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      • Modern~Deities
      • Dark~Fairytale
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Jan
17

THE STYLING POWER OF A SLEEVE OR STRAP (and other styling tips).

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I have been working with Brides now for over twenty years advising on the dress & the styling to create the look each customer has in mind.

When we first started building up the showcase of bridal samples, making separates was not only logical, it was cost effective. Every time I added another dress combination of corset, skirt & sleeves/strap, I added more pieces that could be mixed & matched with pieces already in the collection. As we were exclusively making one of a kind gowns, having a collection of pieces offered up more looks for customers to try on & it worked really well.

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Our Valentina corset with her original skirt (worn over & under the skirt|). With her strap & sleeve options demonstrating how Sleeves & Straps change the look of a dress.

Sleeves & straps:

From experience, sleeves are one of three things that change the look & mood of a dress more than anything else & it is perhaps why so few off the peg dresses come with sleeves. Manufacturers possibly do not want to limit a dress’s appeal. Yet a lot of brides want sleeves. In their most basic form, a straight sleeve will help disguise bingo wings (which are the obsession of many brides young & old & of every body shape), even a semi-transparent one. The simple addition of a sleeve or shoulder treatment can tweak a gown to work for a particular theme or turn an almost right dress into the dress that perfectly fit’s a bride’s vision.

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Oct
18

Inspiration Moodboard: Butterfly Fae – A Fairytale of Pastel Blooms, Moss & Gilt.

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Last month we had the honour of working with celebrated London florist Amie Bone on a collaboration for her Enamour, National Wedding Show showcase. The peach tulle couture dress we created for the show has been named Butterfly Fae (Butterfly Fairy). It features our specially designed jewellery pieces on the corset with a gold & crystal butterfly at centre front & wirework wings forming the shoulder decoration.

The jewellery work alone took several weeks to complete; this is the first time we have really combined our gown  & accessory work into one project. It would be fair to say that the shoulder treatments would probably not be suitable for the required levels of ’embracing’ brides are expected to do at weddings, so the straps were designed to be removable.

You can see more images of the dress in this previous blogpost about our collaboration & see Amie’s inspiring ideas for a magical, secret garden, fairytale wedding.

This post continues our series of inspiring moodboards designed to give brides ideas of how they can incorporate our gown designs into stunning wedding day themes that will leave their guests swooning.

Unsurprisingly & given our gown was designed to fit Amie Bone’s vision, our moodboard has a similarly magical garden theme accented with the hot new wedding trend for Geode/Quartz/Marble cakes & oh so desirable Ralph & Russo dreamy heels.

 
More on our Pinterest Board.
 
Location: St Dunstans in the East Photo by Lizzy Stewart
Styled tablescape: Photography: Caroline Tran Photography Florist, Event Design, + Production: Tricia Fountaine Design
Dress: Chantal Mallett at Amie Bone, National Wedding Show
Lichen statue: Pinterest
Tablescape: Photographer:  Mary Moon Photographer , Natalia Mylnikova Decor and floristry : Lacy Bird Concept and organization:  Special Wedding
Beauty image: Pinterest
Glitter hands: Pinterest
Dress detail: Chantal Mallett
Wedding heels: Ralph & Russo
Wedding cake: Photography@emilieannphoto Cake @carriescakesut
Dress: Chantal Mallett at Amie Bone, National Wedding Show
Dress: Chantal Mallett at Amie Bone, National Wedding Show Photography: Sanshine Photography
Ringbox: Photography Evan Hunt Photography

May
10

Inspiration Moodboard: Violet & Black, Dolce Vita & Art Nouveau x

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The fifth Wedding Inspiration board in the series is inspired by the gown Dolce Vita. 

It would be very easy to create a dark, moody, Victorian gothic theme & certainly this dress would definitely lend herself to that theme.

BUT….. Black dresses are not only for goths x They don’t have to be & who says you have to have the go-to gothy black/purple or black/red colour scheme even if you are wearing black?

Black dresses like Dolce Vita – a froth of black tulle can be given the romantic treatment with an alternative colour scheme & theme; though if gothic is your thing….. go wild.

