Dress shopping is one of the most exciting parts about planning your wedding. Make sure it’s fun and not stressful! Going into your appointment completely clueless about what to expect is a recipe for disaster, which is why we’ve put together a few tips to help you prepare for your first appointment, saving you from making common bridal mistakes.
Buying your wedding dress is just the beginning of the journey, after all that time deciding on your perfect dress it is time to figure out everything that’s wrong with it. Now you’ve found ‘the one’, it’s time to hand your dress over to a skilled seamstress who will do everything they can to make the dress fit you perfectly, and do any other wedding dress alteration you feel necessary! It is important to know what to expect when you go into your fittings, which is why we’ve put together this little guide about what to expect and how to prepare...
When it comes to choosing your wedding dress, what bridal style you’re looking for is essential to know. These range all the way from fairy tale princess to dark gothic queen, with everything else in between. This post will teach you about the four most popular themes for wedding dresses, helping you figure out which style suits your personality. We’ll also throw in tips about how you can use wedding dress alterations to make the dress even more unique to your style!
You may have heard of the phenomenon of ‘wedding dress regret’, where a bride has doubts about her dress after buying it and before the wedding day comes. There can be several reasons why these feelings of regret occur – perhaps you’ve found a dress style you like more since purchasing your gown, or maybe the dress doesn’t feel comfortable enough for you to feel relaxed and confident on your big day.
A good wedding dress seamstress can help you avoid wedding dress regret! Here at Alterations Boutique, our wedding dress alterations experts can help you feel perfect in your dress. From simple repairs and alterations for a better fit to total restyling procedures, a bridal seamstress can make significant changes to transform a dress.
Here at Alterations Boutique, we believe that even the smallest clothing alterations can make a huge difference to the look and feel of your clothes. From shortening and lengthening to zip or button repairs, we offer a variety of services to ensure you feel fantastic in everything you wear.
Choosing alterations can help you feel more comfortable in your clothes, renew your interest in old wardrobe items, and is better for the environment than repeatedly buying. This is why clothing alterations and repairs are the best options for a diverse range of pieces, from work suits to wedding dresses, especially for items you have invested in for a special event or for lasting use.
It’s no secret that a great-fitting piece of clothing can improve your confidence by leaps and bounds. This is no less true for the work dress; a stylish and professional dress can transport you into business mode, ready to take on that board meeting or deliver that crucial presentation. These are the situations where confidence-inspiring clothing is essential!
Sadly, not every dress you purchase will be the perfect fit; in some places it may be too tight, in others too loose, or just not quite to your liking. You may find yourself relegating a dress you originally bought with excitement to the back of the wardrobe, or wear it only if you must. It doesn’t always have to be so! Thankfully professional dress alterations can give your work dresses a new lease of life.
It’s a common problem: you’ve bought a fantastic suit, but it isn’t completely comfortable to wear. Perhaps it hangs off your frame or is a little too tight. No matter how expensive the suit or luxurious the fabric, if it doesn’t fit properly you simply won’t feel your best!
Suit alterations are key for making every suit a great fit. Our Savile row trained tailors are here to ensure every gentleman has suits that fit perfectly and reflects his style.
Wedding dress alterations are an essential part of the process when choosing the right dress. In most cases (unless you have chosen a bespoke wedding dress tailor-made for you) alterations are required, whether you have decided on a contemporary wedding gown or a vintage dress.
It can feel a little overwhelming getting to grips with the dress alterations process and how it fits with your plans. Alterations Boutique are here to share our knowledge with you! Find out how wedding dress alterations work and how long it will take to get your dress to fit perfectly.
Located in the heart of Manchester City's shopping district in the iconic Royal Exchange Arcade, Alterations Boutique Manchester specialises in high-quality clothes alterations.
Alterations Boutique Manchester We are Alterations Boutique, newly opened in Manchester but long-term providers of clothes alterations throughout London and surrounding areas. Tailoring clothes for years With over 30 years of experience in providing clothing alterations our master tailors have the expertise to deal with your re...
Yes, we were approached by the European Space Agency (ESA) who asked us to alter a number of space skinsuits for their astronauts. The agency is Europe's gateway to space. Its mission is to shape the development of Europe's space capability and ensure that investment in space continues to deliver benefits to the citizens of Europe and the world. Read more on this story.
