Your wedding dress should fit beautifully, feel comfortable and feel completely right for you.
From my studio near Somerton in Somerset, I work with brides on everything from refining the fit and reshaping a neckline to adding sleeves, changing the structure or reworking part of a gown completely.
Sometimes it’s a small alteration that makes all the difference. Sometimes we’ll rethink something more substantially. Either way, we’ll work through it together, keeping the dress you fell in love with while making her feel right for you.
Wedding Dress Alterations
Heirloom Wedding Dress
Redesign
Your wedding dress should fit beautifully, feel comfortable and feel completely right for you.
From my studio near Somerton in Somerset, I work with brides on everything from refining the fit and reshaping a neckline to adding sleeves, changing the structure or reworking part of a gown completely.
Sometimes it’s a small alteration that makes all the difference. Sometimes we’ll rethink something more substantially. Either way, we’ll work through it together, keeping the dress you fell in love with while making her feel right for you.
Your mum's wedding dress, your grandmother's gown or another much-loved family or vintage dress, can become something completely personal to you.
We'll look at the details you love and want to keep, then work together on the redesign; reshaping the fit, silhouette or style and creating something that still holds her story, but feels like your dress.
Some stories are too special to stay folded away.
Your mum's wedding dress, your grandmother's gown or another much-loved family or vintage dress, can become something completely personal to you.
We'll look at the details you love and want to keep, then work together on the redesign; reshaping the fit, silhouette or style and creating something that still holds her story, but feels like your dress.
Some stories are too special to stay folded away.
If you’d like to talk through your dress before deciding on the next steps, you’re very welcome to bring her into the studio for a complimentary consultation.
We can look at her together, chat through your ideas and I can talk you through how I’d approach the work and give you a clearer idea of likely costs.
I offer these appointments during my quieter months, from October to February. Outside of these months, you can send me photographs of your dress and I can give you an initial guide before we begin.
Consultations
Every wedding gown is different, so the cost depends on the construction, fabric, design and the work needed to create the right fit and finish.
Prices begin from £350, with most gowns falling between £450 to £750.
More detailed work, including intricate lace and beadwork, hand-finished or weighted hems, structural changes and bespoke additions, may fall above this range.
Your exact quote will be confirmed, once I've seen you in your gown and assessed the work properly.
Every heirloom gown is different, so the cost will depend on the original gown, her construction and how much we're changing.
Heirloom wedding dress redesigns begin from £350, with more extensive redesigns priced individually depending on the work involved.
A complimentary consultation gives us time to look at your dress together, talk through the details you'd love to keep and begin shaping ideas for her redesign, before you decide whether you'd like to go ahead.
