Wham, BAM! Joan Shum Is Bringing The Corset Back.
We had the pleasure of visiting Joan Shum’s studio when we borrowed a dress from her for our Style Lab Workshop and what a treat it was. First off, Joan is as sweet as pie! Her studio was a creative heaven of tulle, gorgeous fabrics and wedding dresses galore. She has the cutest Jack Russel with the fitting name, Jack who follows her every move.
When you walk into her studio, you will want to try on everything and dip yourself into a corset. Which by the way did happen, it was a bit hard to resist.
Why should you wear a Corset on your wedding day?
Well… to look fabulous of course but they also will make you appear thinner, instantly. It’s true! Corsets are designed to reduce your waistline, and flatten your stomach just by putting the corset on. Love that! Joan also shared with us that she can design one of her Corsets to fit any shape or size.
All of Joan’s pieces are designed as separates, so you can mix and match. They all have that vintage-inspired feel but with a modern twist. All of her dresses are made-to-order and everything from the length of the skirt to the style of the corset down to the color is customized so your gown is guaranteed to be a one-of-a-kind masterpiece.
Surprisingly enough, a Joan Shum Couture custom gown is not terribly expensive. You are going to be spending just as much on something that is ready to wear.
One of our favorite photographers, Stephanie Williams has some spectacular photos of Joan’s dresses that you might want to check out. Click here to see more. It was such a pleasure meeting Joan and if you would like more information on her dresses you can visit her web site or visit one of the boutiques that carries her dresses.
Photography: amy squires (of course one of the wedding chicks)
Well done Joan Shum for Bringing The Corset Back,
excellent post, will be sharing thanks
Joan Shum’s work is incredible and so inspiring for me, as a bride, as I’m trying to steer away from a too traditional wedding and still look sexy and individual. She shows a lot of her gowns with a sheer long sleeve “vest”. Could you tell me where I can get something like that please? Thanks!
Joan’s studio looks really nice and the corset is stunning.
One Word
“YUMMY”
Wow, what a stunning design and such detail. Any bride lucky enough to wear this corset will look a million dollars.
Ahhh! I love Joan’s dresses! Very chic! Love the unique style of it all! True creative talent!
What a fabulous post! I am absolutely in love with corsets and these are beautiful. I wish I had known about these for my own wedding.
I recently had the pleasure to meet Joan and shoot a couple of her dresses. They are absolutely beautiful! I’ll be posting some images from the shoot on my blog soon.
Joan, I LOVE your work. I really enjoyed photographing one of your dresses at the Style Lab. I can’t wait for one of my brides to have a Joan Shum dress.
You are a huge talent Miss Joan! Love your work….and love Stephanie Williams work also!
xxx L
Gorgeous!!
Joan, these are amazing! Love the vintage Brother. I have a less charming and slightly less antiquated version but I like yours better. Gorgeous.
I just featured her on my blog last week. I love her work; she makes bridal separates (which usually make me cringe) absiolutely fabulous!
Joan – your work is absolutely stunning and the bridal shoot Stephanie did with your items is my favourite of her work!! Keep up the incredible work and inspiration :) I hope to see your work in Australia – would love to shoot it!!
Oh my. I am in awe of your talent and your beautiful designs….just checked out your site and your ” wonderland” description is just perfect. So glad to find you on here…can’t wait to see more. I only hope that one day I’ll be lucky enough to photograph one of my brides wearing your clothes. Stunning!
Love the gowns and your tattoo Joan. :) Keep being creative!
Joan, I love the detailing on your dresses. They are exquisite!
Gorgeous work. Love the attention to detail and unique touches.
I love Joan Shum’s elegant work. Thank you for showing us a behind the scenes look at this talented designer!
Wow. Such talent. It’s astonishing how detailed and beautiful they are!
so lovely! corsets are so fun!
This is so pretty. I absolutely love it!
Joan, here.
Firstly, I want to thank you weddingchicks for featuring me. Having them at my studio was so much fun. The weddingchicks were funnychicks, down-to-earthchicks, and very sweetchicks. Did I mention hotchicks?! very inspiring, they are.
Thank you all who loves my dresses!!
So stinkin’ cute…. Talk about inspiring talent :) Thanks for sharing her beautiful work with us!!
How great! I just love to see behind the scenes of things like this… what a labor of love goes into the making!