Elizabeth Dye is my real name.

And sometimes, I live up to it...like when the perfect shade of blush pink tulle just doesn't exist in the world.

vintage.

Bits of a vintage silk organza gown have a new life in store...

a new one.

...still kind of a secret.

Lovely trunk show May 15-16

We're in the studio working up lots of one-of-a-kind pieces for the upcoming Lovely trunk show . If you're in the NYC area and in ne...

The lady of the hour...

is definitely Oysters & Pearls. Here are a couple in progress.

Waiting in the wings.

{Mostly} Giselles and Ghosts waiting to go out to their girls.

Postcard from the secret laboratory.

True, posting has been a bit sparse of late--my sewing machine is a jealous mistress. To each and every one of you lovely ladies who has cho...

Adieu, Bella Flora

This little lady is about to leave the studio to meet her new destiny as Brooke's wedding dress, but I did want to give her a proper goo...

How I spent my Christmas vacation.

Tea-dyed and hand-applied antique guipure lace over silk organza. For Tasha.

"necklace..."

I'm playing with this neckline idea of gestural details creating "jewelry" on the dress. Hard to get a decent photo in this ra...

Beginning

The 2010 bridal season has crept up on 2009, and I have started some new custom dresses. If they're all like Tasha's, it's going...

Have I told you lately that I love you?

Lisa Warninger , my favorite photographer. This is from a photo shoot we did back in February--two of my dresses, one modeled by the lovely ...

Storyville dress.

The first creation in my new studio! A bit racy, a bit demure. Black and gold stripes look very smart, don't you think? I named it Story...

dot dot dot

Quick snaps of custom dress flowers, dotted tulle ruffle bolero, and dotted tulle dress flounce for Christine, a lovely Los Angeles bride wh...

Hot off the Husqvarna.

Some new pieces: custom Snow & Smoke dress for Sarah, with embroidery and vintage button detail. Dress embellishments (flowers, lace, tu...

Tattered organza shrug.

Here it is, at last. Six hundred ruffles, thirty hours at my trusty Husqvarna, three spools of thread, and three shades of silk organza: dov...

A hint of what's to come...

at this weekend's Portland Mercury Forecast fashion show...

Mom's chalk pencil.

I get asked a lot if my mom was a crack seamstress who taught me everything she knows. Not exactly--I remember her teaching me the basics wh...

My Campari Safari.

First, let me say that "Campari" is not an easy color to nail. Too red and you get cheap lipstick crimson, too pink and it's p...

Flowerpop.

Emily's wedding dress (yes, wedding dress!) is a divine explosion of fuchsia, violet, turquoise, white and black. Hammered silk charmeus...