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HELP!
I'VE GOT QUESTIONS!
DON'T WORRY, WE'VE GOT ANSWERS!
FAQ'S
We recommend looking for your dress around a year before your wedding.
You need plenty of time to find your perfect dress and put down your deposit so we can place the order with the designer. Then dresses usually take 3-5 months to be made and arrive with us in the boutique (though this can vary), when you'll need to come and collect it from us. Every dress will need alterations so you'll need plenty of time for them to be completed.
It is possible to get a dress in less time, but if anything goes wrong in the process (which is rare but can happen!), we don't have any wriggle room to help you solve it.
"But I'm ordering a dress from my measurements, will I even need alterations?"
Erm, yeah!
Every single bride who has ever walked through our doors has needed some alteration to get that perfect fit. We can't say for SURE that you'll need some, but we'd be very surprised if you didn't.
Our dresses are ordered according to your measurements but are still a standard size and length. Even split sizes (which some designers let us do) use standard sizes as a starting point.
Typical alterations for our brides include shortening the hem and taking some material out of the shoulders (both because the dresses are made for VERY tall women), resizing the bust (usually made for VERY busty women), adding a bustle (so you can dance the night away), and some little tucks and pulls to get you fitted to perfection.
Unfortunately, we don't currently have our own inhouse seamstress, but we do have some local seamstresses who we work with.
Once the dress arrives, it is yours to do what you want with, but we're happy to put you in touch with the seamstresses that we know, and even to host your fittings in the boutique if needed!
Alternatively, there are usually plenty of seamstresses in most areas if you're travelling to us, so ask around and see if you can find anyone who friends can recommend - if you struggle, give us a shout and we can always ask around for you!
Accessories vary - some arrive within a week or two, and other may take longer.
Some brides like to order their whole bridal look at once because then they have the full picture of what they're going to look like and how much it's all going to cost in total!
Other brides are so exhausted after having to choose the right dress that by the time they've made that decision, they're all decisioned out! Don't panic if this is you - we have a longer collection appointment option that gives time to relook at all the accessories once you're in YOUR dress - which will give you a little bit of extra time to save up for the finishing touches too.
Otherwise, you can always make a separate accessories appointment at a later date.
NO!
We know exactly how tempting this can be, but it's a terrible idea!
You've got two options:
Order the size you are now. Then when your wedding rolls around, have the dress taken in to fit you if you lose weight. Wedding dresses are designed to be taken in by up to 2 dress sizes, although they aren't necessarily going to look exactly how they did originally!
Place your deposit to secure your order and then wait to be measured. We'll give you a date that's around 9 months before your wedding to come back and finalise those measurements. That way you have whatever extra time that gives you to see what your weight is going to do. If you keep losing weight after that - see option 1!
Ultimately, it's SO much easier to take a dress down sizes if you lose weight than it is to make a dress bigger if you stay the same size.
If you're having/have had weight loss surgery, you're pregnant or there's something else going on that is definitely going to change your size before your wedding, let us know! We'll try to help you make the best decision for you.