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"5 Essential Questions Brides Must Ask Before Wedding Dress Shopping"

Wedding dress shopping can be an overwhelming experience, with countless decisions to make. To help you navigate this exciting yet daunting journey, we've addressed five key questions brides often have when shopping for their dream wedding gown. From understanding the costs to the differences between custom and designer options, here's what every bride needs to know.1. Why Are Designer Wedding Dresses Expensive?Designer wedding dresses come with a premium price tag due to several factors. Firstl...

5 Top Fashion Trends For 2025

As we look ahead to 2025, bridal fashion continues to evolve, embracing both timeless elegance and modern innovation. Here are five key trends to look out for:Sculptural SilhouettesExpect gowns that play with exaggerated shapes—think voluminous sleeves, structured bodices, and flared skirts, creating bold, architectural statements....

Wedding dress care & Preservation

A complete Guide to Wedding dress Care & Preservation ...

Benefits of buying a Bespoke Wedding Dress V Buying a Sample Wedding Dress

Planning your wedding involves countless decisions, one of the most significant being your choice of wedding dress. Should you opt for a bespoke creation or purchase a sample dress? Each option has its advantages, but here are compelling reasons to consider a bespoke wedding dress....

How Long Will It Take to Make Your Bespoke Wedding Dress and How Much Will It Cost?

Choosing a bespoke wedding dress is a journey filled with anticipation and excitement. Here’s a comprehensive guide on what to expect in terms of timeline and cost when working with us....

"What to Expect from Your Bridal Appointment at Kate Edmondson Bridal Couture"

Do I Need a Bridal Appointment? What Can I Expect from My Bridal Appointment?Planning your wedding is an exciting journey, and finding the perfect dress is one of the most cherished parts of that journey. At Kate Edmondson Bridal Couture, we understand that the process can be both thrilling and overwhelming. To help you navigate this important step, we've answered two key questions: Do you need a bridal appointment? And what can you expect from your bridal appointment?...

Our Bride Emma Wear Custom made Wedding Dress

On our last blog we shared Emma's bespoke wedding dress journey with us.  Capturing a sneak peek behind the seams creating her timeless couture wedding dress. Which was beautifully handcrafted in our West London bridal atelier. Emma worn an elegant timeless classic wedding gown in a silk Mikado with a fabulous train perfect for her traditional church ceremony. These pictures by Lee Allison Photography captures Emma & Matt's big day!! Followed by her wedding reception at The In and Out N...

Real bride Emma Part 1 Behind the scenes creating your dream bespoke wedding dress

We starting working with Emma last year in July, to create her bespoke wedding dress. The brief was based on Emma ideas and inspiration that was gathered. Emma wanted  a timeless classic elegant bridal gown.Emma was having a tradition English style wedding, Her wedding ceremony was taking place at her church in Regents park. Followed by a wedding reception at The In and out club in Mayfair.For the wedding dress design her wedding was taking place in January of this year. So Emma went with a...

New Civil Ceremony Bridal Collection

We are pleased to announce the launch of our new bridal civil ceremony collection.  Our new collection has a number of tailored bridal separates that can be mixed and matched with trousers or skirts.  All the pieces in our new collection can be ordered on a bespoke basis. All the pieces are handmade and taken through the bespoke  process to ensure each piece is carefully cut and fitted, to perfection. We are able to also create styles around your ideas....

Ellie's Bespoke Wedding dress

We started Ellie's wedding dress process last year in October. Ellie booked a one to one bridal consultation to discuss her wedding dress with us. Ellie was very clear about what she wanted. Ellie described her dream wedding dress to me. I then produce a design sketch of exactly what she had described to me.  ...

Off the peg v Bespoke wedding dresses

Off the Peg Wedding dress...

5 hot short wedding dress ideas for your civil wedding

We created a collection for short wedding dresses suitable for civil ceremony and can also be worn at your evening wedding reception dress. All our styles can be altered to suit your style and ideas....

Real Bride Emma wedding at Kew Gardens

Emma was based in Australia when she contacted us to discuss the possibility of designing and making her bespoke wedding dress for her wedding at Kew Gardens. We began the process with a video call bridal consultation.We discussed all her ideas she had for her wedding dress, We then went away with all her ideas to design and create some wedding dress design sketches. Emma loved the ideas created from the design sketches.  ...

Behind The seams at Kate Edmondson Bridal Couture

Last year we started working on some new concepts and ideas for our bridal collection. which was captured by Rachel Vogeleisen photography ...

