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All About The Dress

There are totally exquisite wedding gowns to browse through here, a few place where you can order online particularly if you need a reasonably priced dress quickly, and others where you'll need to go for several fittings and wait several months. You need to plan well in advance if you want to order a couture gown.

From designer wedding dresses to less expensive made for you, and ready to wear, the choice is endless. The most important thing, of course, is that your dress is totally right for you, that you've fallen in love with it, first and foremost, and that it works for your style and shape.

Once you've chosen your dress and it's either in production or hanging beautifully on a padded hanger at home, you can select everything else, from what you'll wear on your head, be it tiara, hat or veil, to your shoes and gloves. Whatever you decide, of course, the dress comes first.

From designer gowns to a reasonably priced collection of wedding dresses you can have speedily, here are two excellent places to browse.

Amanda Wakeley

The new Amanda Wakeley Sposa collection has injected fresh news shapes with the use of more contemporary fabrics creating light and airy silhouettes. Superfine jersey and silk tulle are embellished using Swarovski crystal. Jewelry influences also appear on silk georgette dresses with a beaded necklace back detail. Sprinkles of crystal beads encrust delicate lace with elements of sparkle and glamour offering exquisite gowns for the modern bride. Preview the collection on line and if you like what you see, book an appointment with the bridal team or find a stockist near you

Browns Bride

Browns Bride continues the same tradition as Browns Fashion by showcasing the top names in bridalwear, many of which are carried exclusively within the UK. Designers include Oscar de la Renta, Monique Lhuillier and Peter Langner to name a few. Don’t forget to keep an eye on their special events presenting the latest collections!

Net-a-Porter

The Wedding Guide at Net-a-Porter contains a seriously beautiful selection of designer gowns, shoes, lingerie and jewellery and includes labels such as Vivienne Westwood, L'Wren Scott, Chloe, Oscar de la Renta and Lanvin. It isn't a huge range, but from the perfect dress to satin heels and glamorous jewels you'll almost certainly want to spoil yourself with something from here.

Debenhams - Wedding Dress Collections

If you don’t want to spend a fortune but you like the idea of a designer gown – and who wouldn’t – then take a look at the Designers from Debenhams range of wedding dresses by J by Jasper Conran, Pierce II Fionda, Star by Julian MacDonald and BDL by Ben de Lisi. Prices start at around £250 and sizing is from 8 – 18. There are some beautiful dresses here so it’s well worth considering, particularly if you don’t have a lot of time

Phillipa Lepley

Phillipa Lepley has been creating beautiful wedding dresses for over twenty years, combinining femininity and simplicity with enormous attention to detail such as embroidery, colour and flowers. When you look through the gallery of pictures on her website you'll immediately see that here are some of the most unique wedding dresses you could come across. To see the collection properly you need to visit her Fulham Road showroom where you'll find over eighty samples to choose from.

Alan Hannah

Marguerite Hannah has been creating beautiful bridalwear for the past 14 years, and in that time has won many awards including the Retail Bridal Association's Best Designer award in 2001, 2002, 2004 and 2005. The collection is often embellished with modern hand crafted jewellery and hand painting as well as delicate beadwork and fabrics include crisp silk zybeline and mikado, along with the luxury of duchesse satin and lace. Check on their stockists list to find the nearest place to see the whole collection.

Amanda Wyatt

Here's a beautiful range of mid to upper priced wedding dresses shown on this website in really clear and pretty detail. Click through to the other collection here; Charlotte Balbier, which is younger and at a slightly higher price level. You'll also find her wedding accessories here. Visit the stockists listings and you'll be able to see if there's a special event happening near you, such as a designer evening or special showing.

Benjamin Roberts

Award winning Benjamin Roberts brings you gowns that are designed by young European trained designers who are encouraged to try new fabrics, silhouettes, colours and texture. The workmanship is exquisite and most dresses here are reasonably priced. Once you've selected the style of wedding gown you like his comprehensive stockist’s directory will tell you exactly where you can find your dress.

