Appointment only · Lewes, East Sussex
Bridal and occasion wear,
everyday alterations, historical & heirloom work.
By a costume maker for stage and screen, from a private studio in Lewes. Costumes since 2013 for film, television, the West End and the Royal Ballet, and the same hands on your garment.
Consultations from £10 (£30 for bridal), deducted from your final bill
Close-ups from the workroom: House of the Dragon, RBO The Sleeping Beauty, Netflix Wednesday and a tutu of my own. See the work.
Select costume making credits
Wicked House of the Dragon Wednesday Young Sherlock
The Nevers The Sleeping Beauty
Since 2013. Verifiable on IMDb.
Services
Three kinds of work
From the studio in Lewes.
My dress · sewn and worn by Eleanor · image copyrights to Lauren Gordon
Bridal and evening
Wedding dresses, bridesmaids and anything worn for an occasion. Hems on layered and structured skirts, bustling (fastening a train up off the floor for the reception), bodice resizing, corset restructuring, and beading and lace repair. Silk, velvet and bias-cut fabric handled as it needs to be.
Hemming from £120 · Bodice work from £80
Commissioned coat · remake of a favourite garment
Everyday
The clothes you wear the rest of the time. Taking in and letting out, sleeves shortened, hems, zips replaced and coats and jackets relined.
Hems from £25 · Taking in from £35
Hand knitting
Textile restoration and conservation
Heirloom textiles restored sympathetically or even transformed into something new. Alterations and makes of reenactment clothing on request.
Mending from £60 · Commissions & remodelling by consultation
All pricing is indicative. Every garment is quoted at consultation, on construction, fabric and complexity.
Ask a question first, which costs nothing, or book a consultation.
Getting married?
Tell me the date and I will tell you the last day I can take the dress on.
I take bridal work on no later than three months before the wedding, and earlier through the summer when the diary fills. Inside that it is rush work at a surcharge, and only if the diary allows, please ask for further details.
The Atelier promise
Nothing is measured out loud,
and the tape goes back in the drawer.
Every fitting is private and unhurried. No number is commented on, and the only question in the room is how the garment sits on you. More about the studio.
How it works
From first enquiry to final fit
01
The consultation
Ask first, or book straight in. The consultation fee holds your time (£10 everyday, £20 restoration and historical, £30 bridal and evening) and comes off the final bill.
02
The private fitting
Bring the shoes and underwear you will wear on the day: heel height changes your posture, and posture changes how the whole garment hangs. Then a relaxed fitting session, and a precise quote.
03
The workroom
Industrial sewing machine, couture hand-finishing for a beautiful finish.
04
The final fit
Return to try on the finished garment and then you are ready for the occasion.
Bring me the garment.
A private appointment in a Lewes studio, with the person who will do the work. From £10, deducted in full from your final bill.
Asking costs nothing, and I will tell you honestly if the answer is no. Send me a message.