30 years of experience
Vintage dresses restyled in Nottingham
Bridal Belles is a dress making company with 25 years of experience. Shirley provides wedding dresses, party gowns, bridal alterations and much more. Based in Nottingham, she welcomes customers from across all surrounding areas.
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Hi Shirley,
Happy New Year to you! I hope you’re well and you and your family had a good Christmas and New Year?
Hi Shirley As promised I’ve attached a few snap shots of our wedding day on 19th December. I’ll send some official ones when we get them, which should be mid January. Our photographer did send one official one through (nr 17). All 3 of us felt a million dollars in our dresses and everyone commented on how wonderful they were. I can't thank you enough Shirley, you’re a very clever lady! We shall be wearing them again in February when we have our party for everyone else who didn’t come on the actual day. We had a fantastic day, couldn’t of asked for better weather, even though it was very cold! Anyway, thank you again Shirley.
Love Jacky (Reid was Walters!)
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I tasked Shirley with making my wedding dress plus 7 bridesmaids dresses and she didn't disappoint. The craftsmen ship and detailing on each dress was stunning and I couldn't have been happier with the service myself and the girls received. Shirley gave me exactly what I asked for only working from a photograph. She even sourced the lace I wanted when I thought it was discontinued. I couldn't have asked for more from Bridal Belles, Shirley really did make my wedding day very special and I couldn't have achieved it without her.
Lucy Boler
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I recently had a bridesmaid dress made by Shirley at Bridal Bells for my niece wedding. Fantastic workmanship, quality of work is second to none from start to finish, even in a space of time; she pulled it off and did a fantastic job, left me speechless when I went for my final fitting. I received so many compliments on the day on how beautiful my dress was, everyone wanted to know where I bought my dress. I can’t thank Shirley enough. Fantastic Job and service .Highly recommend.
Shaneika Clarke
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I have had alterations made by Bridal Belles as well as my wonderful bespoke wedding dress and flower girl dress made to the highest standard by Shirley. Even in a short space of time (8 weeks to be exact) she had designed and created an absolute masterpiece, using only the very best fabrics. I cannot recommend her enough to anyone I meet. I would also like to add the overwhelming comments I still get about the outstanding creation that was my wedding dress, only last weekend I had someone approach me to compliment me on such a unique and stunning outfit. Her service is second to none, her environment is warm and welcoming, and her understanding of what her customers want is brilliant! I will always go to Shirley for alterations and bespoke garments I want in the future! Find me on her website (bride kissing page boy & flower girl looking on) to view her magnificent work!
Leila Croydon
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I went to Shirley to have my Bridesmaid dresses altered and also for my mum to have her wedding out fit made as my mum couldn't find anything she liked in the shops. From the moment we all walked in we were made to feel comfortable and welcomed. Shirley spent hours going through designs,styles and fabrics with my mum to make sure the dress would be perfect. On Collection the bridesmaid dresses fitted perfectly and my mums outfit was absolutely stunning where at the wedding everyone commented on how beautiful it was. I have recommended Shirley to two or three ladies since and will continue to do so. Would HIGHLY RECOMMEND giving Shirley a call.
April Theakstone
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Hi Shirley,
Just wanted to say a massive thank you for all the hard work effort you put into Millie's Holy Communion dress it looked absolutely beautiful and she looked a million dollars in it - everyone commented on how beautiful it was!
Thank you so much for making the perfect dress for her special day
Sarah xxx
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Hi Shirley,
I would just like to say a huge thank you for the wonderful work you have done on my wedding dress. I am very happy with it now and it fits so well I am now looking forward to wearing it on my wedding day. I was worried after the bad work that was done before but you did such a good job and put my mind at ease.
Thank you so much for your hard work.
Suzanne
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Hi Shirley,
Thank you so much for sorting out the bridesmaid dresses for me.
Maria x
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Hi Shirley,
You made a bolero jacket for me, which was reversible in pink and purple. [These are the photos.]
Thanks for all you did for me.
Regards,
Margaret Cooke
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Hello Shirley,
Here are the photos I promised you.
Everyone commented about my suit, and how great I looked in it.
Thank you so much for all your hard work.
Warm regards,
Maria Perkins
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Hi Shirley,
Thank you soooooo much for helping me out! I will send photos around of the finished garments from the show!
The skirt looks fab, great job!
Thanks again for helping me out so much with the tight deadline that you were given, it was an invaluable help!
Kind Regards,
Charlotte
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Thank you Shirley for making my dress look stunning for Tracie’s wedding and making me look like the 60’s/70’s Disco Queen! Also all the other little bits and bobs you have done for me a short notice!! It has all been very much appreciated.
Shirley I hope you have a wonderful Xmas and brill New Years. And I’m sure I will see you in the years with what I need doing!
Lynda
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To Shirley,
Thank you soooo much for making my dress! It’s really beautiful!!!
Thanks again!
Lots of love
Kelleigh
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Hi Shirley,
Apologies for not speaking to you earlier. I received my beautiful shirt and loved it.
I’m so grateful that you finished it off quickly for me.
Anyway I thank you so much and you will be hearing from me in the future.
Kaley
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Dear Shirley,
Thank you for your help so far. At last I can get excited about the wedding.
Cheers!
Marilyn
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Hi Shirley,
Just a note to thank you so much for our lovely gowns. You made our day so much more special – Denika said she felt like a princess in her dress.
