"Hermione de Paula is setting a new trend for hidden messages and symbols on her gowns ... Custom embroidery with your initials, wedding date, or a quote from a love letter woven into the design might be the next big bridal trend."
VOGUE USA
Famed for her art couture aesthetic and creating one-of-a-kind designs with expertly structured silhouettes and feminine details, Hermione’s love of nature and couture training is at the heart of her collections and forms the DNA for her unique custom process. Gowns can be fully personalised with messages and sentimental embroidered details either added within existing artwork or used as the basis for a fully couture creation.
Prices start from £150 for a simple chain stitch addition of your initials or £250 for the date of your magical day. However our team can re-create literally anything you imagine or desire from the favourite line in a song to your beaded star sign or beloved pet.
These personal messages will be interpreted in colours used in your embroidery design and placed discreetly within your artwork in a position selected by our creative team. If it is not possible to house your desired customisations in our artwork the team can discuss a more fully custom or couture project with you.
Contact our team for a simple guide to your options and provisional costs and take a look below for inspiration.
Whether you have fallen in love with one of Hermione's creations, want to add some signature touches or have a dream about something more bespoke or even couture - the only limit is your imagination.
WILD THINGS
UNDER THE SEA
Some of our clients favourite sea creatures inspired by their trips and adventures together to special places. Creatures can also be used to symbolise different family members within your gown, for a special secret and symbolic message to each other.
ON THE LAND
Perhaps a nickname for the one you love, or some favourite creatures inspired by trips and adventures together to special places
IN THE FLOWERS
Sentimental symbols for your family or lover
IN THE SKY
Sentimental symbols for your family or lover
LETTERS, LYRICS & QUOTES
LOVER'S HANDWRITING
We can recreate a letter from the one you love in their handwriting or include your partner's favourite prose, such as E.E. Cummings’ love poem “I carry your heart with me (I carry it inmy heart)…”
LOVE LETTER WAIST
A love letter belt, creating a cinched feminine silhouette, adding a flattering twist to your personal message placement
QUOTES & CEREMONY
Special quotes symbolic to your past, present and future or perhaps prayers, vows or sermons from your wedding service
SPECIAL SAYINGS
Special things you say to each other daily, sayings which remind you of good times together or even something special to surprise your fiancé
ZODIAC & CELESTIAL
ZODIAC SIGNS & LUCKY STARS
Add your's and your partners zodiac signs or wish upon a star for a special loved one
CELESTIAL SCATTERS & LETTERS
Cosmos, star dust and celestial inspired personal messages
SENTIMENTAL DATES & MAGICAL MILESTONES
CUFFS
One of our most popular options is bespoke personalisation of the cuff of the sleeve; the wedding date by the ring finger and the first date in the same position on the right
HEART ON YOUR SLEEVE
If you can’t wear your heart on your sleeve on your wedding day, when can you?
TRAIN
Hermione de Paula often designs her gowns with a break in the embroidery artwork, so the dresses can be given a second life, remodelled into mini dresses and the trains kept and framed for posterity
INTIALS, NAMES & LOVE HEARTS
INITIALS & NAMES
Simple and symbolic from fiancés, children, parents and pets, there are no limits to the names we’ve woven in
HEART LOCKETS & WREATHS
Your special initials and dates kept safely in a heart appliqué or the perfect statement of love on your veil or train
"So decorative you could imagine displaying it in your home as an art piece, as well as wearing it."
I-D MAGAZINE