Zachary's Cape for Davis High School Madrigal

Happy Holidays

I will not be taking any new clients until Spring 2013.

Have a warm, safe, and wonderful holidays.

Jeannie

Shelly Cello of Davis, California

There's nothing like working with "Silk."

V neck low back Silk Charmause dress/liner

You can wear this dress as a wedding dress or as a liner under a lace dress. This dress is made out of 100% silk charmause, but I could make it with satin polyester too for less.

Cost: $299 for silk  $99 for satin polyester

Pleated V neck top front and closed back, A line skirt

This dress comes in sizes 2 to 18. It's 100% silk charmause and the lining is 100% china silk. It's made to order. If you are interested, contact me at jjohngnishikawa@gmail.com.

Body Measurements (US) For this dress, I only need bust and waist size.

Bust                          30    30.5   31.5   32.5   33.5  34     36       38    40
Wait                          23    24      25      26      27    29     30       32    34
Back neck to wait     14    14.5   15      15.5   16    16.5   16.75  17    17.5
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US Sizes                    2      4       6         8       10     12     14      16    18

Cost: $249

Ship within 14 days. Cards Welcome.

Claire H. of Davis, CA for Lanini's Wedding, October 20, 2012

Claire is wearing 100% silk charmause for fabric and 100% china silk for lining. The sizes are available from 2 to 18. This boatneck top with cowl back with straight/fitted skirt cost $299. I love working with silk. It's easy to cut and sew and also good for the environment.

Jamie W. of Tokyo, Japan December 22, 2012 Wedding

Jamie's mom, Donna found my website and thought I would be the perfect person to design Jamie's wedding dress so we met back in August of 2012. Jamie came out to California for 3 weeks from Japan this month so I finished her wedding dress so that she could take it back to Tokyo. It was so much fun to work with Jamie. She is so sweet and very easy to work with. We used Jamie's mom (Donna's) wedding dress for fabric. I used about 70% from Donna's dress and the other 30%, I used China silk. I love using old wedding dresses for fabric so we don't waste anything and plus, the client saves from buying new materials.

Kari L. of Davis, CA October 20, 2012

I had a great time working with Kari L. of Davis. Kari came to me back in May 2012 to see if I could design and make her a wedding dress since I worked on her twin sister Alli's dress last summer. I agreed but it took me longer than usual to finish her dress since I was traveling to South Korea and Japan this summer. Kari was very patient. It took me 5 months to finish her dress since I was working on other clients designs. Kari has beautiful skin and a natural looking face so we decided to just work with natural silk charmause as a liner and lace on top. I didn't put on any beads since she wanted the lace to be soft.

Julia Bishop's wedding dress

Julia came to me last Saturday and asked me if I could work on her wedding dress. At first I wasn't sure since I was working on 2 other wedding dresses and a costume for Davis High School student that all needed to be done by this weekend. I took on the project since Julie was referred by her friend who was my client serval years ago. As you can see, it all worked out well. I only needed to do one fitting and the dress fit Julie perfect. It took me total of 10 hours to work on this dress.

Leonol C. of Davis, CA

Leonol is my regular client. She's fun person to work with. Leonol had me work on this navy dress for about a month. I've been really busy so I wasn't able to finish it until this week and she's been busy too doing research at UC Davis. Thanks, Leonol for being so patient with me. You're a great client!!!

Britex Fabric Store in San Francisco

I had so much fun shopping at the Britex Fabric Store in San Francisco near Union Square today. I was looking for a perfect lace for my next wedding dress for my client Kari B. of Davis, CA. It took a while finding the right lace, but after 30 minutes, I found the right lace. I hope my client will like it too. The laces are on the 3rd floor for those of you who might be interested.

Christine and Ryan Odell's Wedding Sunday, September 2, 2012

I got to attend Christine and Ryan's wedding last Sunday in San Francisco Zoo.  It was a lot of work working on her two wedding dresses since I only had 3 weeks to work on them, but I had a great time working with the bride.

Christine B. of Davis, California

I worked on two wedding dresses for Christine B for Sunday, September 2, 2012. Christine bought both dresses from American Cancer Society Discovery Thrift Shop (ACS) because she says, "ACS saves lives and creates a world with less cancer, more birthdays, and weddings." I took both dresses and made to fit Christine. We made many changes especially the second dress. I really enjoyed working with Christine. She was so creative that she helped me design her second dress. Enjoy!

Christine B. of Davis, CA Sunday, September 2012

New Arrival

This dress comes in sizes 2 – 18 short or long. US $299 Ready in 30 days.

I will take new clients starting Monday, July 16, 2012

I won't be able to take any new clients until July 16, 2012.
I have way too many projects that I need to finish for my clients.
I am so sorry for the inconvenience. However, if you need a wedding dress, bridesmaid dress, or other wedding related things done before then, then please contact Moonlight Cleaners in Elk Grove, CA at (916) 686-8131.

Willie P. Wedding March 2012

http://dpicturesque.wordpress.com/2012/04/01/willie-tim-tsakopoulos-library-galleria-wedding/

I redesigned Willie's wedding dress, made her veil and her 7 bridesmaid dresses.

Margaux (Margo) Filet

I was so honored to work on Margo's Senior Prom dress for Saturday, May 19th, 2012.
I've worked on her dresses since she was 6 years old. She is now 18. She is also a fantastic flutist.
Please check her out on Sunday, June 3, 2012 at 3:00 PM on NPR's 'From the Top' show. KXPR 88.9 PM. You can also listen to her on www.fromthetop.org.

Jacquelyn F. Davis High School Senior Prom

Jacquelyn was so sweet to work with. I enjoyed working with her.