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Wedding Dress & Bridal Restyling
Wedding Dress & Bridal Restyling

    Restyling & Updating of a Family Heirloom     The Project This season we have looked after some challenging but rewarding bridal projects. One of them was a bridal gown the mum of the bride-to-be had designed for her own wedding 30 years...

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Bridal Trends and Alterations
Bridal Trends and Alterations

THE IMPACT OF BRIDAL FASHION TRENDS ON BRIDAL ALTERATIONS. Bridal dress trends are often greatly influenced by iconic, memorable gowns of celebrities like Grace Kelly in the 50s or Princess Diana in the 80s. The upcoming Royal wedding in May this...

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Bridal Sample Dresses
Bridal Sample Dresses

           SHOPPING AT BRIDAL SAMPLE SALES ... and how to choose a bridal sample dress with your budget for alteration costs in mind. We currently take many bookings for brides who have been lucky and bought their...

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Bridal Alteration Costs
Bridal Alteration Costs

  Bridal dress fitting You booked your appointment with us. What comes next? Please read the notes before attending your appointment.   WHAT TO BRING Please bring your bridal shoes and well-fitted undergarments to your dress fitting. If you...

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Made to Measure
Made to Measure

BRIDAL MADE TO MEASURE This beautiful wedding dress will be travel all the way to Australia to be worn for a sunshine Christmas wedding.

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B&A-specialised bridal alterations and tailoring
B&A-specialised bridal alterations and tailoring

IN THE MEANTIME … at Bride & Alter – our bridal specialist Marie expressed her valuable advice in an editorial of  ‘Your London Wedding Magazine’ addressing the question ‘what to do being pregnant and needing to make sure that your wedding...

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Hannah’s Beautiful Wedding Dress
Hannah’s Beautiful Wedding Dress

This distinctive wedding dress was a made to measure commission by B&A. Material applied are: Pale blue silk satin overlaid by a fine gold lace. The shoulders are appliqued with soft bronze and blue feathers. All the ideas and thoughts which...

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