Karen Tierney is a professional dressmaker and textile restorer. She had 12 of her clients model wedding dresses that she sewed or restored. Some of the creations dated back to the 1800s.
— On a spring day in Oakland, California, under the beams of a Victorian-age mansion, Karen Tierney stood surrounded by centuries of history.
The April fashion show was held in the carriage house of an 1868 mansion that used to belong to California Gov. George Pardee, and served as a fundraiser for the property. It was also a celebration of tradition, family and more than 150 years of wedding dress history.Tierney has been restoring wedding gowns and creating her own custom work for 18 years. She operates her business, Studio Trousseau, out of her historic home in Alameda, California.
“Then, there’s everything that goes under a dress to make its shape. I once had to make type of crinoline called a ‘elliptical’ crinoline that required 40 yards of wire boning,” she said. “It was quite a feat of engineering.” That may mean taking the entire thing apart and repairing it piece by piece, like Tierney did with one wedding gown dating back to 1894. Some clients request original, custom-designed historical pieces that Tierney calls fantasy gowns.“Sometimes, when I receive a dress for restoration, I just put it on a dress form and look at it for a few days, deciding how to solve the problem.
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