Bring us the vision, the colors, the occasion, or simply the feeling you want to create. We bring more than a decade of design and sewing experience to shape it into an original gown made with intention.
Custom is the right path when the color, fit, length, details, or meaning of the gown matter enough that an existing piece will not quite do.
You want a specific color story, meaningful details, a particular silhouette, a planned finished length, or measurements that deserve more attention than a standard size label can offer.
Start your designFlower girl moments, milestone birthdays, portraits, pageants, baptisms, family celebrations, and heirloom pieces often deserve something created to become part of the memory—not simply worn once and returned.
Explore custom coutureIf you love one of our existing gowns, only need it temporarily, and its measurements work for your wearer, a rental can be the more practical investment.
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Our custom work is designed around the wearer, the purpose, and the visual story you are creating.
Birthdays, portraits, flower girls, pageants, holidays, baptisms, dedications, and heirloom celebrations.
Portraits, pageants, cotillion, special events, milestone sessions, and statement gowns.
Motherhood, maternity, fine-art portraiture, editorial concepts, and coordinated family looks.
Custom color stories, signature studio wardrobe, campaign pieces, and concepts created to photograph with impact.
Custom lengths, colors, sleeves, trims, bows, and details planned around the wedding aesthetic.
Coordinated suspender sets, formalwear, holiday pieces, and styling that belongs in the same visual story.
Custom couture is not simply choosing a color and asking someone to sew a dress. It is knowing how a fabric will behave, how much structure a silhouette needs, where a waist should sit, how a skirt will move, what will photograph beautifully, and when an idea needs to be refined so the finished gown actually works for the wearer.
After more than 9,000 gowns designed, we have spent years learning those decisions in real life. That experience is what allows us to translate inspiration into a gown that feels intentional rather than experimental.
We use inspiration to understand the feeling you love, then create a Bentley + Lace interpretation rather than copying another designer.
Structure, lining, layers, closures, movement, and finishing are planned as part of the design—not added as an afterthought.
We help refine color, proportion, fabric, fit, length, wearability, and details so the final choices work together.
If a material, timeline, silhouette, or idea is not the right fit for the project, we would rather guide you honestly than promise what we cannot execute well.
We do not believe more should automatically mean faster, cheaper, or more disposable. With over a decade of sewing and design experience, an award-winning creative approach, and more than 9,000 gowns designed, our work is intentionally slower because human hands are doing the work: planning, sourcing, cutting, layering, fitting, finishing, checking, and preparing one piece at a time.
That approach protects the design, the materials, the structure, and the details that make couture feel different in person and photograph differently on camera.
Custom couture includes design time, premium materials, low-volume sourcing, individualized fit planning, handwork, construction, finishing, and the time required to make one piece instead of hundreds.
You are not paying more for the word “custom.” You are investing in the time, materials, skill, and decisions that make the piece custom in the first place.
Bentley + Lace creates handcrafted couture for life's most meaningful moments. Explore specialty categories made with premium fabrics, couture techniques, and timeless artistry.
Handcrafted gowns for your littlest attendants, designed around the wedding palette, fit, length, and details that matter.
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Heirloom-quality gowns for baptism, christening, dedication, communion-inspired styling, and traditions meant to be remembered.
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Sophisticated couture for cotillion, pageants, formal portraits, milestone events, and occasions that call for something exceptional.
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Exquisite finished pieces for customers who need couture sooner without waiting for a complete made-to-order production cycle.
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Past Bentley + Lace designs released from the rental collection and offered at exceptional value while individual pieces remain.
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Limited-edition opportunities created around premium fabrics available in smaller quantities—once the textile is gone, it may be gone for good.
Shop NowMany Bentley + Lace signature gowns are intentionally dramatic for portrait work, where extra skirt length, sweep, layers, and movement can be beautiful for posing.
If the gown will be used for walking, a flower girl role, a parade, a pageant stage, dancing, or another event, tell us. The finished length and construction should support what the wearer actually needs to do comfortably and safely.
From soft shimmer and structured satin to airy rainbow textiles and dimensional 3D florals, we source fabrics that photograph beautifully and support the silhouette you are investing in.
Pearl-Embellished Mesh
Silk & Satin
Shades of Rainbow
High End 3D Fabrics
Glitter
Swiss Dot
Availability can vary. Dye lots, specialty textiles, screen settings, and lighting can create small color or texture variations, which are natural in custom fabric sourcing.
You can begin with an existing Bentley + Lace design, a color palette, a party theme, inspiration images, or a completely new original concept.
Tell us the wearer, occasion, date, colors, inspiration, approximate size, and anything the wearer needs to do in the gown.
We guide silhouette, fabric, color, structure, sleeves, length, detachable pieces, and what will work together visually and practically.
Accurate current measurements are required. We strongly recommend professional measuring, especially for fitted or event-wear designs.
After final design approval and payment requirements are met, materials are secured and your gown enters the production queue.
Your gown is completed, inspected, prepared with care, and shipped nationwide to the secure address provided with your order.
Custom begins with actual body measurements and the intended finished look. Depending on the gown, we may also incorporate adjustable shoulder ties, elastic, corset-style features, or other fit flexibility when it supports the design.
For custom orders, measurements must be accurate. Once production begins, changes may no longer be possible, so current measurements and professional measuring are strongly encouraged.
Pricing depends on the fabric, size, amount of structure and layering, hand detail, trims, detachable pieces, fit requirements, and complexity of the design.
Most designs fall within this range; specialty fabrics, editorial construction, or highly detailed work may exceed it.
