Wedding Veil Silk

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

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

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!

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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.

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).

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