Skindelle Stories

Pronovias Brides: The Invisible Layer

Alberto Palatchi opened his first bridal boutique on the Passeig de Gràcia in Barcelona in 1922. He was selling a specific kind of dress to a specific kind of woman in a city that understood the s...

Jenny Packham: Beading, Sheer Panels, and Coverage

Jenny Packham established her London studio in 1988 after graduating from Saint Martins, and the aesthetic she has built over nearly four decades can be described with unusual precision because it ...

Winter Wedding Gowns: What Goes Underneath

A December ceremony in a stone chapel in the Minho, or in one of the converted palace hotels in Porto that host winter weddings the way the Azores hosts mist, has its own specific conditions. The c...

Bali: Destination Weddings and Rice Terrace Evenings

Bali is not the island for people who want Asia at a distance. Ubud is not a spa retreat with rice terrace views. Tanah Lot is not a sunset backdrop. The island has been a site of continuous Hindu ...

The Wedding Morning: What the Getting-Ready Hours Actually Require

At seven in the morning in a hotel suite in Cascais, the light comes through the east-facing window in a way it will not come through any window for the rest of the day. It is low and direct and go...

Outdoor Wedding Dressing: Sun, Wind, and Photography

An outdoor ceremony at Comporta, on the Atlantic dune coast sixty-five kilometres south of Lisbon, at four in the afternoon in September: the sand is still radiating heat from the morning, the bree...