Complete couture service includes the personal attention

of the couturiere throughout the process.

Each couture bridal gown design requires a minimum of three fittings, and concludes with preparing the completed gown for your special ceremony.

1. Make an appointment for your first consultation.
2. Initial consultation. An initial consultation allows you to share your dream with Claudine. Bring to the bridal salon any and all ideas you have — photographs, magazine tear sheets, or simply a verbal description of what you envision. Together you will explore various options, including necklines, skirt shapes, sleeve length and fabrications. Claudine will work her magic, translating your ideas into a rough sketch that will become the pattern for the muslin sample. Wear light clothing to this first meeting, as Claudine will also take your measurements at this time.
3. The muslin fitting. At your first fitting, you will model a "design garment" made to your measurements in muslin fabric. This garment is your pattern. At this fitting, any minor design changes and alterations are addressed. Final fabric, beading and lace are selected at this appointment. Claudine also designs custom bridal headpieces to complement your distinctive look, which will be discussed at this fitting.
4. First garment fitting. At this fitting, you will try on your couture bridal dress for the very first time. The wedding gown is marked for final adjustments and alterations, including the hemline. Claudine asks that you bring the wedding shoes you will wear. If additional fittings are required, they will be scheduled at this time.
5. The final fitting. You will don your completed couture bridal gown. Bring wedding shoes and jewelry so Claudine can assist with your final accessory decisions. An appointment is made at this time to pick up your wedding dress at Claudine's bridal salon, or you can arrange for our "Day of Wedding Delivery Service."
6. Pressing & steaming. One to two days prior to your scheduled pick up, the wedding dress, bridal veil and bridal headpiece are pressed and steamed. Your couture bridal gown then will need to hang from three to eight hours, depending on its design and fabrication, before it can be bagged for travel.
7. Gown preservation. You now have a family heirloom wedding gown in addition to a beautiful couture bridal dress. You may return it to Claudine for cleaning and preservation. Your cleaned wedding attire will be returned to you in museum-quality packaging.

"My bride is an imaginative individual with a dream needing to be created."

—Claudine

Claudine's designer wedding dresses rival the bridal gowns of couture designers such as Pronovias, Badgley Mischka, Reem Acra, Vera Wang, Lazaro, Monique Lhuillier, Atelier Aimee, Peter Langer, whose designers show gowns at $5,000 and up.

Find more photos of the creative process in our Bridal Gowns Gallery…

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