Property News · June 11, 2014

How do I become … a wedding dress designer


A degree in textiles, fashion or art can help with formal training, but a keen eye for every part of the business is essentialCharlotte Balbier would have been unusual in her family had she not become a wedding dress designer. Her grandparents met as tailors and started a Manchester-based manufacturing and bridal wear boutique business in 1960 called Bride Be Lovely. “Growing up the house was always filled with fabrics, my grandma and grandad would do all the alterations and make the dresses so we had the best dressing-up box ever” she says.When they sold the boutique in 1990, Balbier’s mother created her own business, which Balbier joined and eventually sewed her own brand out of it. Now, with 35 stockists around Europe, she wakes up excitedly every Saturday morning knowing brides are clad in her dresses: “My mind is on them because it’s my day off. I’m always so honoured when I think of them walking down the aisle in my dresses. If the day is sunny, I’m thrilled, but I’m always frustrated for them if it’s rainy,” she says. Continue reading…

Source : theguardian.com
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