How to personalise your wedding dress…

So, you’ve found your dream dress. But how do you make it feel totally, utterly and uniquely yours? You personalise it. If you’re creative and crafty you can add embellishments or make alterations so it feels like yours, and yours alone. You don’t have to be good with a needle and thread to personalise your big day look. The way you style it will also be totally unique to you. So why not add a jacket, belt or detachable straps? What about a sumptuous overskirt? Then you’re guaranteed that no other bride will walk down the aisle with exactly the same outfit.

We’ve asked the experts - other brides - how they personalised their look and below are a selection of their unique wedding dresses to inspire you…

How to personalise with accessories…

Add some appliqué

We love Natalie Pitt’s idea of adding a belt appliqué to the bodice of our 1215 dress. The elegant A-line gown is the epitome of simple chic, with its clean silhouette and delicate lace. All it needs is a little extra sparkle. If sewing isn't your thing try adding one of our slim belts around the waist instead!

Credit : Natalie Pitt wearing 1215

Wear it with straps

Unique wedding dresses are oh-so-easy to create. Jade Percival simply added pretty lace straps and a sparkling belt to our Brooke dress for her dream big day look. The straps can also be removed later to give you two looks in one.

Credit : Jade Percival wearing Brooke without straps

Credit: Jade Percival wearing Brooke with straps

Pick the perfect cover-up

A simple wedding jacket can totally transform the look of your dress. Here Sam is wearing our off-the-shoulder Kensington jacket over the Constance fishtail dress.

(Click here for more tips on choosing the perfect cover-up to match your dress).

Credit : Sam wearing Kensington

Add extra style elements

Sally (on the left) chose to add lace Anja straps to her A-line Addison dress.  This gave her a delicate and flattering shoulder coverage and also an on-trend keyhole back.

Credit: Sally wearing Addison with Anja

Credit: Sally wearing Addison with Anja

Below you can see how the same straps created a totally different look when Laura added them to her Flo ball gown.

Credit: Laura wearing Anja

Create two different looks

By combining a sparkling belt with our high-necked Caprice jacket, Suzanne Hedgecock created a look that was exclusive to her. As an added bonus, the jacket could be removed in the evening to reveal her figure-hugging dress and an alternative evening style.   

Credit: Suzanne in Caprice

Joanna wore Amore a simple strapless fishtail gown, with a chic hair vine and an off-the-shoulder lace jacket to complement it. It's a romantic daytime look that's hard to beat!

Credit: Murray Clark Photography - Joanna in Amore

Credit: Murray Clark Photography - Joanna in Amore with Kensington

How to personalise with embroidery…

If you're a creative needlewoman (or know someone who is) you can go to town with adding extra embellishments, such as crystals or pearls, to really up the wow factor. Incorporating a special piece of fabric, perhaps from your mother’s or grandmother’s wedding dress, is another great way to make your wedding dress totally unique. Alternatively, why not sew an embroidered monogram with the date of the wedding into the hem?