Wedding dress, hem and bodice
Three fittingsfrom £120
From £120; lace, layers and trains priced at the first fitting, in writing.
Bridal
Three fittings, counted back from the day.
Your dress fitted by Ana in the private bridal room: a first fitting about eight weeks before, a second at four, the final ten days before, and collection three days before. Put in your wedding date and the dates come out.
Your fitting dates
8 weeks before
First fitting
Wear the dress with the shoes and underwear for the day. Ana pins the hem, bodice, straps and bustle, and gives you the price in writing.
4 weeks before
Second fitting
The work so far, checked on you. Small changes now are easy; big ones still have time.
10 days before
Final fitting
Sit, walk, dance and hug in it. Anything that pulls or rides up is fixed this week.
3 days before
Collection
Pressed, steamed and bagged, ready to collect, or delivered in Penarth and Cardiff for £20.
Bridal prices
From £40 a bridesmaid to a bride in lace.
Every bride gets the price in writing at the first fitting, and it does not change unless you ask for something more.
A bustle added
Pinned at the first fitting£45
French or American bustle, so the train lifts off the floor for the evening.
Bridesmaid dress
One or two fittings£40
Hem and straps, from £40 a dress. A party of four or more 10% off.
Mother of the bride
One or two fittings£45
Dresses, jackets and coats fitted together so they work as an outfit.
Prom dress
One or two fittings£65
Hem and bodice. Book as soon as the dress arrives in May and June.
Wedding dress cleaned and boxed
After the day£95
Cleaned by hand and boxed in acid-free tissue for keeping.
The bridal room
A raised step, a three-way mirror and a door that closes.
Bring the shoes and the underwear you will wear on the day, and one person whose opinion you trust. Ana pins, you look, and nothing is cut until you are happy. Dresses wait in covers on their own locked rail, insured while they are with us, and go home pressed, steamed and bagged.
Questions brides ask
When should I book my first fitting?
About eight weeks before the wedding, and book it as soon as you have the dress. The bridal page works out the three fitting dates from your wedding date.
Can you alter a dress I bought online?
Yes. We will tell you honestly at the first fitting what it can become; some cheap dresses have no seam allowance to let out, and we would rather say so than charge you for disappointment.
Can you make a dress from scratch?
Not wedding dresses: we fit and alter. Gareth makes suits and Ana can recommend two Cardiff dressmakers we trust.
Got the dress? Book the first fitting.
The first fitting is about eight weeks before the wedding, and in May, June and September the bridal diary fills months ahead. Book as soon as the dress is in your hands, and bring it with you.