Grass Orchids

Shirley and her assistant Rena redid my mother’s wedding dress from 1976. She transformed a nice, but retro dress, into a beautiful, graceful design. They were a wonderful team, paying close attention to the details to make sure everything was done just how I pictured it. She even noticed the original lace on the dress had been sewn on upside down, and fixed it so that it was correct.
She also cleaned up the lace, removed old spots, and added a beautiful embellishments like delicate peals and a satin sash. I am very grateful for Grass Orchids, and would recommend them to anyone! Shirley is truly an artist-she’s creative, unique, and free-​spirited, which I appreciate, while being professional as well.
Lastly, her services were extremely affordable. I looked into the Dress Doctor, and realized there was no way I could use them since my husband and I paid for the wedding. I’m sure they’re great too, but Shirley was a huge help for my wedding, and very cost effective!

Shirley is an amazing woman! Her talent is incredible!
She has an incredible hand that makes the old looks new!
I will absolutely go back to her to make a «couture» design dress!

Shirley is absolutely amazing. I came to Shirley to have her make my wedding dress after seeing the beautiful job she did making a ‘mother of the groom’ outfit for my mom when my brother got married. Shirley was able to take all my ideas and pictures, even the more non-​traditional ones, and made my dress exactly what I had envisioned and more!
I really wanted a specific style of Japanese watercolor flowers painted on my dress, so Shirley found just the right artist to do the work; it came out incredible. To this day people who see our wedding photos comment on how my dress was one of the most unusual, but beautiful dresses they had seen. I was also pleased with Shirley’s reasonable prices — I thought her estimate would be huge when I told her the kind of custom work I wanted, but from start to finish it was actually cheaper than my friends had had to pay to buy a store dress and go through multiple fittings and alterations.
I would highly recommend Grass Orchids to anyone looking for a wedding dress, or even just a nice outfit for a special occasion.