Introducing the New Embroidered Wedding Veil & Bridal Accessories Collection by Rebecca Anne Designs

What a joy it is to support our lovely friend and talented designer, Rebecca Anne Designs, in introducing you her latest collection of embroidered wedding veils and bridal accessories to you.

Rebecca’s exquisite designs celebrate individuality, artistry and emotion – they include hand-drawn art and delicately embroidered details that become treasured and meaningful keepsakes long after your wedding day. Her work is created to feel unmistakably yours – all her work is entirely bespoke to each client, based on things that are precious and meaningful to them; the wedding date, the proposal date, flowers, poetry, prose, an image or emblem that holds deep meaning. Samples of her gorgeous designs that beautifully illustrate the potential for what’s possible are carried in some of the most highly regarded boutiques in the UK and all around the world.

These beautiful images, captured by Eleanor Bryant Photography display Rebecca’s latest designs and provide a beautiful example of what’s possible when you work with a talented artisan designer to create something truly one-off and just for you.

I encourage you to take time to explore Rebecca’s website and consider booking an appointment with her. All of Rebecca’s appointments are held virtually, online through warm, welcoming and relaxed Zoom sessions – and she creates everything from her beautiful studio based in Devon.

I’m Rebecca, the designer behind Rebecca Anne Designs, and I create personalised embroidered wedding veils and accessories from my studio in Devon.

Rebecca Anne Designs began from a love of weddings, fashion design and storytelling. Now, 10 years into Rebecca Anne Designs, I feel more certain than ever about the kind of work I want to create: pieces that feel personal, beautiful and lasting.

I’ve worked in the wedding industry for over 15 years, and after studying fashion design and spending years sewing, designing and making, I found myself completely drawn to veils. There is something so emotive about them. A veil is often the finishing touch, but it can also completely change how a bride feels. It brings movement, softness and a sense of occasion, but it can also hold so much meaning.

Embroidery became the natural language for that. I’ve always loved the idea that thread can say something quietly but powerfully, whether that’s through a floral design, a line of handwriting, a date, initials or a tiny symbolic detail that means everything to the couple wearing it. Over time, that became the heart of Rebecca Anne Designs. Not just making veils that look beautiful, but creating pieces that feel personal and deeply considered too.

This collection has felt like a really exciting creative evolution for me. In many ways, it also feels like a return to my roots. Over 10 years ago, lace was part of my world creatively, and this new work has allowed me to revisit it through the lens of the brand Rebecca Anne Designs has become today.

I’m now bringing lace back into the work, not as something separate from the embroidery, but alongside it. That rare combination of lace and embroidery is something I’m really excited by. This shoot includes lace edge veils, full lace veils, and most excitingly for me, pieces where I’ve begun creating something entirely new by trapping lace fabric within my signature embroidery linework. Rather than applying lace as an added extra, I’m using embroidery to frame and hold it, almost like drawing my own lace into existence.

Veils are still very much at the heart of what I do, and always will be, but this latest shoot gave me the chance to explore how my embroidery can live beyond the veil too. I’ve been developing embroidered pieces that sit alongside the veil world in a way that still feels completely true to the brand. This exploration led to a lace panel skirt with tulle panels running through it embroidered with script. It still feels unmistakably part of my world, but expands the conversation beyond the veil in a way that felt very natural.

What I’ve really enjoyed is allowing the embroidery itself to lead. Instead of thinking only about one product category, I’ve been asking what else this style of illustration, stitch and detail can become. It has opened up so many possibilities creatively. Some of the new work feels softer and more fashion-led, some more statement-making, and some more conceptual, but it all still comes back to the same intention: creating heirloom pieces with real personality and depth.

Inspiration comes from lots of different places, but usually it starts with a feeling or a detail rather than a trend.

For my clients’ commissions, very often it’s something personal from the bride herself. It might be a flower that reminds her of a family member, the shape of a place that matters to her, a phrase she always says with her partner, a piece of handwriting, or even just the overall mood she wants the veil to carry. I love beginning there, because it means the design already has a soul to it.

I’m also inspired by nature, fashion, editorial imagery, antique textiles, line drawings, old Hollywood silhouettes, modern bridal styling, and the way fabric moves in light. I’m always noticing shape, balance and negative space. Because my work often uses illustrative embroidery, I think a lot about how something can feel refined and expressive without becoming too heavy or overworked.

From there, the idea develops through sketching, refining and testing. I begin by drawing by hand, then digitising the embroidery so I can work out scale, placement and stitch. A lot of thought goes into how the design will sit on the tulle, how it will move, how it will photograph, and how it will feel when worn. I think that’s the part people don’t always see, the quiet editing and balancing that turns an idea into something wearable, elegant and complete.

