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Bride & Alter – bridal alterations – bridal restyling – wedding dress alterations – made-to-measure and bespoke bridal wear – restoring and restyling of vintage bridal wear
Bride & Alter, sister company of Design & Alter is one of London’s leading bridal tailoring and wedding dress alteration services based in Battersea. Having established our profession for over 20 years, we are a dedicated team of highly skilled and experienced fitting consultants, seamstresses, tailors and dressmakers trusted by London’s leading bridal designers with their wedding dress alterations. We carry out:
- Wedding dress alterations
- Bridal alterations
- Bridal garment alterations
- Couture bridal alterations – hand finish
- Made-to-measure and bespoke bridal tailoring
- Restyling and restoring of vintage bridal wear
- Mother of bride dress alterations and tailoring
- Groom suit alterations and tailoring
- Jacket alterations and jacket tailoring
- Trouser alterations
- Shirt alterations
Latest News
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 year will...
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Bridal Alteration Costs
WHY IT IS ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE TO GIVE REALISTIC ESTIMATES FOR BRIDAL ALTERATION COSTS OVER THE PHONE WITHOUT HAVING SEEN THE GARMENT. We are often asked to estimate wedding dress alterations - over the phone - but giving an 'unseen' quotation for an alteration is not...
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The Art of Fitting
THE ART OF FITTING. We regularly get asked the question: “What in fact is the difference between a fitter and a tailor?” The answer is: “A tailor does not necessarily need to be a fitter but a fitter needs to be a tailor and much more than that.” Fitters need to be...
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Bridal Shoes & Accessories
IN THE MAKING ... new bridal veils and capes ... and some of them are already available. We are currently working on a small collection of new bridal veils and capes to compliment brides' wedding dresses made out of elegant, delicate tulle. Part of our service is...
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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.
read moreExclusive Offers: Alteration of Evening Wear and Re-styling Consultation
Take Advantage of two exclusive D&A Offers 20% discount on any alteration of evening wear for your Christmas party Bring your special dress or suit and let us make it fit perfectly Free 30-minute style consultation or fitting Be creative and revamp your existing...
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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 dress will fit you on your...
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Wedding dress alteration and bodyshape
LETS EMBRACE IT! Rather than wanting what others have, perhaps thinking we would be happier if we had it, we should all embrace what we have! This applies especially to our body shape – flatter and make the most of what you have by carefully choosing what you wear –...
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Kate’s beautiful Prada dress, fitted by Design & Alter
THE BIG REPAIR OR REPLACE DEBATE – How do you decide?
THE FAMOUS A.P.C. Jeans "A touch of humour and a bit of disrespect: That's what a legend needs to survive." Karl Lagerfeld This particular pair of A.P.C. (Atelier de Production et de Création) has emotional and cult brand value and no efforts have been...
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