Being experts in suit alterations and tailoring, Alterations Boutique Limited were asked by Crystal Palace Football Club to alter suits for their football team. This English professional football club is based in South Norwood, Manchester and they currently play in the highest level in English football, the Premier League.
Another proud moment for our bridal seamstresses who are our wedding dress alterations experts – we are appearing in the November issue of ‘Ultimate Wedding Magazine’!
Michael Angelakos lead singer and vocalist of Passion Pit an American indietronica band from Cambridge, Massachusetts asked Alterations Boutique to restyle some suits during his 2015 tour.
The multi-platinum, Grammy Award Winning American heavy metal band Slipknot asks Alterations Boutique to alter some of its costumes for its Wembley Arena show in January 2015 during the 'Prepare For Hell' tour.
Mary Portas asks Alterations Boutique to find jobs for Britain's overlooked and undervalued pensioners. We are proud to say that 66-year-old Hilary finds work as a seamstress at our beautiful boutique.
Award-winning British actress Helen McCrory who has appeared in 'Skyfall', 'Harry Potter', 'The Queen', 'The Count of Monte Cristo' and 'The Woman in Black' asked Alterations Boutique to restyle her beautiful Christian Dior dress for the Emmy Awards 2013 which she attended with her husband Damian Lewis ('Homeland' star).
The Times approached Alterations Boutique to reproduce the Kate Middleton's Wedding dress on the day of the Royal Wedding.
"Women around the world could only dream of what it was like to walk down the aisle to marry a prince yesterday but The Times managed at least a semblance of how Kate Middleton must have felt - by re-creating That Dress within hours of its grand revelation. Even if the model (me) was not exactly a dead-ringer for our future Queen, Maria Blazquez, director of Alterations Boutique in Marylebone, was confident when agreeing late on Thursday night, to make a copy-cat Kate dress. I arrived at 10 am, still an hour before the best-kept wedding secret was revealed to the public. Ms Blazquez, her son Raul and a team of three dressmakers were expecting something more slinky, antique-themed, simple. But instead we got That Dress, a Sarah Burton design with a huge train, lots of lace, and large pleats. Lucie Konirova, one of the designers and dressmakers, started sketching furiously. Half of the team had already raced to a fabric shop in Shepherds Bush.
“Normally, if we are doing a wedding dress, we have about six weeks,” Lucie said. “I’m getting lost in all this skirt, said Lucie, swallowed under billows of satin by the sewing machine. By 5.45pm we are pretty much ready to go.‘It’s not difficult, you can have the most expensive dress in the world and you can make it. Even the Kate dress.” Ms Blazquez concluded. ‘There is always a difficult bit, you can start with that, but the rest is a piece of cake.” The Times replica wedding dress was made by Alterations Boutique, Manchester.
"As soon as she was in the car, we started to identify what the lace was like and try to find as close a copy as possible," said Raul Echeverria, owner of Alterations Boutique in Marylebone.
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We were asked to feature in the BAFTA award-winning, reality television series broadcast by E4 'Made in Chelsea' which was aired on 20th June 2011.
'Alterations Boutique in Portman Village offers Manchester's finest tailoring ...With a loyal following that includes celebrities, Alterations Boutique has worked with the cast of Made in Chelsea and Ruby Hammer'.
In 2010 Ruby Hammer, British internationally acclaimed fashion and beauty makeup artist, columnist, co-founder of Ruby & Millie, and co-founder and Director of Scarlett & Crimson cosmetics brand, invited Alterations Boutique to make her a wedding dress and a dress for her daughter Reena Hammer.
‘"The weather was bright but cool, not the Indian summer I was hoping for, but at least it wasn’t raining," said Ruby, as she arrived in Whitehall for the 4pm service. Her champagne-and-pewter hued vintage dress was a unique creation. "It was discovered by my friend Charlie Brear of the Vintage Wedding Dress Company. Everybody but everybody commented on it,” she told us. “It was originally a flapper dress with an amazing kind of cape or train, and that part was made into my wedding dress by the lovely Maria Blazquez with lots of input from my friends, Reena and myself. Then I wore the flapper dress for the evening party."
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