01
The design
We start with a two-hour conversation in the studio. What the day looks like, how you want to move, what you don't want. From that, a single sketch, hand-drawn on cartridge paper. Nothing goes to fabric yet.
A note from the atelier
Made by hand, for the hand you give.
Our atelier
A quiet studio on the Prinsengracht, making fewer gowns, more carefully.
Maison Nuit Blanche is a small bridal house. One cutting table, seven makers, a rotation of about 112 gowns a year — no more, no less.
We work only in silk, lace and tulle, sourced from two European mills we've partnered with since 2018. Every gown is drafted, toiled, fitted and finished by the same pair of hands, from first sketch to final press.
A gown you almost forget you're wearing, until someone tells you it's beautiful.
Hand-finished pieces, fitted over months of returning visits, so the dress is ready to disappear into the day it was made for.
Our process
The Nuit Blanche Method
Five chapters, all slow. Every gown we release passes through these hands in this order — from the first conversation in our studio to the morning you step into it.
02
The toile
Before silk is cut, we make the gown in calico — the toile. It's shaped on a mannequin adjusted to your measurements, refined by hand, pinned open to show how the final piece will sit. You try it on. We adjust.
03
The first silk
Only when the toile sits right do we cut from the bolt. Silk mikado, corded lace, or soft tulle — chosen in that first meeting. The first silk fitting is quiet; nothing is finished yet. Pins hold the weight, the body shows us what the fabric wants.
04
The finish
Every hem, every seam, every bead is finished by hand. Between fittings — often three, sometimes five — the gown is worked slowly. Internal bones, hidden loops, a sleeve that can be removed for the dance. All of it done in the same studio, by the same maker.
05
The press
Three days before the wedding, the gown is steam-pressed, packed in acid-free tissue and either delivered to you or collected from the atelier. A numbered label is sewn into the back seam. One of one, always.
Get in touch
Come and visit, or write to us.
Appointments run Tuesday to Sunday, 10:00 to 18:00. Two hours with a consultant, a pot of tea, every gown in your size pulled for you. Brides first, everyone welcome.