Short pieces we write when the same question comes up three weeks running. Timings, what to bring, and what actually happens to a gown once you have chosen it.
28 July 2026 · Niamh Carter
Cut-to-order gowns take four to six months at the house, and the workroom wants eight to ten weeks after that. Count backwards and the comfortable window is nine to twelve months — but under six months is not a crisis, it just changes which rail we pull from.
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3 May 2026 · Elspeth Moore
Shoes at the height you expect to wear, a nude strapless bra if you wear one, and the screenshots you have been collecting since January. Three guests is the limit, and there is a reason for it.
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14 February 2026 · Rosa Whitfield
A hem, a bustle, straps, cups, and occasionally a whole side seam. Here is what each of those means in plain words, how long they take, and why the shoes have to come to every fitting.
Read the noteNot really, and it is not us being precious. There is one room and one rail, so an afternoon of browsing would close the shop to the bride who booked it. Book the ninety minutes instead — if you are only at the looking stage, say so on the form and we will pull broadly rather than narrowly.
Then nothing here is right, and you leave with nothing. It happens perhaps once a month. We will tell you what we think your shape and your budget want, and where in the south east you are likely to find it, even when that is not this shop.
Ninety minutes, one bride, up to three guests. Send the date and we will come back with times.