The process is very personal and collaborative from the start. Most brides begin by getting in touch with an idea, or sometimes just a feeling they want to capture, and from there I guide them through the options. They don’t need to arrive with everything figured out, and in fact most don’t.

Once I understand more about the dress, the overall styling, the wedding itself and the kinds of details that matter to them, I begin shaping the design. That might mean advising on veil length and silhouette first, then thinking about embroidery placement, scale and content.

Some brides want something very subtle and understated, others want a much more statement feel, but either way the design is always built around them.

From there, I sketch, digitise and test stitch. I create visual mock ups and stitch samples so we can refine the design together before anything is finalised. Once approved, the veil is cut, prepared and embroidered in my Devon studio, then finished carefully by hand. Every stage is done in house, which is really important to me because it means I can oversee the quality, balance and detail all the way through.

Day to day in the studio, that might look like sketching in the morning, stitching samples in the afternoon, answering brides’ emails in between, laying out paper templates over tulle to check scale, or photographing work in progress to send for approval. It’s a very hands-on process, and I love that. There is a lot of thought and care in every stage, even the parts that might seem quite quiet from the outside.

I work with all of my brides remotely, so the process has been refined to feel personal, thoughtful and easy whether someone is based elsewhere in the UK or on the other side of the world. It’s a lovely way of working because it means distance never gets in the way of creating something truly bespoke.

An online consultation is very relaxed and conversational. It’s a chance for me to get to know the bride, hear more about her dress, her wedding and how she wants to feel, and start exploring what kind of veil or embroidered piece might suit her best. We can talk through lengths, silhouettes, styling and embroidery ideas, as well as the personal details she may want to include, even if she is still in the early stages and doesn’t have everything decided yet.

From there, I guide the process through email, visuals, design notes and samples where needed, so everything still feels clear and collaborative. Because the service is so personal, brides are often surprised by how natural and connected it feels, even entirely from a distance.

Storytelling through embroidery is at the heart of Rebecca Anne Designs, and it’s always such a privilege to bring sentiment into design in a way that still feels beautiful and wearable.

Some brides choose details that are quietly tucked into the veil, while others want the embroidery to be more expressive, but the starting point is always the same: how can this piece reflect something personal in a way that feels true to them.

Cristin asked me to translate florals painted by her late mum into stitch, which was incredibly moving. Katherine chose a meadow of flowers along the hem of her veil, each representing a different woman in her family. And for Roxanne, I delicately embroidered handwriting from a letter written by her nan near her fingertips, so she could feel her close on the day.

What I always want is for those details to feel completely part of the design, not simply added on. The embroidery should feel visually beautiful at first glance, and then reveal its meaning more deeply the closer you get.

My husband is so much part of the world behind the scenes. Rebecca Anne Designs is still a very personal business and very much my creative vision, but having his support in the practical day-to-day has been a huge gift.

When you run a creative business, there are so many roles happening at once, designer, maker, communicator, planner, packer, problem-solver, and he brings a real steadiness to that. He helps support the business in the background and is someone I can bounce ideas off, which is invaluable when you spend so much of your time deep in the detail of creative work.

I think working together has also made the business feel even more rooted in real life and shared purpose. Brides are often trusting me with some very personal stories and important moments, so having that support around me means I can stay focused on delivering the kind of thoughtful, calm experience I really want people to have.

My mum also works with me one day a week and is part of the final stages of each veil. She hand sews the veils to the combs before I carry out my final quality check, which feels very special. There’s something lovely about those finishing touches being part of a small family-run process.

For me, an enjoyable lead time is around four months or more. It gives us the chance to move through the process at a gentle pace and really enjoy the collaboration. Because this isn’t simply a case of choosing a veil from a rail, there is both a design stage and a making stage. We’re creating something from scratch together, so it helps to have time for ideas to evolve, for visuals or samples to be designed and test stitched, and then for the final piece to be embroidered and finished beautifully in the studio.

That said, many brides secure their spot around a year in advance, which is always incredibly humbling. At the other end of the scale, I can often accommodate shorter timeframes, sometimes even just a few weeks, if I have availability, so I never want someone to feel they’ve left it too late to get in touch. Whatever timeline a bride has when she discovers my work, my inbox is always open. A longer lead time allows us to move through the process more gently, but I will always do everything I can to make space in my schedule and create the veil she has been dreaming of.

I usually like the veil to be completed and delivered around 10 weeks before the wedding. That way, the bride has time to enjoy receiving it before the busy run-up to the day, and to try it on with her dress during final fittings, which is often the moment the whole look suddenly feels real.