{"id":939,"date":"2016-04-19T13:51:34","date_gmt":"2016-04-19T20:51:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.textileindie.com\/?p=939"},"modified":"2021-08-25T11:16:28","modified_gmt":"2021-08-25T18:16:28","slug":"wedding-dress-part-2-concepts-inspiration-designing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.textileindie.com\/wedding-dress-part-2-concepts-inspiration-designing\/","title":{"rendered":"Wedding Dress Part 2: Concepts, Inspiration and Designing"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

This post is the second in a series I’m doing on how I created my wedding dress. To see part 1 of the series go<\/em> Wedding Dress Part 1: Trying on Dresses<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I sat down with my sketchbook and started to play around with different ideas for each part of my dress. The elements that I liked in the dresses I tried at Davids Bridal got incorporated into different sketches as I played with ideas and designs. I used my pencil to lay thoughts out into pictures as well as jotting down ideas next to each sketch. I love using arrows and putting a quick note down to further explain a sketched idea.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Bodice front sketches trying different draping ideas. Sketching in seam lines for construction concept.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Concepts for dress back.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Design concepts for the dress bodice. Working with a crossover front and playing with different back and strap options.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

I used the inspiration dress (I wrote about that here) as inspiration for the overall look of my dress. I liked the skirt because of the fluidity and simple elegance. I also loved the defined waist with the ruched waistband and lace accents. Another thing I really liked about this dress was the gentle sweep train.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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I had a couple of other photos I really enjoyed as design inspirations that I found in my adventures on Pinterest (go to my Pinterest Wedding Dress board<\/a> to see these).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Being able to do whatever I wanted was an exciting concept. I had no boundaries. My limitations were budget (but I wasn’t planning to use super spendy fabrics) and my own draping skills.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Over time my dress began to take form in my brain and appear in my sketches.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Here are the first versions I sketched<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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My first dress concept. Using many elements found on my Pinterest inspiration board.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

When I had pages of sketches and a Pinterest board<\/a> full of photos I started draping. I’ve discovered that I like to start with a general direction in mind, but during the draping process, I play around with different ideas and adjust and recreate my designs as I go. Come see Part 3 <\/a>on how I did the draping process.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

This post is the second in a series I’m doing on how I created my wedding dress. To see part 1 of the series go Wedding Dress Part 1: Trying on Dresses. I sat down with my sketchbook and started to play around with different ideas for each part of my dress. The elements that …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":978,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[48],"tags":[183],"mai_display":[],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.textileindie.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/939"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.textileindie.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.textileindie.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.textileindie.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.textileindie.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=939"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.textileindie.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/939\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.textileindie.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/978"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.textileindie.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=939"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.textileindie.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=939"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.textileindie.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=939"},{"taxonomy":"mai_display","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.textileindie.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/mai_display?post=939"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}