Bespoke wedding dress Jade part 2

We wrote back in August a blog post Jade's wedding dress journey with us to have a custom made wedding dress.Jade had a clear idea for her wedding dress, she loved the Kim Kardashian wedding dress she wore for wedding to Kanye West. She loved the shape of the dress so we used this as the basis to design Jade's wedding dress. We altered the neckline and added a gusset detail to the front of her wedding dress. Jade's wedding dress had a lot of work her design had to be created in a 3D form in a ca...

Bespoke bride Jade Part 1

Our Journey started with Jade last year in December 2021 she booked a bridal consultation with us to discuss her forthcoming wedding  in August 2022. Jade has a clear vision of what she wanted her wedding dress to look like. Jade explained to me she love the silhouette of Kim Kardishian's wedding dress. The fishtail skirt with a long train and fitted sleeves.  Along with the back detail of the dress which was backless. Jade decided she wanted a different neckline and wanted to insert a...

Real bride Jess & Ian tie the knot in Las Vegas

Our bride Jessica came to us to create her beautiful  midi length 50s inspired wedding dress. For her wedding in Las Vegas. Jess wanted something to suit her style and personality, she did not want the standard bridal dress. We discussed with her exactly what she wanted, we can up with some design ideas that would suit the brief. Jessica opted for a high low midi length skirt with our statement puff sleeves which she loved from one of our dresses. She also wanted a large bow & tails. We als...

Bespoke Civil Ceremony Wedding dress

We had the absolute pleasure to design and create a bespoke civil ceremony wedding dress for Feyi. The brief was to create something short chic and elegant for her civil ceremony at Old Marylebone town hall. This was the first part to her to her wedding celebrations. Feyi's civil ceremony wedding  was attended with 150 guests along with a wedding reception at Home House. Feyi's style of wedding is becoming a trend in terms of couples opting to have a 2-3 day wedding celebration. We believe ...

Bespoke Winter Wedding Dress

We had the great honour to create a bespoke bridal gown for our bride Angelica. Angelica had the task of finding her perfect wedding dress on arrival from China where she was based. After endless trips to bridal boutiques in search of her perfect wedding dress for her small elopement wedding.  Taking place at the Nuffield Priory hotel in Surrey in December. There would be a total of 30 guests family and close friends. Angelica found the experience difficult having a petite frame she realise...

5 Bridal Tailor looks we love

We are going to take a look at how bridal tailoring can be used to create your bridal look. The use of the tailored bridal  jacket in your bridal style. Or simply opting to go for a traditional trouser tailored look option. I like the way tailoring has been introduced allowing brides to have the option to go for a more relaxed wedding vibe on their wedding day. What is equally good about it, is you can wear this look and style through out the year. ...

New Bridal Collection

We are happy to share with you our new bridal collection which we have spent the last few months working on. Our styles and key wedding fashion trends are in response to what we feel our brides want.  The collection has dresses for brides who wish is celebration their weddings on an intimate or grand scale. We developed a civil ceremony wedding dress look for brides wanting to have a small relaxed wedding and having the option to celebrate their wedding reception at a later date. We are now...

Spring Summer Wedding fashion 2021

We are happy to be part of the Spring/Summer 21 Campaign of Rainbow Club this collection of shoes are a limited edition and will go on sale via their site and will be available in John Lewis.  We supplied them with some of our wedding dresses for this campaign!! Our dresses are for the bride which can also been worn as a second evening look for brides. As we predicted its going to be a big trend in bridal fashion. Especially for brides wanting a statement look for the evening. This has insp...

Short Wedding dresses

Short wedding dress trends have been a strong trend in bridal fashion. As brides are currently looking for a more relaxed look for their wedding day. We think it is due to Covid-19 as some brides are having to opt of a smaller wedding ceremony so the demand at the moment is low for the formal wedding dress.  We are also seeing a trend for couples having their wedding celebration over a course of three to four days in some cases. Again causing a demand for alternative bridal looks & styles t...

The Perfect Wedding Party Dress

The Trend for wedding party dresses is a big one!! As couples have been unable to plan their wedding as they would of liked. They are now having to settle for a smaller wedding ceremony with very few guests. They are now planning a after party reception whereby they can celebrate with family & friends, what better way to do so!! We are going to look at 5 hot styles for brides planning to party at a later date!!...

5 hot mirco wedding fashion looks

We are going to have a  look at some options if you are planning a more relaxed wedding with a small wedding ceremony.  This is becoming a more popular trend for couples as the covid -19 virus continues to reek havoc with couples planning their weddings. More couples are opting to have a small micro wedding inviting immediate family & friends with a view of having a bigger celebration later. If you are all the above lets have a look at what available to you. As designers are beginning ...