Gowns & Garters

Staff here were lovely and friendly and extremely helpful. The sale weekend saw some absolutely incredible offers but with no feelings of judgement about saving money on dresses. There was no pressure to purchase and staff were patient while I tried on a large variety of dresses. Covid was handled incredibly well with staff wearing masks and keeping their distance, although being willing to help when required. They were also understanding about removing masks for pictures.

After having a rather bad experience with another bridal shop I went in to see Julie. I knew exactly which dress I wanted but just wanted. I went in to Gowns & Garters and Julie & Saffron were absolutely fantastic. I am so glad I was able to find this little gem of a store. My dress needed to have alterations done and they were carried out perfectly. Thank you once again for making the build up to my wedding feel special.

Excellent experience here for my wife. She brought a bridesmaids dress for her sisters wedding, an couldn’t be happier with it. Everyone has been fantastic during the purchase, delivery and fitting. Friendly and accommodating, the ladies here have the patience of saints and will cater for every need. Don’t rule out if you haven’t been.

The lovely ladies at G&G are wonderful! We came for the bridesmaids dresses and was so happy with the service and attention to detail. After a drama with one of the gowns, not caused by G&G, Julie pulled the rabbit out of the hat and made everything perfect. Drama is not is Julie's vocabulary! This team is exactly the people you need to be involved with your wedding. I cannot thank them, or recommend them enough.

Gowns & Garters was the fifth wedding dress shop I went to look for a wedding dress. I am from Northern Ireland and had only lived in England for 12months at that time, so all of my bridal party were back in Northern Ireland, I was on my own for this first visit. Julie made me feel so welcome into her quaint and homely Wedding Dress shop, I described the style of dress that I knew I liked by this stage, Julie listened and said she would pull a few dresses out that she would suggest I try. The very first dress she pulled out I just fell in love with still on the hanger! I can be extremely fussy when I know exactly what I want so for this to happen before I even put the dress on was a great sign. To be honest all the dresses in Gowns & Garters were simply stunning and had we of had a different vibe/style of wedding I could of easily picked 3 more!! The whole process from saying 'Yes to the Dress' with only Julie and myself in the shop to any of my dress fittings, Julie and Saffron are a delight to work with. They listen to you as a customer and couldn't do enough. I even had a slight bridezilla moment the week before collecting my dress and was worried it wouldn't fit, I rang the shop on a Tuesday morning and they were more than happy for me to call in and try it again - of course it was absolutely fine! Julie also kindly packed my dress into a dress box to take on my flight back to Belfast, which was perfect when we arrived. I cannot recommend this shop enough. Thank you so much... I'm just sad I won't get to do this process again!!