Many thanks,
MaxineX
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To Shirley,
Many thanks for the lovely way you made my dress and bridesmaids’ dresses.
You gave me what I asked for and much more.
Many thanks again,
Debra
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To Shirley,
Thank you so much for the major alteration you did to my wedding dress. You made it fit like a dream, and so glad I found you.
I will most certainly recommend you to all of my friends.
Love Sarah
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Hi Shirley,
Well Martin and Joanne’s wedding was super last Friday, very emotional, but everyone looked fabulous. What a great day! The happy couple are now honeymooning in South Africa, then Mauritius, lucky things.
We had a wonderful day, and of course lots of comments about mine and Jane’s outfit. I felt a million dollars. Well done to you for all your hard and skilled work. Thanks a million Shirley, we will be back.
I do hope you will get my photos, please let me know. We are leaving for Greece on Friday morning but will be on same email address there.
Thank you from both of us once again.
Annxxx Janexxx
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Hi Shirley,
i just wanted to say a massive thank you for manufacturing the shirt dress. I had the photoshoot yesterday and it just looked beautiful! I really do appreciate your help and as soon as I get the photos back I shall forward some of them to you.
Thanks again,
Janine
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Hi,
No, thank you soooooo much for helping me out! I will send photos around of the finished garments from the show!
The skirt looks fab, great job!
Thanks again for helping me out so much with the tight deadline that you were given, it was an invaluable help!
Kind Regards,
Charlotte
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Shirley,
Thank you so much for all your hard work on my dress collection! They are so beautiful and we can't wait to see them all together on the big day! Will send you some photos!
lots of love from Lucy & the bridesmaids
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To Shirley
Thank you so much for the beautiful bridesmaid dresses, the girls were thrilled with them! And so many people commented on how stunning they were!
You really did an amazing job, so thank you once again!
I have enclosed some photographs as promised! Hope you like them!
Kind regards,
Helen
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PS The dry cleaners managed to get Rebekah's deodorant mark out, so thanks for the advice!
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Just a note to Say thank you for the beautiful dress you made Kimberley. When Kimberley first Said She Wanted to go to prom, never did i think She Would have enough Confidence to go and also to choose + dress Knowing She Would have to try it on
Well What Can I Say Prom night i have never seen my baby looking as beautiful as She did. She had bags of Confidence and Said She felt So Comfortable and that is down to the Stunning dress you made and i cannot thank you enough.
I have enclosed a Couple of Pics for you to look at Jut how Proud + Confident She Was
Again thank you So much.
Love,
Jude + Kimberley
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Shirley
Please find enclosed a cheque for £300 as a second payment for Katy's dress.
We thought it was really beautiful.
Jean + Danny Jeffery
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To Shirley
Thank you for doing such a lovely job on my dress.
Best wishes,
Katie Millar
P.S Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year
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To Shirley,
Just a note to say thanks for the most amazing prom dress in the world, it truly made my night.
I need to email you the photos, but the files were to large, so i posted there instead. Its I haven't heard anything I assume I sent there to the wrong address - Whoops! - Anyway, here they are just in case!
Thanks so much!
Philippa Warman
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Hi Shirley. I would just like to say a huge thank you for the wonderful work you have done on my wedding dress. I am very happy with it now and it fits so well I am now looking forward to wearing it on my wedding day. I was worried after the bad work that was done before but you did such a good job and put my mind at ease.
Thank you so much for your hard work.
Suzanne
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The wedding was beautiful, it was a fantastic day. My dress was the talk of the show , it was amazing the amount of complement I received. Everyone wanted to know where I brought my dress. I Will forward you a few photos, unfortunately they are not perfect as they were taken from my mobile, I haven't yet see the professional ones but as soon as I do I will forward them to you.
Once again thanks very much for my beautiful dress.
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Hi Shirley
Just wanted to say a massive thank you for all the hard work effort you put into Millie's
holy communion dress it looked absolutely beautiful and she looked a million dollars in it everyone commented on how beautiful it was thank you so much for making the perfect dress for her special day.
Sarah xxxx
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Hello Shirley, I cant thank you enough for my beautiful dress, I absolutely adore it! You did a fantastic job. Everyone at the Prom commented on it and said how beautiful it was.
Thank you very much again.
From Niamh.
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Hi Shirley Just thought I'd send a couple of pics of wedding, will send more when we get them back from photographer. Thank you again for the fab dress....everyone loved it.
Suzanne x
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Thank you very much for making the dresses, a lot of people commented on how nice they looked and the colour.
Many thanks
Mrs E Widdowson
Hi Shirley
Thank you for those lovely comments. I had so so many compliments on my dress as you probably can imagine! My photos will take around 2 weeks to get back to me, so as soon as I get them I will make sure I send you some. As the night went on,
people stepping on my skirt forced some of it to fall down :( other than that the day was a beautiful as my dress. Thank you so much, speak soon!!
Kind Regards
Leila Green
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Hi Shirley, here are the photos of my prom dress.
Thanks,
Kay Butler
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Hi Shirley just wanted to say thanks for all ur help with the alterations was a fantastic day xxx
Katrina
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Hi Shirley,
Lovely to hear from you. Maria told me you were incredibly talented and she was so thrilled with her outfit.
Thank you for forwarding my details - much appreciated. This is my email address and my number is below, along with my website.
Where are you based Shirley? Can I recommend you to clients? People are always asking if I know a good seamstress.
Thanks,
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