Chanola reached out to us in June 2022 to begin discussing her dream tifaifai wedding gown for her wedding in October 2023! Talk about planning ahead!

Being based in Moorea, French Polynesia, the only obstacle for us was that Chanola lives in….PARIS! How could we make her a custom dress without even doing a single fitting? After all, it just makes sense that in order to make a dress that fits perfectly you need to be able see the drafts on the client. So we originally and sadly said no to Chanola.

Yet Chanola would not take no for an answer and, boy, are we glad she insisted! We figured out a way to have a friend of hers bring a dress that fit her properly from France to Tahiti. Using that, we were able to build her the tifaifai gown she had asked for.

It took the team many sketches, many revisions, many prototypes, many pattern adjustments, and of course many hours of hand sewing to create what you see in the photograph today.

We feel so proud and also so excited to start the next gown because believe it or not the next bride has already reached out to begin designing her tifaifai dress for her wedding in December 2024!