For the Dolce Vita Wedding Inspiration board, I chose Alphonse Mucha as a jumping off point. Not so random given I styled the dress with a floral hair crown for an Emily Soto shoot that reminded me of Mucha’s work.

*Mucha was a Czech Art Nouveau painter, some of his illustrations featured ladies with floral crowns in their hair.

The moodboard for Dolce Vita is based around Art Nouveau with Violets, Aubergines, Purples & touches of Silver. Art Nouveau celebrated nature & the board uses flowers & branches in very natural ways adding lots of romance to a theme that can take in black too without looking dark.

So go on & embrace all those beautiful things celebrated by Art Nouveau & work them into your wedding, whatever colour gown you wear x

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More about the dress: Dolce Vita is far from traditional but not all brides want traditional. It features a deep sweetheart neckline & voluminous ballgown skirt, all made in black tulle with an emerald /blue ombre finish to the corset.

More ideas: Pinterest

Wedding aisle: Make Be-Leaves
Dolce Vita, corseted black tulle gown: Chantal Mallett Bridal Couture, image: Emily Soto
Wedding lanterns: Axioo Photography
Dolce Vita, corseted black tulle gown: Chantal Mallett Bridal Couture, image: Emily Soto
Art: Alphonse Mucha
Wedding decor: unknown source via Pinterest
Stained glass: Tiffany
Table setting: Christophe Dugied
Wedding stationery: invitations-unlimited.com
Wedding bouquet: Natural Art Flowers, image: Teneil Kable Photography
Wedding decor: unknown source via Pinterest
Wedding cake: Sylvia Weinstock
 

Apr
05

Inspiration Moodboard: Daisy says ‘I Do’

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It’s Easter Sunday, Spring is here & everyone is looking forward to Summer x

White & Lemon, with touches of Pink, the Wedding Inspiration board for Daisy celebrates Summer, it takes the daisy theme & runs with it, whilst keeping things chic & tasteful.
 
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Lots of informal naturalistic flowers, lots of white, a touch of bohemian charm with fun, light touches.
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More ideas: Pinterest
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Daisy features a chic, ivory satin corset & fishtail with delicate daisy detailing on the corset & larger than life daisy’s on the skirt – sassy, sexy, youthful & above all, elegant.
Chantal Mallett, Daisy corset & fishtail bridal gown.
 
Wedding decor: Bernadette of Dream Occasions, image: Mark Bothwell 
Wedding bouquet: Myrtie Blue, image: Mad Love Weddings
Daisy crown: image: Emily Soto
Daisy couture, corseted wedding gown: Chantal Mallett Bridal Couture, image: Veronica Virna
Wedding decor: image: KT Merry Photography
Wedding cake: image: Chelsea Fuss via ProjectWedding
Ice cream cones: Kandyce Caroll, image: Laura Sumrak 
Ring: Van Cleef & Arpels
Chair covers: image: Joseph Matthew Photography
Daisy ring: Van Cleef & Arpels
Flower beds/balloons: Sugokuii Events, image: Jake Rosenberg + Andrea Salvia

Mar
27

Inspiration Moodboard: Valentina

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BLOG POST –

Valentina- with it’s high low short skirt & sweetheart neckline is a youthful , exuberant bridalgown; the name is inspired by Valentino’s Valentina perfume advertisements.
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The third Wedding Inspiration board in the series is inspired by Valentina. In keeping with the spirit of the dress, it captures it’s fairytale spirit with a ‘Midsummer’s Wonderland’ of Gilded Chalky Pastels;  a willow the whisp, enchanted garden scape.
Wedding moodboard inspired by Chantal Mallett Bridal Couture's Valentina bridal gown design

More about the dress: Valentina is a sandy gold colour that  features a Solstiss lace corset with sweetheart neckline, trimmed with a bow & pearl drop. The corset is teamed with floaty silk tulle sleeves & taffeta skirt with pearl trimmed waistline – a cross between Marie Antoinette & Rock & Roll.

