About Lisa Gaye Couture
At Lisa Gaye Couture we can create your dream dress for that special occasion. Whether it maybe for a formal event or your wedding day.
With our personalised and friendly service, we offer exclusive or made to measure gowns that suit your budget and style.
All gowns are made with the highest quality workmanship and made in our workroom by the team at Lisa Gaye Couture.
Creating Your Dream Dress
At your consultation we will discuss any ideas you may have about designs and fabric. We will also talk about which style of dress will best be suited to you. Once a design and fabric are chosen, a quote will be given.
If you choose to go ahead with a dress design, a pattern will be constructed to your personal measurements and a sample will be made in calico.
At the first fitting, you will try on a sample and we will make alterations as required. Once a sample is approved, we will make your dress in the fabric chosen. Depending on the design we may require more than three fittings.
At the second fitting this is where you will see your dress taking shape in the actual fabric. We will adjust your dress where needed and decide whether anything needs to be added or taken away.
At the final fitting, we will finalise hem and make sure the adjustments are perfect. A date will be given when the dress will be ready to take home.
When you arrive to pick up your dress, it will be completely finished and pressed. You will be able to try on the dress to make sure everything is perfect.
We would love to see photos of your special day and if you would like to be added to our future formal or wedding gallery, please email us a digital copy of the photos. Everyone will also get to take home a small journal with the progress photos and information of creating your dream dress.
How It All Started
For as long as I can remember, I have always been fascinated with sewing. Even when I was a young girl, I’ve always been creative with my sister’s sewing machine.
When I was in Year 12, I was looking for my dream formal dress and was unable to find it. That’s when I decided to study design and technology as I would be able to make my formal dress for my Year 12 major work. With our school formal less than a year away, I knew that this was the perfect opportunity to create my one of a kind fairy princess formal dress. I had so much fun researching, designing, sewing, fittings and looking for fabrics. I was so excited to see my dress starting to take shape. After a lot of hard work, my dress was complete and I was counting down the days to the formal. The formal night finally arrived and once I put on my dress, I knew that I had achieved my dream...I felt like a Fairy Princess.
After Year 12, I bought myself a sewing machine when I started working fulltime in a retail outlet. I really missed the whole creative process of design and sewing. I then decided to enrol into Ultimo TAFE, Certificate 3 for Clothing Production and once I completed this course, I enrolled into the Diploma for Clothing Production.
There were many new things to learn and I absolutely enjoyed learning everything from designing, pattern making, garment construction and fittings. I also had fantastic work experience with a number of Australia’s top designers. We also had the opportunity to participate in the end of year fashion parades, where we showcased our denim range for the first year. For the second year, we showcased group designs and individual major works. This was very exciting to see your designs on the runway and to see how a fashion parade is set up.
Once I had finished my diploma we started working on setting up Lisa Gaye Couture as we have had so many request for Exclusive or Made to Measure Bridal and Formal Wear.