Silk Tulle Wedding Veil & Choosing Your Wedding Veil Fabric

English French Netting Long Cathedral length Wedding Veil White with lace

Wedding Veil Silk

Silk tulle wedding veil

I was recent­ly com­mis­sioned to make a wed­ding veil.

Pri­or to this order, I didn’t know very much about veils and I cer­tain­ly didn’t real­ize there were so many options and design pos­si­bil­i­ties. (It is so involved that you may want to decide upon a veil style and fab­ric before you buy or design your dress!)

Let’s dis­cuss the options available!

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ILLUSION TULLE

silk tulle wedding veil

The inex­pen­sive veils are made with illu­sion tulle. This tulle is 100% nylon and found at your aver­age retail fab­ric store. This tulle is either firm or soft (but not as soft as chif­fon or soft silk tulle). The firmer the tulle, the more loft in the tulle. Illu­sion tulle is offered in shiny or matte.

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NETTING

French Netting Wedding Veil

Net­ting is anoth­er bridal veil option. There are dif­fer­ent kinds of net­ting, but you will usu­al­ly see the soft­er net­ting for the longer veils and the firm French/Russian net­ting for the bird­cage veils. Net­ting fab­ric is weaved with thick­er poly­ester threads into a geo­met­ric dia­mond pattern.

Below you can see my sister’s wed­ding veil, which was made with net­ting fabric.

While net­ting is not as pret­ty as silk tulle, it pho­tographs very nicely!

polka dot Wedding Veil

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SILK TULLE

soft silk tulle veil
Soft Silk Tulle

The most expen­sive veils are made with silk tulle. Silk tulle is made with 100% silk and is ABSOLUTELY beau­ti­ful! The retail price for silk tulle is between $60- $120 per yard. Silk tulle can either be firm or soft. Soft silk tulle is heav­ier and drapes like a silk chif­fon, while firm silk tulle is stiffer and drapes like illu­sion tulle. Kate Mid­dle­ton’s wed­ding veil was made with soft silk tulle.

Kate Middleton Silk Tulle Veil
Kate Mid­dle­ton Silk Tulle Veil
soft silk tulle veil
Soft Silk Tulle
soft silk tulle wedding veil
Soft Silk Tulle

At first, I bought soft silk tulle for my com­mis­sioned veil. But unfor­tu­nate­ly after test­ing the soft silk tulle design with the bride’s desired veil design, the soft silk tulle did not work out as I had hoped. (A cathe­dral length silk tulle veil made with soft silk tulle does not lay or stay flat like firm silk tulle.)

Then after some fran­tic search­ing and phone calls, I found some beau­ti­ful firm silk tulle! As you can see below, it drapes a lot like illu­sion tulle. (But silk tulle is much, much, much pret­ti­er than illu­sion tulle.)

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Below is the final veil design of the com­mis­sioned veil.

The veil was made with ivory col­ored firm silk tulle and ivory lace attached to a met­al comb. It’s about 108” in length and 72” wide. The entire veil was hand stitched (includ­ing the lace appliqué/trim).

silk wedding veil

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Con­tact me if you would like me to make you a (soft or firm) silk tulle veil for your wedding!

6 thoughts on “Silk Tulle Wedding Veil & Choosing Your Wedding Veil Fabric

  1. Mia

    Hel­lo! Would you mind shar­ing where you bought your soft and firm silk tulle? I’ve been hav­ing a ter­ri­ble time find­ing sheer, light­weight tulle! Your blog is an inspi­ra­tion by the way!

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    1. Sylvia

      Agreed! Im look­ing fran­ti­cal­ly also! You would be a LIFE saver!

      Reply

  2. Emily

    Hi!

    I’m so glad I’m came across your blog as it was so helpful!
    Can you please let me know how much it would be for you to make a plain cathe­dral veil with the firm silk?

    My wed­ding will be in Sep­tem­ber and it would be great to find out if you can make it in one month.

    Sin­cere­ly,
    Emily

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    1. marusya

      Hi Emi­ly! I just sent you an email!

      Reply

  3. Amy Stack

    Please letvme know where you found the tulles, thank you. Beau­ti­ful, absolute­ly beautiful!

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  4. Anna

    Hi Marusya,
    Would it be pos­si­ble to buy some firm silk tulle/netting from you, about 140 inch­es long? How wide is this silk? Can you send a sam­ple asap? Is this silk French, Ital­ian or English?
    Thank you !
    Best,
    Anna

    Reply

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