More ideas: Pinterest

Valentina corseted bridal gown: Chantal Mallett Bridal Couture, image: Emily Soto
Balloons: Christopher Sturman via harpersbazaar
Magical cake: Perfect Endings,, image: Christian Oth via Vanity Fair
Waterfall curtained decor: image: Andrea Polito Photography
Table setting: Hana Floral Design, table design, True Event via Brides.
Floral cocktails: image: emilieinc.com
Ornate ring: faycullen.com
Table setting: unknown via Pinterest
Valentina corseted bridal gown: Chantal Mallett Bridal Couture, image: Emily Soto
Enchanting bouquet: unknown via Pinterest
Moss rabbit prop: jamaligarden.com
Gilded shoes: Oscar de la Renta 

 


Mar
22

Inspiration Moodboard: Aurelia

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BLOG POST –

The second moodboard we’ve created in the series is based on our Aurelia design & is an example of building a very elegant & luxe wedding day around the bride’s dress & colour scheme: Blush & Gold with a hint of pistachio.

Wedding moodboard inspired by Chantal Mallett Bridal Couture's Aurelia bridal gown design

More about the gown: This corseted bridal gown design is made in ivory silk crepe & features hand painted & beaded appliqué lace on the corset with pearl straps. The colours painted bleed from blush to apricot to touches of pink & the suggested decor & detailing on the board reflect the subtle, sophisticated palette.

More ideas: Pinterest

Cocktail: Caroline Talbot Photography via weddingchicks.com
Choker: Chantal Mallett Bridal Couture, image: Photography April H
Bouquet: blossomsweet.com, image: Mikki Platt Photography
Place setting: Event coordination: Very Merry Events, floral design: Atelier Joya, image: Tinywater Photography via stylemepretty.com
Aurelia corseted bridal gown & accessories: Chantal Mallett Bridal Couture, image: photographyaprilh.com
Wedding decor: Patra + Faisal, image: Studio 2000 via WedLuxe
Wedding cake: Faye Cahill Cake Design
Wedding shoes: Rene Caovilla
Ring: unknown via Pinterest
Invitation: Invitations by Dawn
Chandelier earrings: Chantal Mallett Bridal Couture
Macaroons: ohsweetday.com

Mar
21

Blog posts in their new home x

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19th March 2015:

We’ve decided to put some Wedding Inspiration mood boards together to inspire Chantal Mallett customers on how they could style their day around one of my magical designs.

The first board in the series is based on our Coquette design & celebrates one of Chantal’s favourite palettes: Pink & Gold.
 
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More about the gown: Coquette is a flirty, pretty, princess gown; the corset is created in gold Solstiss lace, the ball gown skirt in shades of pink tulle. The theme built around this bridal gown design has period touches & reflects the luxurious fabrics & textures; Marie Antoinette meets Cinderella.

Beauty image: Jvdas Berra
Pink flowers in gold bowl: Melani Lust Photography
Beaded lace flower shoe clip: Chantal Mallett Bridal Couture
Chair: unknown
Coquette pink & gold lace & tulle bridal gown: Chantal Mallett Bridal Couture, image: Veronica Virna
Ombre lips: makeup-box.com
Cupcakes: Connie Cupcakes, image: Corina V Photography
Table setting image: Melanie Rebane
Ring: HeidiGibsonDesigns
Chandelier earrings: Chantal Mallett Bridal Couture
Wedding cake: Cakelava

Fairytale crown: Chantal Mallett Bridal Couture


12th March 2015:

CINDERELLA STYLED SHOOT ~ YOU & YOUR WEDDING ONLINE

In January the lovely San of Sanshine Photography, stylist Charlotte Munro & a select group of wedding suppliers gathered at Blenhiem Palace to create a Cinderella styled shoot to be featured on You & Your Wedding’s website this week; ahead of the release of Cinderella at the cinema this weekend.

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 The shoot featured two of our gowns fit for a princess, our silver Lilique crown & beautiful flowers, sweet treats, floral decorations & exquisite table settings.

http://www.18thcenturycorsets.com//sanshine_chantalmallett_youandyourwedding_cinderella_4.jpg

The hand made paper magnolia blooms, pictured above, are from the talented company Tissue Blossoms.

