suggest the alterations are left until nearer the date of the wedding. Many brides-to-be lose weight over the months of their engagement.


There are many advantages to buying off-the-peg. The choice is as wide as the number of shops visited and the scope of their stock.


Choosing a wedding dress


Having a wedding gown specially made is probably the most popular option for brides-to-be when a decision about the dress has to be made.


It is after all a very special event in their lives and a made-to- measure dress makes it even more special.


Any other way of acquiring the dress may lack the intimate excitement of selecting a pattern, choosing the fabrics and planning the impact of the finished garment.


However the alternatives are, buying off-the-peg and hiring, and each has its own unique set of advantages and disadvantages.


Buying ready-made, off-the-peg, can mean long hours of trudging round the shops, trying on dress after dress, facing disappointment, getting more tired and irritable as the days go by.


Eventually of course, the right gown is found and, if it isn’t exactly right the shop will carry out the alterations.


Often the shop staff will


There are no wearisome fittings to go through and it is possible to see almost immediately, what the dress will look like rather than have to imagine it while making it is in progress. It is also possible to spend rather less on the gown.


Having a gown made and hiring one are both far from inexpensive options after all and budgeting may be a very important aspect of the wedding plans.


10 Keast Mews, Saltash 01752 840500 www.heavensentbrides.com


Bridal Boutique


The final advantage is that, with a few simple alterations, the bride does have a useful evening gown to wear for special functions after the wedding or with no alterations, a beautiful reminder of the special day, and possibly an heirloom in the making, to pass on to her daughter in the fullness of time.


Hiring is the other option and this has grown in popularity over the years.


31-33 Fore Street Saltash


FULL RANGE OF WEDDING & FORMAL HIRE WEAR


To hire visit our showroom and discuss


your personal requirements with Vanessa


Tel: 01752 844434 16


Ultimate Formal Hire A variety of Styles,


Designs & Sizes to suit everyone Saltash - Cornwall - PL12 6AF


The Wedding - autumn 2012


By hiring a gown it is possible to have an exclusive, haute couture dress that to buy or have made could cost many thousands of pounds.


Many brides feel this would be an untoward expense and so opt for hiring the gown.


Bridal hire shops are to be


found in most high streets and their selection of gowns is usually large and spectacular.


Size is not a problem because they stock a wide range of sizes in each style and are also prepared to make the necessary alterations where necessary.


Advantages are the speed and ease with which the selection may be made and the truly trouble-free process of hiring.


Disadvantages of course include the necessity of returning the gown on time after the wedding and the fact there is no lasting souvenir of the event other than the wedding photographs.


This may of course prove an advantage to some


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