T a h i r a h

It feels just like yesterday that we gathered when she came down from JB for work.
That was when she announced that she's getting married. We heard about
it before that from our ever so updated NENEK but we pretended not to know....

Excitements grew, and naturally my question would be "Tahirah, nak berapa pasang?"
In return, Tahirah said she actually had already planned on making a dress with me.
I was ecstatic.

So that was how it all began, way back in early 2009.
From then, it was such a long process, not to mention the long distance from JB to KL.
We twitted, we emailed, we chatted and once in a while she came down.
She contemplated on several looks and designs from Grecian to High Fashion.
Tahirah has a distinct style. One thing I know is she loves jackets/blazers, which she pulls off perfectly. So deciding on the look itself took a while, and finally 3 months before her wedding we agreed on the Balmain inspired blazer with a sort
of kebaya look paired with a pleated skirt. The design of the skirt was not finalised, but we went on to buy the fabric anyway as we already knew what colour and roughly how it should look like.

Then, I was able to start production.
During that period, Tahirah came down just once to try on the toile and never the actual dress.
All in all, the process was hard in areas I least expected specifically the skirt which has a stress level of 20 out of 10. Not to worry, I survived. The skirt turned out to be a grecian like pleated skirt that twists on the bottom and draped on to the back which was a result of several experiment draping. It was just how I wanted it to be, maybe better.

Finally, the night before D-day, Tahirah gets to try on her dress, which was a perfect fit,
however, there was still some twitching here and there that needed to be done. She actually got hold of her dress exactly on the day itself.


{With bridesmaids dresses}

{ Girl on the side in awe of the beautiful bride,dress,skirt or maybe the umbrella? }

{Camwhoring with cut out mustaches by courtesy of the bride}