Cinderella inspired styled wedding shoot via youandyourwedding.co.uk, image: Sanshine Photography

#cinderella #cinderellastyle #cinderelladress #cinderellagown #cinderellawedding #youyourwedding #missmunro #sanshinephotography #chantalmallett #realcouture

Credits: You & Your Wedding     Photographer | Sanshine Photography     Stylist | Charlotte Munro     Hair | Hayley King Hair Artist      Make-up | Brides & Beauty     Models | Bianca     Florist | Blue Sky Flowers     Paper Flowers | Tissue Blossoms     Venue | Blenhiem Palace


2nd March 2015:

GILDED MAGAZINE – Royalty Issue – ROYAL KINK x

Last month we worked on & contributed to a really great editorial shoot with Umbar Shakir of Atomik Photography. We were shooting a moody, sexy mix of couture gowns & lingerie with some of our accessories. As the day progressed it really felt like we were shooting a very exclusive, private party – very ‘Eyes Wide Shut’ meets ’50 Shades’ meets ‘Belle de Jour’. We were shooting transparent dresses & lingerie with silk & tulle fishtails & sexy corsets & ball gowns. The whole look was high end & a little risque with opulent pearl chokers, silver sparkling head-dresses & masks.

Royal Kink; Chantal Mallett black tulle corseted ball gown, shot by Atomik Photography for Gilded Magazine.

Chantal was on set styling & the last shot of the day was her Coquette gown which she wanted to make sure really fitted with the whole vibe of the shoot, so she discussed with Suki about giving Kimi an edgier updo & decided to take the sash from one of Sonata’s gorgeous silk & lace robes & turn it into a blindfold to really make her the pretty bad girl.

Royal Kink; Chantal Mallett fishtail, cage, hat & corseted gown, shot by Atomik Photography for Gilded Magazine.

Royal Kink; Chantal Mallett cream fishtail & choker, shot by Atomik Photography.

What a great & happily exhausting day – the team was very diva free & all hands on deck & were all super happy with what they shot & Chantal got to style parts of her gowns with lingerie which gave them a different look & to try different pieces from the collection together, for the first time & they really worked well.

The floating Roxanne was created via a ladder & some cable (always fascinating to see behind the smoke & mirrors).

As seen in Gilded 2.2, head-dresses: Chantal Mallett, image: Atomik Photography

We are so pleased Gilded Magazine liked what we created & with Umbar’s super quick editing we made it into the issue just before deadline with the issue going live just two weeks after we shot!

Royal Kink; Chantal Mallett fishtail, cage, hat & cape, shot by Atomik Photography for Gilded Magazine.

Credits: Gilded Magazine: Royalty Issue 2.2     Photographer | Atomik Photography     Hair & Make-up | Suki Miles     Models | Kimi Lysette & Roxanne Eva     Designers | Sonata Rapalyte, Chantal Mallett Bridal Couture & Accessories & Yuvna Kim     With special thanks to Jaime & family x

Royal Kink; Chantal Mallett corset, mask & cape, shot by Atomik Photography for Gilded Magazine.

#gildedmagazine  #editorial #royalkink #chantalmallett


27th February 2015:

Royal Kink: Behind the scenes:

Chantal Mallett Bridal Couture, Sonata Lingerie, Atomic Photography editorial shoot

Iphone snap: Kimi byUmbar Shakir

Iphone #bts snap: Kimi & Umbar byChantal Mallett


25th February 2015:

BEYOND THE WONDERLUST MAGAZINE

#beyondthewunderlustmagazine #katieandelman #fineartphotography #crown #chantalmallett #coronets #snow #princesses #children #editorial

US based fine art photographer Katie Andelman collaborated with Chantal to create four crowns to shoot on child models for Beyond the Wunderlust Magazine’s Snow Princess editorial & cover shoot. We’re very pleased to have worked with Katie & look forward to working with her again soon x


24th January 2015:

Yesterday we found out the shoot Chantal worked on with friend & International Fashion Photographer Emily Soto had been published in US based Thrifty Hunter Magazine AND Emily forwarded Chantal another 41 images from the shoot & some of the images are amazing!

Valentina gold lace and pale gold tafetta, corseted, short wedding gown by Chantal Mallett

Now that the shoot has been published, not only can we share the images (so look out for lots more being added to various pages on the site), we can also introduce you properly to Valentina & the Opera Cape we made for Coquette & share with you our Dolce Vita design.

