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The Linchpin Co Team Brand Shoot

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Dear Photographer – Maybe you’ve been there – walking onto set on shoot day and the clothes *haven’t* been decided on yet. There’s a pile somewhere (still in a suitcase, fold lines *quite* prevalent) and a client completely unsure what to choose. “I brought all my options, what do you think?” Suddenly, gone is the […]

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Styling a brand shoot for a team is a unique challenge – it has to coordinate, but we’re not going for 90s family pictures at JCPenney’s. When it’s for a CEO + her team, she takes the lead as the face, and the rest of the team are styled to her, ensuring that they represent […]

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Katherine Bignon Styling, travel packing for an international trip to France

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I was always a chronic overpacker. Before kids, I could pack for a weeklong trip and my suitcase would be overweight. I never wore half of what I brought. Maybe not even two thirds. Enter, a trip 6 years ago where the kids and I were spending 6 weeks in France, and we had 1 […]

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Brand Shoot stylist for Northern Virginia brand shoot Sarah Bradshaw Photography, photographed by Abby Grace Photography

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Brand shoot styling for internationally recognized wedding photographer, Sarah Bradshaw Photography, photographed by Abby Grace Photography

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Katherine Bignon Styling for Lauren Dieckhaus Photography Brand Shoot, Photographed by Klaire Dixius Photography

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Brand Shoot Styling at the Line Hotel D.C. for Virginia Wedding Photographer Lauren Dieckhaus, photographed by Klaire Dixius Photography

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Brand Shoot Styling for Northern Virginia Realty Team Mary and Michele, photographed by Abby Grace Photography, Brand Shoot Styling by Katherine Bignon

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Brand shoot styling for Northern VA Realty Team, Mary & Michele, photographed by Abby Grace Photography

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Hi, I'm Katherine.
Your new BFF + Closet Coach.

I'm the one who sends you links for dresses you'll look real cute in, & tells you gently that the other one is going to sit unworn in your closet if you buy it. With a BFA in Fashion Design from the Fashion Institute of Technology in NYC, and a passion for understanding clothing & design, I designed custom bridal gowns before opening a styling studio to help small business owners prep for shoots & fall in love with their closet.

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Paris

Réanna + David | Custom Wedding Dress Designer for an Intimate Wedding in Paris, France

This custom wedding dress for a beautiful & intimate wedding just outside Paris, France is one for the books. I adore all of my brides, and I’ve been blessed to have some pretty incredible ones, but this one… I don’t even know how to put it into words. Réanna is like a sister. She and […]

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Travel

Bretagne, France | Le Bignon Travelogue

In January the kids and I hopped on an overnight flight to Paris, ready for our 6 week year-opener in France!! We left a few days before G because his vacation time hadn’t quite started yet, so I was on my own with the littles for the first five days of the trip. Sounds awesome […]

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Paris

A Tulle Skirt for a Bride | Paris France, Destination Wedding Dress Designer

If you have ever considered a tulle skirt fort your wedding attire, then I can’t wait for you to see the pictures below!! When I designed my first tulle skirt a few years ago, I never imagined that eventually they would be part of a bridal collection as well, but this bridal tulle skirt is […]

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Travel

Paris Anniversary Session Inspiration | Le Pont Alexandre III

This is one of the first spots in Paris that I saw at night, and I fell in love with it instantly. It was just after I had moved there, and a friend and I went to see the National Cuban Ballet perform Giselle at le ­­­Grand Palais. At intermission we walked out to the […]

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Design

Silk Skirt Bridesmaids Inspiration | Willowdale Estate, Boston MA Bridal Designer

Every girl who has ever been a bridesmaid has most likely at least once looked at at least one of their bridesmaids dresses and thought, where will I ever wear this again? You know the thought right?! All the dresses look beautiful lined up next to the bride, but most are worn once and forgotten. […]

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Katherine Bignon Bridal Design Blog, Classic Style Series

The Sketchbook

Pointy-Toe Shoes

So it’s no secret that I married into a French family, and have spent a LOT of time bouncing back and forth between Paris & the states. And if you’ve been following along for a while now on instagram you know it’s no secret that I LOVE good classic style, and my married-into French roots are a […]

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Katherine Bignon Custom Bridal Gown Design Swatches by Amy and Jordan Demos Photography

For Designers

What Silk Do You Use? | NYC Custom Wedding Dress Designer

One of the first questions I hear during each and every consult with my brides is, “What will the dress be made out of?” They want to know whether it’s silk or polyester, what the fabric will feel like, what it will look like, and how it will move. And most importantly, whether or not […]

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Custom Destination Vow Renewal Gown by Katherine Bignon, Katelyn James Photography, Aix-en-Provence, France

Paris

Amy + Jordan | Custom Gown Design for an Intimate Destination Vow Renewal, Aix-en-Provence, France

“It was the legacy of love and marriage, manifested in a gown” – Amy Demos Jordan Demos and his sweet wife Amy reached out to me to design a custom heirloom gown for their destination vow renewal, planned to take place in a lavender field just outside of Aix-en-Provence in France. When they were married seven years […]

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For Designers

Inspiration, The Hardest Part About Developing Your Brand

Before I rebranded and freshened up the look of Katherine Bignon, and clarified exactly what this brand is, I spent all my time trying to attract everyone. Literally everyone. I tried to make sure that my blog posts were so varied that I was always attracting different people. I designed whatever people asked me to […]

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Design

The Elizabeth Gown

When I sat down to design this collection, the original intent was to create portfolio work, along with website content. I wasn’t sure whether I would ever “launch” it as a collection and release the designs to be created for brides. But when I started sketching out the concepts for the Classic Collection, this was the gown […]

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