Pearl Cascade is a bridal bouquet built one floret at a time. Hundreds of individual ivory hyacinth flowers are wired onto fine stems and worked into long ropes that fall well below the hand, so the bouquet reads as a waterfall rather than a bunch. The technique is slow and entirely manual, and it is the reason the piece moves the way it does when the bride walks.
Hyacinth is an unusual choice for a cascade. It is normally used as a single dense spike, and taking it apart to rebuild it in strands is what gives this bouquet its texture: hundreds of small ruffled star shapes rather than a few large blooms. It also carries a real fragrance, sweet and green and immediately recognisable, which few cascading bouquets do.
Strands of pearls and fine crystal chain fall through the flowers at intervals, some reaching lower than the hyacinth itself. They catch light where the ivory absorbs it, and they are threaded rather than clustered, so the effect is a thin sparkle running through the whole length rather than a decorated bouquet.
The colour is ivory throughout with no white-white and no green showing, which sits well against most bridal fabrics. It is made to order, needs to be carried rather than set down, and is best discussed alongside the dress. It suits weddings, formal engagements and any occasion where the bouquet is part of what is being worn. See more bridal work.
Hyacinth is fragrant, short-lived and worked here without a water source, so the bouquet is made as close to the day as possible and should be kept cool and out of direct sun until it is carried. It holds well through a full day and evening. Because every floret is wired individually, this is among the slowest pieces in the range to make and needs to be commissioned well in advance rather than ordered at short notice.
