This beautiful dress was created for a special graduate in my life. When we sat down to discuss design options, my graduate fell in love with this French embroidered ecru lace. Once she saw the lace, she did not want to consider anything else. However, we had a problem! I only had 3 yards of the lace and it had a heavier texture than most of the other laces I use. The challenge became finding lace to complement the French edging. We finally decided to pair it with a wide vintage insertion with new Spanish laces added to each side of it.
The dress features half inch pressed pleats on the skirt in between the lace bands. The dress consists of white Swiss batiste with a Pima cotton liner.
The yoke also features pressed pleats which begin at the edge of the lace front and continue around the back. The lace front has the embroidered laced edging with the embroidery centered in the section. Then, I turned the lace upside down to create the bottom section of lace. Sandwiched in between are the Spanish laces used in the the skirt bands. The Spanish laces were also used to create the shoulder straps that criss cross in the back.
I would love to discuss creating a custom graduation dress for your student. Please feel free to contact me.
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