Beauty by Design

I cannot recommend Beauty by Design enough. I recommend working with Deborah to anyone who has a vision they want brought to life! I worked with Beauty by Design to create a custom top for my wedding dress along with dress alterations (hemming & bustle).

I came to her with an idea and she took it from there - from sourcing fabric to creating a custom shape fitted to my body and tweaking every last detail. Her attention to detail and knowledge of tailoring was apparent in the final product. Not to mention, Deborah is polite, professional, and thoughtful to work with. Her pricing is reasonable as well.

I absolutely loved working with Deborah! I was referred by my wedding planner, I was looking for a black wedding dress which is extremely hard to come by especially in plus size.
I made a consult about a year and a half out from my wedding. When I came back for the drawings after the first consult I was amazed at the not one but three options she had for me! They all were amazing and I finally picked one that really fit what I was looking for. Every appointment was amazing, all the steps were super easy for me as well as scheduling. When I came in for my final fitting, about four days before my wedding, the hem in the front was a bit long and Deborah stayed up all night to fix the hem and was ready for me to try on and take home the next day!
I absolutely loved my final look, it was everything and more I had hoped for. I cannot recommend this shop enough! Not only was the customer service great, the price was amazing and right around the budget I wanted. Thank you so much for making my vision come to life and helping my big day!

My dress came out perfect, I met with Deborah more than once to get everything just right. I highly recommend her because she listens to what the bride wants and makes it happen.

Wow. There are really no words to express how thankful I am for Deborah’s work. I had found the “dress if my dreams” earlier in life and unfortunately, the wedding was called off. When I got engaged again, I wanted to go another route to try and capture that special feeling in a different way. Deborah helped me craft a dreamy dress out of my mother’s and grandmother’s gowns. This dress blew any dress I could have found at a store out of the water. It took a lot of structural work and she executed flawlessly. Deborah has the most calming presence - she rolls with the punches and gets the work done on time. From the bottom of my heart, Deborah, THANK YOU.

I went to Beauty by Design after I knew I wanted my wedding dress to be customized for my wedding to my Indian born fiancé. I had tried going to a couple other bespoke designers both locally and nationally and none of them could not offer me the design detail or color and fabric selection like Beauty by Design had – all within a reasonable price point. My wedding and dress were an Indo-American fusion. My dress was not a dress at all, but it was two skirts, a top, and a dupatta.
My overall wedding look was whimsical and royal and that I knew I wanted it to pay homage to my Catholic American upbringing and my fiance’s Sikh and Indian roots. When I first met with Deborah I only had a multiple ideas and pictures I had saved from Pinterest. To say that I was all over the place was an understatement, but Deborah had a way of reassuring me that she saw my vision and she was prepared to make it come alive.
The next couple visits she worked side by side with me. First by showing me her sketched design for each part of my dress and look. Next, she walked me though the fabric selections, all the while answering every single one of my questions and emails about how my selections would bring my dress to life. She was so easy to work with and catered to all of my needs and even anticipated needs I didn’t know I would have (like how much fullness did I want for each skirt, or how I wanted my sleeves to be slightly capped, but not actually capped or sleeveless)
Then came the fun! She began to build each piece of my wedding skirts, my top, and my dupatta. Each new visit another part began to come together with the overall vision and by the end I was in tears – tears of joy, of course!
What Deborah had created was better than anything I had brought along for inspiration on my very first appointment. She used them as a guide, but she put my spin on it. She had successfully managed to get inside my head and see what I saw through my eyes. I honestly don’t know how she did it, but she did and for that I have no words other than THANK YOU!

She also created a beautiful alteration for my mom’s dress. My mom and I had found a dress at Macy’s, but it was in the juniors section. It was a long spaghetti strap and was something a 16 or 17 year old might wear to homecoming or prom. However my mom is in her early 70s and the look was too young and too long. So I brought my mom to see Deborah and the two of them talked about how she wanted it shortened to between her ankle and knee and she wanted a sleeve, something that would flatter her arms, but would also keep her cool during the August wedding. Deborah took that idea and put together a design that not only went above and beyond my mom’s expectations by nailing all of her requests, so the look was right and flattering, but also made my mom FEEL beautiful!
My mom is plus-sized, so she is very self-conscious about her mid-sections, arms, and her legs. Deborah helped my mom see herself like I see her. I see my mom’s mid-section as the place where she carried me and my siblings to term – healthy and happy. I see her arms as the first place I want to run to when something good or bad happens. I see her legs as the anchors to our family – they never wavered in any storm. Again, there are no words, but THANK YOU!

If you have the chance for Deborah to make your dress or alter it – hands down she is the best in Minneapolis! She doesn’t just make a recreation of a dress (unless that’s your strict instruction), but she takes a journey with you to get to know you, your style, and all the pieces in between to create a one of kind look that everyone won’t be able to stop talking about at your event!