Silk mikado
Stiff, matte, holds a folded neckline without boning showing. The architectural choice.
Materials
What your dress can be made of
Fabric is the single biggest decision after silhouette: it decides the price, the drape and how the dress photographs. Swatches are posted to you before anything is cut.
Wedding satin
Heavy, quiet sheen, falls in one plane. What Taylor's ceremony gown was cut from.
Crepe
Matte and fluid, follows the body without clinging. The fabric that makes a column read as a column.
Taffeta
Crisp enough to hold a folded rosette or a sculpted hip, and it rustles when you walk.
Silk
Cut on the bias it becomes a second skin; it is also the least forgiving fabric in the studio.
Organza & tulle
Weightless layers for volume without heat, and for sleeves that lift away entirely.
Embroidered lace
Applied by hand, motif by motif, so the pattern lands where it should on your body rather than where the roll happened to cut.
Ostrich feathers
Dyed to order and draped by hand. Fifteen metres of them went into one blue evening gown.
Swatches before anything is cut
You choose the fabric at the consultation, once the design is settled and Aleksandra knows what you want it to feel like. A $150 payment starts that: it pays for sourcing the samples and posting them to you, so the decision is made with the cloth in your hands rather than on a screen.
Begin your gown