Our chocolate wedding dress had a nice little outing during Chocolate Week as part of a chocolate sculpture exhibition at Chocolate Unwrapped.
It’s been causing quite a stir, so here’s a closer look at how we made it.
Chantal Coady and Ian Stuart of Ian Stuart Brides had been talking about creating a chocolate wedding dress for years, and Chocolate Week 2008 seemed the perfect opportunity to combine Ian’s distinctive style and Rococo’s creative approach to chocolate.
The dress started with underskirts and one of Ian’s bodices dipped in chocolate. Laurent, our chocolatier, made panels of intricate white chocolate curls and truffles to decorate the bodice. More panels were layered up on netting to cover the skirt.
Attaching the panels.
The hat was topped with a white chocolate feather and ivory truffles.
And even the shoe decorations were edible!
If you’d like any more information about bespoke chocolate sculptures or other one-off pieces, contact our head office.
Ladies, unfortunately, this wedding dress was made from white chocolate. As in, chocolate that can melt in warm or hot temperatures. Ian Stuart and Rococo Chocolates collaborated in designing this unique dress for Chocolate Week 2008. And unless other designers follow in Stuart’s footsteps, this may be the only edible, white chocolate wedding dress. Sowwee.
Ian Stuart, the winner of Best Bridal designer 2004-2007 created an amazing looking wedding dress is made of white chocolate, and described as “cute, burlesque, contemporary, fashionable and 1950’s” – We describe it as “Tasty looking, with potential to melt, leaving a semi naked bride on a hot summer’s day”. Now that is one way to make a statement on your wedding day.
The collaboration between Rococo and Ian Stuart fits, because you have two different high profile brands, both cutting edge and both willing to try something new
Technically brilliant, the dress looks fantastic, and being created by two parties at the pinnacle of their games, makes it a fascinating achievment.
• The design and color of flowers for your bouquet and decorations in the wedding venue and reception. Find a flower shop that has chocolate coloured flowers such as , chocolate cosmos, dahlia-chocolate sundae, dahlia karma chocolate, penumbra, Sherry Baby Chocolate Orchid, black barlows and others.
• You can ask a caterer to come up with a menu of food recipes with chocolates. You can consider foie gras with dark chocoalate, duck with chocolate sauce, chocolate-dusted scallops with vanilla butter sauce, chicken mole chicken recipe with chocolate sauce, seared pork tenderloin with cocoa spice rub, and grilled New York strip with chocolate merlot sauce, among many others.
• A chocolate fountain will definitely be a hit for your chocolate-themed wedding. There are also a great variety of premium imported chocolates available, oftentimes available in most chocolate varieties. Often you can also have attendants that will watch over the fountain and help guests to get the most out of it, and they will also do any necessary cleaning that is involved.
• Chocolate Coloured Decorations – Because brown coordinates so perfectly with many colors—pink, turquoise, melon, lavender—it’s a great color to work with the chocolate theme for your wedding reception. Chocolate and tiffany blue is very popular right now.
• One of the last things to consider can be the wedding accessories, decor, and favors. Make sure that the design, color, and overall outcome of these items will follow your chocolate theme.
Time: 6.30-8.30pmDate: Wednesday 15th October
Venue: The Arts Club, 40 Dover Street, London W1S 4NP
Tickets: £30 (see here for how to book).
Chantal Coady, winner of the Academy of Chocolate’s Lifetime Achievement Award 2008, tastes and talks about the chocolate story and how she built up the Rococo “empire”. But more than that, she takes an amusing glance at chocolate and its many pleasures and plans to give a visual and taste extravaganza, a journey into the fantasy world of chocolate. On display for the first time in the UK will be a white chocolate wedding dress, created by Ian Stuart (Top Bridal designer), and Laurent Couchaux (Rococo Chocolatier), an evening dress, and some Rococo lingerie. Rococo’s Gold Award winning hot chocolate, and an 18th Century version, will be served with a selection of the signature artisan flavours, paired with a dessert wine.
Created by Ian Stuart (top bridal designer: 
