Last week I had the pleasure of organising and attending a day of dress shopping for my friend who is due to marry in December, and although far from being the perfect bride (her brief to the shop assistants is I don't do dresses, I don't do frill, I don't do pouf and I don't do detail) it turned out to be a fun and successful day! Our first stop was at Morgan Davies in Islington, who stock designers such as Stephanie Allin, Suzanne Neville, Jenny Packham and Jesus Peiro. Lovely little boutique with helpful and unfaised staff so would definitely reccommend even for fussy brides! Our second stop was at Candy Anthony (see feature above). Amazing 50's and 60's style prom and retro wedding dresses. Based in Oxo Tower the session was great fun and the fact that the dresses are customised and tailored for you, makes them even more special. We then whisked ourselves over to Marble Arch for a fitting at Ritva Westenius. I was plesasantly surprised with their large selection of dresses, easily laid out for you to have a look through and worth knowing that unlike other designers, they don't have a 'current collection' as such, they just continue to roll out new designs all the time. This means that their website doesn't always reflect what they have in stock so it is well worth a visit. Our final stop was at a boutique in Wimbledon, however it wasn't a great experience so I'll umm...just stop there. My final advice is 4 fittings in a day was rather ambitious and fairly tiring, but if you are short for time - it's the way to do it as by the end of the day we had a shortlist of 3 stunning dresses. Decisions decisions....
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