recommend - bridal shops

toniwoty2009

Hi all,

Was doing some googling and got inspired by a thread I found on another forum and thought we should do one here. Have done a search and cannot find anything, mods - apologies if I'm wrong

Just thought it would be a good idea for us all to recommend bridal shops in our area (or online) that we've had a good experience with. Even if you didn't end up buying your dress there, just somewhere that gave you good service, made you feel special, etc.
I think the best way to do this is post your area and county in bold first, so for mine I will be saying:

Gravesend, Kent
Taffeta bridal. She's great one to one service, and over 300 dresses and you can try as many as you like!

Thanks

beccatt

Mollington, nr Chester, Cheshire
Bespoke Brides www.bespokebrides.co.uk/
I got my dress and my bridesmaids dresses from here - a very personal service, Clare the owner made buying the dresses every bit as special as I'd hoped it would be.

MrsTinks

Wedding Belles in Banbury - as featured on IPTW (the bit where Ruth was in a wedding frock :rotfl:) - is where I bought my dress and my BMs dress. Very good prices and often have sales on.

NOT recommended - Wedding Centre in Marlow - been there a couple of times - always made to feel like I was something dragged in under someones shoe... Not the way to treat people looking to spend hundreds if not thousands of pounds...

Fay

Grafton manor bridal shop :T Nicola is wonderful, very professional, welcoming and genuine . The shop is beautiful, very clean and large, and only individual appointments. Best shops I have been to and I'm going back to get my dress from there-despite seeing it a little cheaper somewhere else. The service I received from Nicola make the extra £50 worth it!

http://www.graftonmanorhotel.co.uk/w_dress_shop.html bravo!

Not recommended, Shropshire County Brides-put me in a size 16 dress (I'm an 8) which is fine-but didn't pin it, then left me stood in it (dropping down) while she went to have a cup of tea. Told me I could only try 4 dresses on as she wanted to close early, then put a dress on and the zip was broken-the girl said 'oh this zip is broke, but it's nothing to do with you' (er obviously-you have just taken it off the hanger!), then she tried to pin it together and shoved the pin in me.

The dress I am having is over £2000 and didn't expect to be treated like that.

LISSILEIGH

i got my dress from here, they have a fab selection and an ever better sale!!!

http://www.lesleysbridalwear.co.uk/ this is based in the midlands

my dress cost me £200 and was wonderful, they even put a hook in the back of the skirt for me.

i also got my bridesmaids dresses from there. one of which was reduced from 200 to 19!!!!! it was raw silk!!!!

EricaB

Bridal Shop in Tenbury Wells, Worcestershire - can't remember the name (there is only one there) they have been fabulous and its where i got my dress from

Also recommend the Bridal shop in Droitwich, Worcestershire - again they are lovely in there but unfortunately were closed due to flooding when i wanted to buy my dress so went elsewhere

beckstrous

Mamfii Bridal in Knaphill (near Woking in Surrey) is fab.