Evening Dresses

Click through to the bridal section of this website where you can order all the dresses online and prices range from around £400 to well over £1000. You'll also find bridesmaids dresses (which you can buy in a wide range of colours) and eveningwear in the main section of the website. They don't hold everything in stock so check with them if you want to order here. If they have it it can be delivered to you within 48 hours.

Jasper Conran

The bridalwear collection by Jasper Conran continues the signature elegant style of a designer famous for creating costumes for ballet, opera and theatre. Having said that most of his designs are beautifully understated; think strapless corded lace bodices with silk tulle skirts, or a simple silk column dress worn with a pleated wrap to have some idea of what you’ll find here. There is lovely jewellery here as well plus the bridegrooms’ collection.

Jenny Packham

Jenny Packham designs beautiful contemporary bridal and eveningwear, often bead and jewel encrusted and perfect for summer and on the beach weddings. The collection is extensive and exquisite and although it takes a while for each dress to download to its full size, once it has you can see it in all its gorgeous detail, so persevere.

Just Brides Wedding Dresses

You may think that buying a wedding dress online would be really difficult and inevitably if you could you'd want to go out, choose and try on, before you buy. Well let's just say that for some reason you can't do that and you need to choose your dress and have it sent to you. This then would be the perfect website for you, as not only do they offer a selection of gowns, all with corset style tops which make fitting much easier, but you can also choose the fabric, skirt style and silk colour here and use their advice service to help you with the smallest details.

Justin Alexander

This is a collection of glamorous, extravagantly gorgeous wedding gowns which you can find at stockists the World over. The gowns include the highest levels of craftsmanship using the finest fabrics: pure silk, rich satins, soft laces and hand crafted beading as well as glittering Swarovski crystals. The corsetry is based on original Victorian patterns and techniques. The pictures are really beautiful but unfortunately they don't show the prices, however you can click through to the stockists list to find the one nearest you.

Monsoon

For a very attractive range of wedding dresses and accessories that you can order online take a look at Monsoon. There are some lovely styles in a range of fabrics plus long and short bridesmaids dresses, cute flowergirl dresses up to age 12 and a full collection of accessories. If you want to save your pounds for that fantastic honeymoon and buy a less expensive dress then this would be a really good place to start.

Pronovias

Pronovias is a unique Spanish bridal wear company specialising in top of the range and couture wedding dresses by designers such as Elis Saab, Emanuel Ungaro, Badgley Mischka and Hannibal Laguna. On their stylish website you can look at their beautifully photographed online catalogues plus their cocktailwear and find out where your nearest stockist is, wherever you are in the World. This is a very large range so not all stockists will carry the full collection, if you like a particular dress you need to call them to find out where you would be able to take a proper look.

Stewart Parvin

Stewart Parvin designs everything from his own studio, where he also is able to keep a close eye on each dress as it's created. He works with a small team, using only the most luxurious fabrics, and highly creative embroiderers and seamstresses. In this way he makes sure that great care and attention to every tiny detail is put into each of his unique, classic and elegant designs. You can find Stewart Parvin dresses in the US, Canada, Japan and throughout the UK and there's a clear list of stockists on his website.

Suzanne Neville

Having studied at the London College of Fashion Suzanne Neville went on to win the British Bridal Awards ('New Designer' and 'Traditionally Classic') in her first year of working under her own name. Her client list now includes celebrities and brides in media, film and television. Her dresses are hand crafted using contemporary couture techniques and on her website you'll find her Classic, Deco and Renaissance ranges with stylish photography and close-up detail. There is also her beautiful ‘Niche’ collection for second weddings and mothers of the bride.

The Empty Box Company

Established in 1988, The Empty Box Company first began reviving the old fashioned Edwardian Hat Box and then began to produce beautiful, handmade and pHneutral boxes after research into storage of fabrics and discussions with textile experts at The V&A. Their boxes are made specially for you with your choice of design and ribbon and you can also have your Wedding Dress Box personalised with your name and wedding date. If you're marrying abroad you'll definitely need one of these boxes to transport your dress. You can also buy accessory boxes, planners and albums, gift boxes and confetti here.