When it came time to meet with Colleen, Suzee knew that she wanted something non-traditional. “She had this set of sheer, ruched dresses in her fall 2025 collection that I was obsessed with,” she says. “I knew I wanted something really romantic, light, ethereal, and a little organic.” (Anny also pulled references from John Galliano’s Dior and Alexander McQueen’s spring 2003 shipwreck collection.) “We all had to show up with an open mind, but everything fell into place once Suzee put on the gathered silk chiffon gown from Colleen’s fall 2025 collection,” Anny agrees. “It was the first dress she put on in the studio.”

Colleen began building from there, fashioning both her first-ever custom look and first wedding dress in one fell swoop. “It was an intimate, collaborative process, with every detail considered specifically for her,” Colleen says. “It’s the most personal dress I’ve ever created for someone else.”

“It was just bonkers,” Suzee adds. “She just started pulling pieces of random fabric out of bins and pinning them to my body.”