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Over 40 years experience in Bridalwear design, alteration and Vintage bridal restoration
We offer a personalised and high quality service that will give you a dress you will fall in love with on your special day

We offer traditional and contemporary ideas about wedding dresses, mother of the bride outfits and mens suits.


 The dress featured above was the design of the bride and with technical pattern cutting June was able to create the plunging backline that hugs the brides body, daintily adorned by hand sewn crystals that cascade down her back.

June Is trained in the art of pattern cutting and haute couture design working for Zandra Rhodes and others, including her own bridal shop as her first business venture.

We offer a full range of services from designing and making your dress to altering what you have or restoring vintage dresses

                               
We design and make, as well as alter, mens tailored suits for bridal of general use.

We also offer a service of home tuition to design and make your own wedding dress with beautiful results.

We help you design a dress:
 To compliment your figure and include the ideas you want to mix together.

We help you buy your fabric:
 A day trip to Londons Berwick street where the best fabric stores are, to feel and see exactly what you want, with the knowledge of what will work with the design you have chosen.

We Make the pattern for your dress
:
 Easy to follow instructions on the pattern
 Exact to your measurments.


We come to you and teach you to make your dress
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 As much home tuition as you require
 Beginners to advanced sewing classes. We recommend if you havnt sewn before that you 
 give yourself extra time to learn the basics, but we can guide you from your first stitch to your
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This Fascinator really emphasises the feminine style to this contemporary rock n roll style.
The Dress, Belt, Clutch bag and Fascinator were designed and made by June and Ria.

The shoes were adorned with a matching flower and feather to really tie the look together

                                        
Bespoke Recycled fashion Refit and Restyle

We undertake a variety of commissioned work including:

Made to measure Suits, Bridal and Evening wear, Daywear and Costumes

Re-fit and re-style your old favorites

Modesty cloths for carriage companies

Frock coats, tailored for the perfect fit

             
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Designing for the individual allows the personality of the wearer to be fused                                                             with the original idea'

            (Metric pattern cutting: a unique, completely metric method for designing beautiful clothes. Winifred Aldrich 1991)


The Recycle and Sew policy
Prices include a free consultation and up to 3 free fittings, after which you will be required to pay £15 per extra fitting.
We take full payment upon receipt of the finished garments. 
A third of the total price is required as a deposit.
Upon final payment and collection any alterations or changes to the garment thereafter will be treated as new alterations.
We keep garments up to 6 months after which they are disposed of.
Recycle and Sew are not responsible for fabric care instructions,dyes or flaws.