Vintage Wedding Dresses in
Pietermaritzburg

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.