Bridal Alterations Services from Alterations Boutique

As Bridal Specialists with more than 30 years of experience, Alterations Boutique Manchester has the expertise to alter your wedding dress to perfection. Established in 1983, Alterations Boutique Manchester has established an excellent reputation for performing high-quality bridal alterations. As your wedding day is one of the most memorable events of your life and your wedding dress is its centrepiece we understand the importance of such intricate task as bridal alterations. When choosing a specialist to perform alterations to your wedding dress, you want to feel confident that you have chosen the right person to work on your special dress. Located in the heart of Manchester, our beautiful boutique specialises in Bridal Alterations.  Our workmanship, award-winning customer service and reasonable prices is what makes us the number one choice for bridal alterations in Manchester.

Why Choose Us?

With over 30 years of experience in Bridal Alterations, our team of bridal experts has the skill to alter your wedding dress beautifully, with attention to your taste. We believe in charging our brides fair and reasonable prices while providing quality workmanship as well as outstanding customer service.

We believe that bridal alterations is a specialised area of sewing and that only experienced and trained bridal seamstresses should perform such delicate work. Our bridal seamstresses only use perfected couture sewing techniques to perform bridal alterations. 

Bridal Dress Alterations

Whether you have purchased a beaded wedding dress made of luxury lace or have decided on a beautiful second-hand silk wedding gown our talented bridal seamstress will alter or restyle your dress with attention to your personality and taste. We can perform any type of bridal alterations including changing the neckline, adding sleeves, reshaping the train, adding lace appliques and embellishment.   Whether you have purchased your wedding gown from a vintage store, a bridal boutique or inherited it and would like us to it restyle, resize or alter it our bridal experts will be delighted to help. 

The Experience

As we believe that only highly experienced and highly trained bridal seamstresses should be performing bridal alterations, we have put together the best possible team of bridal experts to work on your dress. We have developed a high standard of customer service to ensure we give you a wonderful experience from the moment you walk in into our boutique to the moment you collect your beautifully altered wedding dress. 

First Bridal Consultation

We invite all our brides to take advantage of our complimentary bridal consultation during which our bridal specialists will understand your needs and requirements, give you their honest advice, pin your wedding gown and provide you with a breakdown of costs. We always recommend that book your initial consultation with us at your earliest convenience, especially if extensive alterations need to be carried out. If you have already purchased your shoes and undergarments please bring them with you. During your consultation, we will also choose a date for your first fitting taking into consideration the complexity of your bridal alterations. We will put your wedding dress in a bridal cover and store it safely for you. This saves you from having to transport your dress and eliminates any risk of damaging your precious dress.

Fittings

Prior to your wedding day, you will visit us on the pre-arranged fitting dates so that we can check and discuss the progress of your bridal alterations. The number of fittings required will depend on the complexity of the work we are performing. Only once you are completely happy with the way your gown looks and fits you, may you collect your perfectly altered dress and take it with you. 

Bridal Alterations Costs

At Alterations Boutique Manchester we believe in charging our brides fair and reasonable prices, therefore, we undertake regular research to ensure that our rates are as moderate as possible. We appreciate that you would like to know in advance how much the costs are going to be but as Wedding Dresses can vary with regards to fabric, finishing, construction and detail we prefer that our brides visit us so we can provide a free, accurate and no obligation quotation. During your first consultation, we will provide you with a breakdown of costs so you have a clear understanding of what you are being charged for and we will do our best to ensure we quote within your budget. Our Fair and Reasonable Price policy means that our customers receive the best possible service as well as outstanding quality workmanship, without having to pay premium prices. 

All fittings including the initial consultation are free. We only charge for the work we perform and you only pay for the work we agree once. For example, if we take in the dress and it still doesn't fit correctly when you try the dress on, we do not charge again. Please book an appointment by clicking on the link below or by emailing us at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

After the wedding

Turning your Wedding Dress into a Christening Gown

At Alterations Boutique Manchester we have the expertise to make a baby christening gown by incorporating parts of your wedding dress for example by using your wedding dress train or skirt. Your wedding dress is sentimental to you and therefore it is the perfect choice to use it to create another special outfit for another special family day. 

Creating a versatile wardrobe piece from your Wedding Dress

Your wedding day doesn’t have to mean the end of your wedding dress. At Alterations Boutique we have the expertise to transform your wedding dress into a special outfit you can wear regularly. 

Bridesmaid Dress Alterations

If one of your friends is getting married and you have been asked to be a bridesmaid it is possible that your bridesmaid's dress will require alterations. At Alterations Boutique we have the skill to perform any type of bridesmaids dress alterations from a simple hem shortening to complex adjustments like dress resizing and restyling. We have the required experience in altering dresses made of beautiful laces, luxury fabrics, and materials that overall are not easy to alter.  

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Reassurance

Alterations Boutique Manchester is a British tailoring company with a comprehensive insurance policy that covers your garment whilst it is in our possession. We are proud to be a British company that complies with all rules and regulations to provide peace of mind to our clients.

The Team

All of our team are qualified seamstresses by trade, with at least 20 years of experience. Despite being already qualified, the team have to undergo a rigorous Alterations Boutique training programme to demonstrate they perform work to our high standards. In addition, there is ongoing regular training to help the team master their skills.