How to Choose a Bridal Dressmaker
If you are looking to create your own wedding dress with the assistance of a dressmaker, read here a recent experience from Candice Taylor a bride from Melbourne, Australia.
Researching a Wedding Dress
When I was organising my wedding, I had done a lot of research looking at pictures of wedding gowns, trying to work out which silhouette and style would actually suit my figure. I was also trying to work out what my unique style actually was. I have a theatrical background and I never envisaged myself walking down the aisle in white, creme, ivory or shades of these. I really wanted to wear pale pink. The problem for me was finding the style of dress in the colour I wanted, however nothing appealed me.
Designer Wedding Dresses
If you have been looking at wedding gowns already, you have probably noticed that they are everywhere; in all shapes, sizes, colours with varying price tags to match. It seemed the dresses I really loved had very big price tags to match and just out of principal, I did not want to spend $5000-$10,000 on a dress I would only wear once.
I found a dress by an American designer on the net which I loved and when I inquired about price, I found out it was going to cost around $6000 to have it made and send to Australia. So I decided I would challenge myself by getting a local dressmaker to make my dream dress in the exact colour I wanted and for half the price!
When having your dress made you have two choices. Firstly, you can approach bridal gown stores that can create your dress or secondly, find a dressmaker who works from their own home studio. I found the latter to cost around half the price of what a store would have charged me.
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