Corset Wedding Dresses in
Somerset West

A corset bodice should hold you up so you don't have to. That means a boned internal structure taking the weight of the skirt, not a decorative laced back stitched onto a soft lining.

We build a separate inner corselet, fit it to your ribcage across two fittings, then mount the outer bodice on top. The lacing is functional — it gives us three centimetres of adjustment in either direction between the final fitting and the wedding morning.

For Helderberg brides we favour silk crêpe and stable mikado over floating chiffon, weight the hem so the skirt returns to the body rather than lifting, and secure the neckline so it holds through photographs on an exposed lawn. Bridesmaids for the same wedding are cut from a single dye lot so the colour matches in the light off the bay. Fittings are remote by default, with the finished gown couriered insured to your door.

A corset fitted at your smallest measurement will be unwearable by the speeches. We fit it to be worn all day.