Tulle, black Dolce Vita plunge corset with very full ballgown skirt by Chantal Mallett

The model we worked with on this was a lovely Liverpudlian called Abigail Tara Lilly, who has the air of a young Lily Cole & is just so beautiful & sweet & looked so enchanting in my work; giving it a very delicate, fairy like quality which blended perfectly with Emily’s style of imagery.

Coquette, pink tulle wedding Opera Cape with gold lace collar & detailing by Chantal Mallett

So without further ado, here is Emily’s gorgeous fashion editorial in Thrifty Hunter:

http://e.issuu.com/embed.html#12145659/11102823

#thrifthuntermagazine #emilysoto #editorial #bridalcollection #chantalmallett

Stylist | Yanina Nikatina ‪Photography | Emily Soto Make-up | Emily Rebekah Hair | Andy Hair Model | Abigail Tara Lilly of La Moda & Lenis Models.


12th January 2015:

#weddingdressesmagazine #youyourwedding #editorial #bridalcollection #chantalmallett

Three of our gowns are featured in the 2015 issue of Wedding Dresses Magazine.


 
11th December:
 
TOWIE CHRISTMAS SPECIAL

The Only Way is Essexmas aired on the 10th & Lydia got loads of screen time wearing a bespoke costume Chantal designed for her. There was a piece on her outfit on Reveal’s website & on ITV’s Only Way is Essex site plus more press images were shared on various social media.

So here are all those bits:

VT on Lydia’s outfit: http://www.itv.com/essex/towie-style

http://www.reveal.co.uk/fashion/news/a615722/lydia-bright-cute-in-snow-fairy-costume-at-towie-christmas-party.html 


28th October:

EMILY SOTO @ CAPEL MANOR

Just a month after working with Emily Soto in Ireland, we were shooting again together. Emily flew in from NYC for the week & we shot with a beautiful model called Abi on a beautiful, warm & sunny, late October day at Capel Manor, Enfield. I know it well- I studied garden design there for three years & it made a wonderful backdrop. Images are under wraps for now but we shot some new pieces: Valentina, Dolce Vita with a huge black tulle skirt & Coquette with a matching tulle & lace opera cape, so come back soon for an update x.


24th October:

MATERIAL GIRL MAGAZINE

Head-dresses shot by NYC Fashion Photographer Emily Soto  for an editorial in Material Girl Magazine: http://blog.materialgirl-mag.com/2014/10/16/editorial-clara-photography-by-emily-soto/

Emily Soto editorial in Material Girl featuring Chantal Mallett head-dresses.

#emilysoto #materialgirl #crowns #head_dresses #wedding #accessories


18th September:

SHOOTING IN IRELAND with EMILY SOTO

Emily Soto Ireland

Emily Soto Ireland Workshop: Head-dress Chantal Mallett

Image:Dominika Laureckis

Emily Soto Ireland Workshop Poloroid of Coquette by Chantal Mallett

Image: Emily Soto 

This past weekend Chantal was involved with an Emily Soto workshop at Russborough House in Ireland. 

Emily Soto is a very talented, well known NYC based fashion photographer. Emily was running a course teaching photographers her techniques & as part of her workshop she & the attendees photograph an editorialesque shoot.

Emily always uses wonderfully photogenic, gamine, delicate young models & shoots in a very romantic style that, quite frankly, Chantal has been a fan of for quite some time & has been keen to work with her. So naturally we were thrilled when she asked us to contribute accessories & gowns for her to shoot!

Chantal took a few select pieces out to Ireland for the shoot & was met with a sunny, warm, perfect Irish September day – her first experience of Ireland. 

Emily is fabulous & the shoot team were top notch, we just know we have some great images coming our way & that Emily will have created some wonderful photographs.

Sketch inspired by Valentina on the set of Emily Soto's Ireland Workshop

#emilysoto #couture #realcouture #corset #gown #dress #Coquette #crowns #head_dresses #wedding #accessories


24th July:

DEVOUR MAGAZINE

Chantal Mallett gowns in LA based magazine DeVour Magazine:

Chantal Mallett gowns in DeVour Magazine

Chantal Mallett gowns in DeVour Magazine

#devour_magazine


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