Western Cape

Vintage Wedding Dresses in
Cape Town

Cape Town brides come to us for something that isn't in the Bree Street windows. We build one gown, cut to one body, with a fitting rhythm designed around a single trip north — or none at all, if you'd rather we come to you.

A vintage wedding dress for Cape Town

Vintage means one of two things here: a new gown drafted in the language of another decade, or an heirloom taken apart and rebuilt to fit you. We do both, and the second is often the most moving thing we make.

For a rebuild we unpick, clean, replace perished linings and re-cut to your measurements, keeping the original lace wherever it will survive. For a new gown we draft period-accurate seams — a 1930s bias cut, a 1950s waist, a 1970s sleeve — with modern internal support.

Aged silk can tear on the needle. We assess an heirloom in person or from detailed photographs before we promise anything.

Fittings from Cape Town

Cape Town brides work with us remotely and comfortably: a video consultation to begin, a measurement appointment with a local seamstress we brief directly, a toile posted to you for a photographed fit check, then two refinement rounds before the finished gown is couriered to Cape Town with a steaming and dressing guide. Brides who prefer to visit the Windhoek atelier condense the process into two unhurried trips.

  • Bias-cut silk
  • Antique lace
  • Duchesse satin
  • Silk tulle
Lead time — Four to seven months.Investment — From N$ 4,000
Venues we've dressed brides for near Cape Town
  • Molenvliet
  • Nooitgedacht
  • Cavalli Estate
  • The Silo
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Cape Town enquiries

Speak to Georgina

Send your date, your venue and the shape you have in mind. We'll tell you honestly whether it suits you — and we never replicate another designer's dress from a picture.

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