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About Anne Fontenoy Bridal Wear Designer Open by appointment. Unique handsewn silk bridal gowns, plain or embellished with original handsewn embroidery or beadwork designed by Anne. Classic timeless wedding dresses, "vintage" inspired dresses, wedding dresses that can be worn again, as well as dresses for bridesmaids, outfits for the mother of the bride or groom, a dress for the evening party, for going away and for wedding guests. Veils, bride bags, headdresses, made to order or ready made. Sample dresses for sale, see website. Anne has over 30 years experience of designing and making handsewn dresses. She has a collection of sample dresses of her designs you can look through at a visit. Some photos of silk wedding gowns and bridal dresses are on her website and there are more in her portfolios you can see during an appointment. She can also e-mail you photos and sketches of bridal dresses and gowns from her portfolios, or bridal wear sketches created especially for you. These skills were passed down through her family. She was also taught them at school. As well as training in art studios, Anne spent a year in the 1970s in a small workshop making couture belts & hand covered buttons for top London based English Couture houses. No sewing machines were used. She networked with couture bridal designer Caroline Holmes in her London salon in the 1990s helping to hand finish the clients' silk gowns, creating hand embroidery design for her & helping in the salon part time. Anne makes all the dressmaking patterns and sews everything by hand. She has a lot of trade fabric suppliers for you to choose the fabric for your dress from: silks, French and English lace, organic fabrics, wools, cottons, linens and "fancy" fabrics. She also designs unique embroidery which she can embellish your dress, veil or accessories with, using either thread for the embroidery or glass beads. Some semi precious stones can also be used, such as fresh water pearls. Download her brochure or visit her website for more details about having a dress designed and made for you or visit her website to see lots of photos of her dress designs. You can also click through to her online store where she has some ready made sample and one off dresses for sale; or you can view these at an appointment. Read the Sustainable Information below for details about dresses made from natural fibres, the use of hand skills for sewing and upcycling old dresses. You can also read her Sustainability Policies on her website. Read more