dresses designers !

Yolan Cris
For a bohemian, bucolic style this is your designer. Her dresses are different to any you have seen before. Dresses with lace and lace edging, crochet, very vaporous skirts…and the perfect hairdress her litlle hats made of lace.
She also includes some lovely and more elaborate 1920s and 30s style dresses. Don´t miss the Alquimia collection.

Colección Alquimia. Yolan Cris

Colección Revival Vintage. Yolan Cris.

Helena Mareque
My friend María wore one of her dresses and it suited her just perfect. A classic dress in silk, with chiffon sleeves, lace bodice and a not very low neckline. All in ivory. Very elegant. The finishing touch would have been a vintage veil.
Her workshop is in Ayala street (Madrid) and the designs are exclusive tu every single customer. Her speciality are both antique lacery and handcrafted embroideries. She can also give you advise on what hairdo to wear.

Wedding Dresses. Helena Mareque.

En el atelier de Helena Mareque.

Ruben Perlotti
You will find his work on fashion parades such as Cibeles. None of his dresses are white, his designs are avant garde and youthful. Have a look at his incredible necklines.

Wedding Dresses. Rubén Perlotti.

Maria Lluisa Rabell
She exhibits her work in the Gaudí fashion parade. Her wedding dresses remind us of medieval times, there is something magical about them..long skirts with layers of tulle and bodices covered in lace edging, jewellery…
A wonderful idea is that you yourself can combine the skirt you want to wear with the bodice.

Maria LLuisa Rabell.

Maria LLuisa Rabell.

Oh que luna
In their window shop in Ayala street (Madrid) there are always wonderful dresses of a romantic, baroque style. They are very classic and elegant. If you don´t see anything you like you can always ask them to design something for you.

Wedding Dresses Oh que Luna.

Wedding Dresses Oh que Luna.

Teresa Palazuelo
She is a haute couture designer. An exquisite taste and individiualised attention…she knows perfectly well what suits you.

Wedding Dresses. Teresa Palazuelo.

Isabel Leguina
Very delicate cuts and wonderful fabrics to make your dream come true. They give you lot of useful advise. When I visited their workshop I fell in love with a princess shape dress. It had a sash with jewelery in golden shades. Her dresses have a classic, everlasting style made to suit each individual bride. Her veils and mantillas are fantastic… I would get married again just to wear one of those.

Hope you have liked this brief selection of dress designers. Did you know them? Which is your favourite? Any you specially like and I haven´t mentioned?

When I started to look for my wedding dress, I tried to be very organized. I started off by buying a brides magazine to be up to date with the latest tendencies. I got a notebook and wrote down which shops and fashion designers to phone, when to fix a date with them and go and see them etc. As days went by I started to feel a bit stressed out, as I had a clear idea of what I wanted my dress to look like but hadn´t a clue of where to get it.
For this reason I have made a brief summary of who my favourite designers are so it might be of any help to you.

Pilar Sainz
She made my wedding dress for me. Pilar is lovely and she really understood what I wanted, a simple dress, empire shape. I tried on several dresses before we agreed on the final design to see how the different shapes and necklines suited me.
Here are some of her designs so that you can appreciate her work.

Pilar Sainz.

Alma Aguilar
Her dresses are very feminine, delicate and romantic with a vintage touch.

Alma Aguilar.

Hannibal Laguna
Hannibal Laguna has got some lovely collections. He combines different textures such as chiffon, embroidery… I love the ones with an ephemeral look about them. My friend Myriam wore one of his designs, an empire shape, for her wedding and she looked stricking. You can find some of his work at Pronovias.

Hannibal Laguna.

Teresa Helbig
For Teresa Helbig “a wedding dress is the dress par excellence”. In her workshop they will design your wedding dress just to fit your wishes. Each wedding dress is handmade and unique. Her designs have a very vintage look.

Teresa Helbig.

Cortana
Cortana’s wedding dresses are a beautiful trip into the past, very 1920s, feminine and sexy. With shades of colour that are not exactly white, like ivories and even browns. Tulle silk is one of  their favourite fabrics.

Cortana.

Raimon Bundó
Magical and enchanting designs.
For this season 2011 you can choose between any of his three collections:

• Aire o Realidad: simple designs of a classic cut.
• Ir de Bundo: my favourite, as it is more bohemian with tulle and natural silk fabrics.
• Tocar el Cielo: elegant and delicate designs.

Raimon Bundó designs’ have lovely handcrafted embroideries and he also uses jewellery in old looking shades.

Raimon Bundó.

Miguel Palacio
Do you remember model Laura Ponte´s fabulous 1930s dress ? Wearing sashes or jewellery around the waist has become the fashion since then as well as mantillas for the hairdress. You can visit Miguel Palacio’s  workshop at Monte Esquinza (Madrid).

We are fascinated with Carolina Herrera´s Brides  Collection Spring 2011.  The designs are really stricking and creative. They won´t leave people indifferent. Let´s have a look at them in detail!:

1. The sheath shape dresses are great! In this first photo have a close look at the headdress: fresh flowers arrangement, an elegant alternative to traditional headdresses.


Carolina Herrera Brides Collection Spring 2011

2. This second dress is very original, finely embroidered in  the style of a black flower bouquet. The only objection might be the chiffon around the hips..
3. Another finely embroidered dress in pale pinks.


Carolina Herrera Brides Collection Spring 2011

4. If you are looking for an elegant, simple design this sheath dress, with floor-length option and jewellery around the waist. It might look better without the straps, just the neckline.
5. A very romantic dress, with a `v´ open back, and an ideal hairdo with vintage wavy hair.
6. In our last photo  A-line shape with layers and layers of tulle, to make you feel like a real princess.

Carolina Herrera Brides Collection Spring 2011

Another favourite is the delicacy of the flower bouquets chosen that perfectly match the dresses