Solene

Nine layers, each one shorter.

Nine layers of silk tulle, each cut a half-inch shorter than the one beneath. From the front it reads as one soft mass; when she turns, all nine edges catch the light separately.

$24,300estimate · six fittings included

Cloth Champagne tulle

Train Chapel

Veil Cathedral

Available to fit · see current openings.

The cloth

Silk tulle dyed a half-shade warm, so it reads gold under candlelight and ivory in daylight. Layered, never lined.

Measurements & fit

Sizes cut: US 0 – 20, made to measure
Bodice: Corseted, 22 steel bones
Train: Chapel, 1.4 m
Hand-work: 2,300 hours

Care & preservation

Silk of this weight is cleaned by hand only. After the wedding we collect the gown, clean it in the salon and seal it in an acid-free box — included for the first year. Never store it on a hanger; the weight of the train will pull the shoulder seams within a season.

Delivery & timeline

From first fitting to final press is twenty-two weeks. Book at least seven months before the date so there is room for a second body change. Rush work is possible for a fee, but it costs the second fitting.

How this one is made.

Weeks 1–4

The corset

Twenty-two bones set in coutil, fitted twice before a single layer of tulle is cut.

Weeks 5–14

Nine layers

Each layer is cut, hemmed and hung separately. Layer nine takes as long as layers one through three together.

Weeks 15–19

The dye

All nine go into the same bath so the champagne reads identically edge to edge.

Weeks 20–26

Setting the skirt

The skirt is hung for a fortnight to drop, then trimmed level on the body.

Cut from the same hand