BESPOKE

“The bespoke service at The OWN Studio is beyond special” Pom Ogilvy

We offer an exclusive bespoke wedding and evening wear service for clients looking to create a one-off custom look.

An incredibly creative and unique experience, you will work in close partnership with our designers and founders Jess and Rosie to bring your vision to life. Every stitch, every fold, every special detail is handcrafted and something that is completely unique and personalised to you.

We take on a limited number of bespoke commissions each year as a phenomenal amount of work goes into crafting each and every piece. To enquire about our bespoke service, please complete our enquiry form.

“From the minute I met Jess and Rosie in their chic atelier, I knew I’d found the designers to create my dream dress…their bespoke service is beyond special - everything is made to measure, working with luxe fabrics sourced in Italy and France.

Jess and Rosie take time to listen to your vision, drafting beautiful pencil sketches and inspirational mood boards galore, so you really feel you’re part of the design journey. The results are a heaven-sent blend of classic and contemporary - unfussy, timeless and breathtakingly beautiful.”

OWN BRIDE POM OGILVY

BUILDING A VISION

The journey begins at our Bespoke Salon in our studio in London at your first design consultation with one of our founders and designers. The beauty of creating a bespoke look is that you’ll have total flexibility and control on design, fabric and silhouettes so it is an incredibly intimate and creative experience.

You will have had a pre- consultation where we will have learned all about you, your vision for the wedding and your outfit, so at your first design consultation we’ll explore sketches, references and ideas as well as fabric options, silhouettes, cuts and trimmings, to build a physical vision board of your dream look.

We have an extensive fabric library reserved exclusively for bespoke customers and we’ll often mock up your vision with the pieces we have in the studio to help with the inspiration process. The design will then be finessed in follow up consultations until you are happy for us to get started on creating your toile. Measurements will be taken at this stage.

CRAFTING YOUR PIECES

From sketch to real life - for bespoke work we start by cutting a ‘toile’ which is a mockup of your outfit in your measurements in a cotton fabric.

Your toile is the first moment where your outfit starts to take its shape and is designed to give you the opportunity to interrogate every part of the design and most importantly the fit.

We’ll drape, pin and draw onto the fabric to help us visualise the look in the final fabric.

FITTINGS

Your outfit will now be starting to take real form; at your next fitting (what we call your ‘shell’ fitting) you will see the it in the final fabric for the first time. At this stage we will be fitting the foundation or the ‘shell’ of the dress - we won’t yet have added details, fastenings or boning as we want to perfect the fit first. This also gives you the opportunity to specify exactly where you would like to add embellishment and detail to the dress. In total you will have between 3-5 fittings with our Design Team and Head of Atelier. Fittings are held during the week at our Shoreditch atelier. The final fitting is a collection fitting where you will sign it off and take it away with you - this usually happens around 2-3 weeks before the wedding.

INTERNATIONAL BESPOKE

We regularly create custom looks for clients who are unable to visit the studio or are able to only fly in for fittings. The journey is just as special and collaborative.

Says NYC based bride Sara: "From the very beginning, Jess and the OWN team made the entire bespoke process easy, special, and—most importantly—fun, even working together across the Atlantic (I'm based in NYC).

Over Zoom, Jess and I pored through my endless inspiration photos and discussed all the details that I was looking for in my dream dress. When we met a few months later at the design studio in London, she had somehow managed to distill my ideas into a series of sketches and fabric options that captured my vision perfectly.

"I cannot thank the team enough for their thoughtfulness and care throughout the process, and I'm so excited to wear our bespoke creation at my wedding in May!"

CUSTOM OWN FOR INDIA

An example of a bespoke commission for our bride India. Romantic with touches of Hollywood was the brief for this wonderful bespoke gown. Folds of finely pleated silk organza layered onto the softest silk satin with a frothy silk organza skirt; accentuated statement voluminous sleeves that framed the whole dress. A second look bespoke party piece was crafted using our incredible signature sequin which shimmered in the light under an incredible disco ball! We loved how the chic asymmetric cut of this amazing mini means that India can wear it for years to come. Read the write up on VOGUE

On her bespoke wedding gown, India says: “I was patiently waiting to one-day be able to wear a dress from The OWN Studio.... I just loved how they were approaching bridal in such a chic and contemporary way. I didn’t even think to look anywhere else. I had a very clear vision of how I wanted my dress to look and it turned out exactly like the first sketch back in March 2022. The team were so amazing to work with and executed the vision to perfection. “I was keen for my main dress to mirror the romance of the venue and I was hoping for a gorgeous Spring day so layers of silk organza felt perfect. The sleeves were always going to be the statement element, and we worked really hard to create the beautiful flowing sleeves with sections that fell over each other. I kept saying how I wanted them to be a foxglove shape, rather than a puffer fish! So much craftsmanship went into the bodice, which features horizontal pleating. We wanted to create this beautiful cinched look complete with a tie waist and big bow with ties that fell into the gathered skirt. It had an embroidered patch inside that said 'I ♡ J' and the date in blue thread as my 'something blue'. James had the same under his collar.”

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Bespoke gowns start from £6000. To discuss a bespoke commission, please complete our enquiry form below

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