Sarah Louise Bridal

Some girls have a picture in their head of how they want their dream wedding. Huge meringue dress, sparkly tiara, fancy castle, Cinderella’s carriage, Prince Charming, rose petals everywhere, 100 bridesmaids… Well, I can imagine myself in Las Vegas with a guy dressed as Elvis conducting the ceremony, it sounds much less hassle. I’m not that easy to please though, the ring has to be at least £92 348 924 238 572 096 or it’s a no.
Whenever I pass Sarah Louise Bridal, I always think about girls who obsess over the «dream wedding» where they think about every last detail from the colour of the napkins to the number of petals on each individual flower.
I have to admit, the dresses displayed in the window here always look stunning and they cater for every taste. They don’t just have the massive meringue dress, they also have slightly more understated beauties. They also have gorgeous bridesmaids dresses displayed which always look very unusual.
I’ve never actually been in but I pass to shop pretty much every day and the dresses in the window always catch my eye, they look very classy. They also change their window display every other week so they have a huge range of stock and will be able to tailor the dresses to your needs.
They also stock designer dresses and much of them are exclusive to Sarah Louise Bridal.

I have to say, anyone who works in a bridal shop must have the patience of a saint, and an ever-​lasting enthusiasm for weddings. Seriously. From my own experience, brides-​to-​be must be the most difficult people in the world (sorry girls, I realise it has to be perfect for your big day, but can you tone down the agro?).
As afore mentioned in one of my other reviews, (Confetti), my sister was planning her wedding, so I was being dragged round every bride-​to-​be shop in town (ugh). We’d previously visited 7 other dress shops, and ‘nothing was perfect’. Which I can understand.
After a long days searching, we ended up in here as my sister fell in love with a dress in the display (hallelujah!). We went in and were immediately met by a smiling happy assistant who sat down with us, and chatted about our ‘choices’ — and then she began talking about colours, and cuts and… yeah I zoned out (my sister was wrapt in the conversation). My sister was just about to try on the dress when out of the dressing room charged a wild woman (Bridezilla) screaming hysterically about the fact that her dress, since last fitting, had OBVIOUSLY shrunk as she OBVIOUSLY hadn’t put on weight. How interesting. The shop assistant apologised, then made her excuses, and went through to chat to the lady. 5 minutes later, Bridezilla came back through, calm and collected (and smiling!), and apologised to us (!). She was followed by the shop assistant who looked like the cat who’d got the cream. God knows what she said, but the entire incident was laughed over, and then Bridezilla left. Powers of persuasion, eh?
Anyway, after half an hour my sister had tried on the dress (which in the end wasn’t perfect) but the assistant gave her a business card and told her to come back in a couple of weeks to see the ‘new collection’.
So excellent service, pretty dresses and they can tame a bridezilla? Excellent — what more can you want from a wedding shop?!

Got my wedding dress, veil and tiara here. The dress and veil were the first ones I had tried on and they were perfect. (I did go to other places and tried on other dresses but the first one was the best.) I kinda had a rough idea of what I wanted but was open to suggestions, though the assistant seemed to know exactly what I was looking for and magically picked it out for me (and as i said, the veil too!!)
Smooth ordering, dress came in in ample time. Only issue was the fitting lady who had me in tears as the dress didnt look right on, despite me having lost over a stone and looking pretty slim. She wanted to stuff something down the front of the dress to stop it gaping, and have me wear a thing round my waist so i felt it was holding me in. Thing is that she didnt tie it properly and it looked awful.
Went to pan pan in edinburgh (see my other review) fixed in a jiffy, fitted perfectly and no need for other stuff to be sewen in or anything, just taken up.
Am still giving it 4 stars because the initial assisstant was so nice and they did fine me «the dress» but not at all happy with the alteration staff. Save yourself time, money and heartache and pick up the dress and go elsewhere!
I have put price as being moderate — they range from moderate to very pricey. The dress I actually bought was the cheapest one I had tried on (not through design) so was quite happy!