Design & Alter

A bride moves to a completely different country after buying her dress and picking it up but before having it altered. What to do? I called a shop in London which carried my dress designer and they immediately recommended «Designer Alterations» to me, which has recently rebranded to «Design & Alter» and changed locations within Battersea (I’ve submitted these changes to Unilocal,so hopefully they’ll update it soon).
I recommend calling as soon as you can to book as they do fill up fairly quickly. When I called to book my appointment, I was assigned to Marie, and had my first appointment 5 weeks to my wedding date.
5 weeks lead time wasn’t necessary in the end! After my first fitting, Marie scheduled my second appointment for just 12 days later, and her work was total magic. My dress fit like a glove, boob cups were added, the hem was raised perfectly, and my mother’s veil from the late ‘70s was updated (late ‘70s characteristic poof of fabric removed) with care and looked absolutely fantastic.
The work was pricey, but then again, so is everything else to do with weddings. That said, I have zero regrets with bringing my dress to Design & Alter. Totally recommend it to any bride.