Wedding dress advice

floss2

I'm having mine made for me by a dressmaker here in Blackpool. It's a 50's style, using my mum's wedding dress for the fabric....well, I didn't like it last time I got married and I felt it was a sentimental way of having my parents with me on the day.

Lorne

Lakey wrote: »

Hi Lorne
got mine in Coast, I think its fab and as wedding as I wanted for the second time round in a registry office. Its pink and chiffony with a matching little bag, and a very simple diamond hairband.

Thank you for the advice, I'm hoping to pop into a bigger coast this weekend to have a nosey, I was in their little debenhams consession on Tuesday which was tiny.

Your dress sounds lovely and I love the idea of the hairband, I'm not wanting a veil or anything too fussy and that sounds perfect

Lorne

floss2 wrote: »

I'm having mine made for me by a dressmaker here in Blackpool. It's a 50's style, using my mum's wedding dress for the fabric....well, I didn't like it last time I got married and I felt it was a sentimental way of having my parents with me on the day.

What a lovely idea, I am really taken with the idea of a 50's dress. I hope you don't mind me asking but is it expensive to get one made? I'm going to try and scout one down in coast or monsoon but if it is reasonable to get one made.....

swampduck

Have you had a look at BooHoo.com? Some nice prom style dresses there!!

Swampy

MsChazzer

Krystaltips wrote: »

I had two of those as a child... I used to send crap into them all the time, I think they sent me the badges (1 white, 1 green) in the hope I'd go away... Poor deluded Lewis Bronze, it just made me more eager....

Still have the white one... Would of flogged it on eBay but they got wise and stopped it before I got chance... Never been good at jumping on bandwagons...

I sold mine on eBay but it was before all the fuss and I was honestly selling it as a piece of 80s memorabilia, I needed the money as we were moving house!

Back to wedding dresses, people who get dressmakers to make their dresses, how did you find them? I've done a couple of very quick searches on Google but they tended to bring back expensive looking designers. I'm sure I read somewhere asking in fabric shops for recommendations. I know I need to put more effort into the search but thought I'd just ask for any tips!

paddingtondoo

How about searching on yell.com or looking in your local paper?

Krystaltips

Another option is to ask in bridal shops, where I bought mine from doesn't do alterations but they have 2 recommended seamstresses, I imagine if you're skilled enough to adjust a dress you can make one....

I think I've seen someone suggest asking in dry cleaners and habberdashers (not that there's many of them anymore) for recommendations.

MsChazzer

Thanks for the tips ladies, yell was my next stop, just thought I'd ask for any tips for something other than the obvious.

Actually, the saying right under your nose probably applies here, I work a couple of doors down from a sewing machine shop/haberdashers. The women in there are a bit scary though, although their boss is often rude to them in front of customers so I'll be a bit forgiving of that!

floss2

Lorne wrote: »

What a lovely idea, I am really taken with the idea of a 50's dress. I hope you don't mind me asking but is it expensive to get one made? I'm going to try and scout one down in coast or monsoon but if it is reasonable to get one made.....

Pricewise I'm guessing about £200-£300 because it involves unpicking mum's dress & cutting & making up into the new dress so it will be quite time-consuming...but they advertise wedding dresses from £199. It's quite easy to find a dressmaker up here....this one is where I found my dress for my 40th party, and they make costumes for Funny Girls too, always have gorgeous frocks in their window, which is on a bus route!

Lorne

Thanks Floss, hope you don't think I was being too nosey, was just really interested in seeing whether it was an option. I've got a weekend free mid May so I'm going to do some research. Really appreciate the info