French Bustle
Couture Alterations & Designs
Wedding Dress & Bridal Alterations
We have worked with many brides over the years. Our aim has always been to create the optimal balance between a flattering fit and style.
Our alteration services include, but are not limited to:
- Wedding Dress Alterations
- Bridal Alterations
- Waist Alteration: Take-in at sides with lace and beadwork finishing details
- Hem Alteration: Take-up from hem and/or waist
- Shorten straps
- Add-ons including straps and cap sleeves
- Restyling of dresses
- Repair beading finishes
- Lace-up including facing panel on dresses – including the removal of zipper for a better fitting bodice
- Bolero Jackets & shawls for ceremonies
Bridal Alterations and Bridal Redesign are a little different.....
Bridal Alterations are when you pre purchase your Gown, and you love the colour and design, but... it needs some help to fit your body perfectly, either essentially in the exact fitting, minor changes or altering the length. You don't want to change the design as such, but there are a few elements you would perhaps like reshaping to fit and flatter your own body even better than it does now....
Bridal Redesign is when you have bought a gown, or inherited/bought a genuine Vintage Gown, and you love "some" of it! It may be you love the fabric, or just the bodice or the skirt, and want some more complex changes to the design such as keeping the bodice, but replacing the whole skirt with a new shape and design, or adding some colour, or putting a slightly modern twist on a vintage Gown... You love the "essential design" of the dress, but definitely have you own thoughts on a new direction for it!