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Fittings and Alterations

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Millie Couture offers a specialist fitting and Alteration service in house, which includes bridesmaids dresses and Mother of the bride outfits.

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We look after all our brides from the beginning to the end, allowing all brides to have the necessary fine tuning and alterations completed.

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We offer a first fitting appointment at the Salisbury Boutique to establish what needs to be taken care of, and you can team this with a styling appointments if you are looking for accessories to complete the look. We then offer a fittings during the week and Saturdays,

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With many years of experience let us take care of all the worries, hems, loose bodices, beading missing, and general fit issues and sometimes reconstuction,

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Customisation is a perfect way of adding your own personal touch to your gown, by adding straps, a bolero, lace motifs, extra beading, buttons, or a lace up fastening and accessories like belts veils and belts.

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As most off the peg gowns are standard sizes it is quite rare that a dress will fit perfectly in bodice and length. We have a rough guide to alteration prices

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After the wedding if you need to get your dress cleaned, or mended we can also look after that for you, we work with a brilliant specialist dry cleaner in the area who collects the gown from us cleans it checks it over before packaging it in acid free tishue and sending it back to us, we can also arrange for a stunning dress box to be specially made in many choices of colours all for the cost of £130.00, this way you can pack it away safely with all the treasured memories in tact.

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Alteration Price List 2024

This is a guide to common alteration for bridal gowns. Prices are based on the average construction for manufactured gowns. A more accurate quote can be given at your first fitting.

 

Hem

Based on a front hem lift and tapered into the side seams and train.

Slim hem, A line, Fishtail, with netting and lining and horse hair braid bagged out hem from £100

       With lace overlay with scalloped edge £130-£180

 

Standard A line plain satin with netting and lining layers from £120

        With lace overlay and scalloped edge from £180-230

Ballgown skirts, lots of layers and petticoats from £140-240

Layered Hems chiffon and organza tulle from £140

         Organza or tulle with Horsehair braid as decorative finish from £160

Lace edges bigger than 10cm will be charged accordingly as more time consuming

 

Bodice

Plain Side seam taking in and letting out from £50

Side seams with lace and beadwork from £80

Lifting shoulders from £40

Lifting shoulders and re setting sleeve and possible dart adjustment on armhole from £80

Shoe string straps from £30

Re shape armhole without sleeve from £40

        With Sleeve from £55

Re shape necklines from £45

Bust cups and filling from £20

Making new back panel for corset back £40

Adding sleeves from £50-100 depending on style and fabrics 

Detachable straps with press stud from £50 depending on style and fabrics

 

Skirts

Plain seams taking in or letting out on a side seam over hips with lining from £60

Lace and embellished side seam from £85

Fitted fishtail skirt adjustments over hips and bottom on side back panels from £30.00

Sew on bridal belt or trim from £30

Shorten or re shape train from £50-£100

Single bustle loops for lifting train from £15.00

       Triple bustle if large train from £30

 

 

 

Bridesmaid’s dresses

 

Standard hem in chiffon/ Georgette fabric I layer and lining from £35.00

Standard side seam take in or let out from £40-£80 

Standard shoulder lift from £30

Bust cups £20

Centre back bra loop to stop bra from showing £5.00

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