Ukrainian Wedding Attire

“Some Will like you, Some People Won’t like you, So What. Next!” (SWSWSWN)

This is a phrase my dad heard and passed on to me ( and it con­tin­ues to echo in my head).

When I first stepped into the real world after col­lege, I was hard on myself each time I dropped a lead, par­tic­u­lar job, or client. But over time and expe­ri­ence, I’ve come to under­stand SWSWSWN and my dad’s advice. My life and work will be more enjoy­able if I work with those who work well with me, enjoy my product/service, and over­all good people!

This past year, I’ve been very for­tu­nate to have worked with peo­ple who work well with me and who are very appre­cia­tive of my work 🙂

One such client was/is Stephanie (and her fiancé Roman).

Last Sep­tem­ber, Stephanie con­tact­ed me about help­ing her design and cre­ate her Ukrain­ian wed­ding dress and Roman’s Ukrain­ian blouse. She would do the embroi­dery and lace, while I did the pat­tern­ing and sewing. Despite Stephanie resid­ing quite far from me, I could­n’t pass up this opportunity!

Stephanie and I not only had a lot in com­mon, but I was also VERY impressed by her arti­san skills! Stephanie’s embroi­dery and Ukrain­ian lace (Merezh­ka) pieces are amaz­ing and per­fect!  I’m quite blown away by her skills!

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Did you know that embroi­dery should look almost the same in the back as it does in the front? Well…it should. 

And when you flip over Stephanie’s embroi­dery and merezh­ka, it’s extreme­ly clean and per­fect! Below I have 2 pic­tures of a Ukrain­ian embroi­dery piece: (1) front and (2) back. (This piece was either sewn by my grand­moth­er or a rel­a­tive from Ukraine.)

Thus far, we’ve had 2 fit­tings and mul­ti­ple mock-ups. And as we move for­ward, the dress and shirt will con­tin­ue to evolve and change as we test dif­fer­ent designs and fab­rics. How­ev­er there are a few things we know for cer­tain now and some of those things are (for the wed­ding dress): short dress, full skirt, ivory and square neck.

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Below are some of the photos of the mock-ups and fittings (not all pictured).

This blog post won’t be a wed­ding dress spoil­er. The dress con­tin­ues to evolve and take shape over time.

(I’m not sure if Stephanie wants to share her embroi­dery designs before the wed­ding. But if she does­n’t mind, I will write a future blog post about her embroi­dery and lace designs.