There’s a change in the air. Something somewhere is starting to emerge. It’s different, it’s creative and it’s captivating. Can you feel it?
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wedding dress as we know it is making a stand!
No longer are we just seeing white, ivory or gentle shades of either in wedding dress designs today. No siree! The humble wedding dress has and is getting a huge make over and designers everywhere are incorporating bold statements with reds (like Vera Wangs 2013 collection) and blacks (like Vera Wangs 2012 collection). Even the traditional fairytale style wedding dress is getting sexier with the use of corsetry and unique designers are popping up all over the world designing unique wedding dresses. Unusual styles incorporating a myriad of colours and bold patterns are creating the ‘new’ contemporary wedding dress. And today’s design duo, Mother and Daughter team from KMK Designs are creating stunning designs from a fairytale dress with attitude, to more gothic inspired creations.
KMK Designs is mother daughter collaboration: Daughter Kaitlyn McClain and Mother Sheridyn McClain.
KMK Designs is founded and run by Mum, Sheridyn McClain who has had a passion for creation of costumes and clothes for as long as she can remember. She has been a professional seamstress for over 30 years and has worked in many areas of the textile arts including costumes, alterations, fabric art and design.
Kaitlyn McClain is the networker, sketch artist and fashion designer for KMKDesigns. She is currently working to get her major in Fashion Design at St. Catherines University.
The unique wedding dress
Photo above by Fairshadow Photography
Photo above by Photosynthetique
Photo above by Nic Abrego Photography
If you’re wanting a wedding dress that stands out, that has your personality all over it and that is different from your ‘average’ wedding dress – then go unique! Be bold, be different!
And you can see just how different and wonderful it can be in this best ever steampunk wedding
Photo above by Photosynthetique
Photo above by Nic Abrego Photography
Photo above by Fairshadow Photography
Photo above by Fred J Ramoni Photography
Photo above by Fred J Ramoni Photography
The dress above is what started this post for me. I spotted it while searching Etsy (for jewellery of course 🙂 I must feed my obsession from time to time). The dress is a stunning example of how we must’nt put Gothic or Alternative into their often ‘darker’ reputation. This dress embodies all the old practices of wedding dress making that make them so femininely beautiful, not ‘dark’ in anyway.
Frabjous Creatives:
Photos by: Fairshdow photography
Hair and Make-up by Sara Capers
Embroidery by Urban Threads
Photos by Fred J Ramoni Photography
Jackie Steinert: Model
Laura Dark: MUA
Photos by: Nic Abrego Photography
Photos by: Photosynthetique
If you’re after a unique wedding dress, then look out for talented designers like KMK Designs and wear ‘you‘ down the aisle.
You can also find more Steampunk Weddings over on this part of Alice in Weddingland
Out is white and in is attitude.
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What a great feature spread! I have been a longtime fan of KMK since I was introduced to them back in 2008. I have had the pleasure to work alongside them on many an occasion, and they are wonderful!
I just wanted to add a photo credit to some of the pictures you have; the black gown that you found first on etsy, with the lovely copper peekaboo layer, was snapped by yours truly before an event we both we featured at.
Keep up the amazing blog!
Heather.
Thanks Heather!!! KMK are a pretty spectacular team aren’t they, I was just so proud to showcase their work and thanks for letting us know re your photo credit! Its a smashing shot!! I absolutely love it. Zarn x
Fantastic , love the Steampunk stuff, nice to see Urban Threads featured here too, I use a lot of their embroidery designs, quality stuff!!
Cheers
Geoff & Alison
Bristol, UK
I love the fact that Urban Threads are growing with leeps and bonds
While some of these dresses are gorgeous, colors not withstanding, a few of them make the models look more like 1870’s Western dance hall floozies than brides. But whatever floats your boat. I am particularly enamored with the first one. It has a very olde but theatrical flair. Gorgeous with the silver gray tone. Would love to see it done in a fabric with teal green and purple highlights in the warp and weft.
Desperate to find the designer of the steampunk bridal gown in the group photo please.