Final pricing reflects silhouette, materials, sizing, structure, layers, and requested custom details.
Specialty fabrics, layered couture, complex construction, or editorial concepts can exceed the typical range.
Custom is personal by nature. Clear expectations protect both the design process and your final experience.
Because the piece is made specifically around your selections and measurements, custom orders are non-refundable. Once production begins, cancellations, design changes, or measurement changes are not accepted.
Please submit accurate measurements. We strongly encourage having a professional tailor or seamstress measure the wearer, especially for fitted designs, structured bodices, or event gowns.
Color and texture can look different because of screen settings, lighting, dye lots, and natural fabric variation. Small differences in placement or finish are part of individual couture production and are not defects.
Material availability, the production queue, seasonal volume, and shipping can affect timing. We work toward your requested date, but exact delivery dates cannot be guaranteed.
Send Pinterest images, colors, themes, silhouettes, or details you love. We use inspiration to understand your direction while creating an original Bentley + Lace design.
Portrait posing, stage wear, walking, dancing, outdoor use, flower girl duties, and all-day events create different fit and length needs. The more we know, the better we can guide the design.
Placing a custom order means you agree to the custom-order terms shown on the applicable product page and Bentley + Lace policies.
The gown should feel extraordinary before the camera ever comes out.
If your question is more specific to a gown, measurement, color, or event, our Expert Gown Help page is the fastest next step.
It means the gown is made to order after your design direction is confirmed. We consider the wearer, measurements, purpose, color story, silhouette, fabric, length, construction, and requested details rather than pulling a mass-produced finished dress from inventory.
No. You can begin with an existing Bentley + Lace custom design and change available details, or begin with your own original direction. You can also send a theme, color palette, party invitation, Pinterest inspiration, reference images, or a simple description.
We welcome inspiration, but our goal is original Bentley + Lace couture rather than a stitch-for-stitch copy of another designer’s work. Show us what you love about the reference—shape, color, texture, sleeves, mood, or detail—and we can use that information to develop your direction.
We design for children, tweens, teens, adults, maternity clients, photographers, families, and select boys’ special-occasion looks. Common uses include portraits, birthdays, weddings and flower girls, pageants, baptism and dedication, cotillion, holiday, maternity, editorial work, and milestone celebrations.
Most custom gowns take approximately 8–14 weeks from design approval. During busy seasons, plan closer to 10–14 weeks. Rush options may be available depending on materials, complexity, current production volume, and your wear date. For fixed events, ordering earlier gives you the safest planning window.
Pricing varies by size, fabric, layers, structure, trims, embellishment, detachable pieces, and design complexity. Current typical ranges are $150–$625+ for baby and children’s couture and $495–$650+ for tween, teen, adult, and maternity couture. Specialty or editorial designs may exceed those ranges. See pricing + timelines.
Because you are paying for individual design decisions, smaller-volume fabric sourcing, specialty materials, fit planning, cutting, layering, construction, hand-finishing, and quality control for one gown. Mass production spreads design and labor across large quantities; custom production concentrates that work into your specific piece.
The exact list depends on the silhouette, but common measurements include height, chest or bust, natural waist, hips when relevant, shoulder-to-waist, and the required finished length. We may ask for additional measurements for fitted, adult, maternity, sleeve, or specialty designs. Use our measurement guide.
Yes, we strongly recommend professional measurements, especially for structured or fitted designs. Custom orders are made from the information provided, and inaccurate or incomplete measurements can affect fit.
Order with the most current measurements possible and tell us your wear date. When appropriate for the design, we can consider adjustable features such as ties, elastic, or corset-style construction, but no custom gown should be assumed to accommodate unlimited growth. Once production begins, measurement changes may not be possible.
Both, but we need to know the purpose before finalizing the design. Many of our signature portrait gowns use dramatic length, fullness, and movement for posing. Event gowns may need a more walkable hem, different support, or less sweep. Tell us if the wearer needs to walk, dance, sit for long periods, go on stage, or wear the gown outdoors.
In many designs, yes. We guide you through available color and textile options based on the silhouette, sourcing, and timeline. Specialty fabrics can have limited availability, and colors can vary slightly from screens or between dye lots.
Often, yes. Detachable and coordinated pieces are part of our custom design options when the construction and available materials support them. These additions can affect both price and production time.
Production and material sourcing begin after the design details are approved and payment requirements are met. Fabric orders are typically placed within 1–5 business days after payment.
Custom orders are final sale and non-refundable. Once production begins, changes, adjustments, and cancellations are not accepted. Please review measurements, colors, design details, and your event timeline carefully before approving the order.
Yes. Bentley + Lace ships custom couture throughout the United States. Use a secure delivery address and allow shipping time in addition to the quoted production window.
Absolutely. You do not need fashion terminology or a finished sketch. Send the occasion, date, age or size, colors, inspiration, and what you want the gown to feel like. We can help you decide what is realistic, flattering, functional, and beautiful. Get Expert Gown Help.
You do not need every detail figured out before you begin. Bring us the date, the wearer, the colors, the feeling, and the inspiration. We will help you turn it into a clear custom direction.
Custom couture · Designed in North Texas · Shipped nationwide
Tell us your vision below and we’ll reach out personally to begin creating your one-of-a-kind piece.
Most custom gowns take 8–14 weeks from design approval. Rush options available — ask us about your timeline.
Our Aubrey, Texas location is home to the Bentley + Lace gown studio, nationwide rental warehouse, and appointment-based photography studio rental space. This is a working studio and warehouse and is not open for public walk-ins.
