New Melbourne Store Opens Wednesday.

Posted on May 13, 2012 by admin

Our new home in Melbourne will be open for business from 10am on Wednesday May 16 and we look forward to seeing all Melbourne Brides. With the disastrous and catastrophic closure of the bridal retailer we were selling through recently we have made the decision to open our own Bridal Studio. Called Brides on Collins it will stock all our Wendy Makin, BellaDonna and Watters collections as well as have an extensive range of 1/2 price samples on sale. Initially we will be located above Hardy Brothers Jewellers on the 2nd level, 340 Collins Street with a POP UP store while our permanent home on the 1st level is being fitted out. To contact us you can email on info@bridesoncollins.com.au or call us on our freecall number 1800 629 054. We will have the phone connected by opening and will let you know the number then. This is very exciting for us and we are looking forward to meeting you all.

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Abby’s New Zealand Winery Wedding

Posted on May 3, 2012 by admin

Abby Hart married sweetheart Ben at Mudbrick Winery on Waiheke Island, New Zealand on 6th April this year. Abby wore Collette from our Wendy Makin Couture Collection. She  sent  us a beautiful letter and some great photos from the day for us to share. We’ll let Abby’s letter tell the story.

“Hi Ash, Roberta, Del and team.

I just wanted to email and say a HUGE thank you for the amazing wedding dress. I can’t believe the amount of positive feedback I got. I know every bride looks good but this dress absolutely knocked their socks off! It almost glowed and fitted perfectly with the vintage theme at Mudbrick Winery in NZ. 

When we went back to the winery to pick up the cake etc from the venue, some of the staff were talking about the dress and they said in the 5 years they had been working there, they had never seen a wedding dress as beautiful as mine. Pretty good feedback, especially when it’s not coming from a gushing guest, these people didn’t have to say that. 

The whole process from choosing the gown to the final pickup was an absolute dream. Roberta is a magician and her attention to detail is exquisite! You all work so well as a team and the atmosphere in the studio is relaxed and professional. I would recommend you all a thousand times over. 

Below is the link to view the wedding album so you can see more shots of the dress. If you want any of the pictures, I have them all on disk so can email you a high res version if you need. 

Thanks again for giving me the dress of my dreams. I think the dress belongs in a museum it’s so beautiful!

Cheers

Abby (Hart)”

   

Abby and Ben look like they had a great time at their wedding and in a beautiful setting like this you can see why. All the best to you both for your life together.

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Our New Home in Melbourne !

Posted on May 3, 2012 by admin

Followers of our facebook site will have seen a post from Geoff the other day about a Melbourne retailer. We can now tell you that we are no longer dealing with Brides of Melbourne and our Wendy Makin, BellaDonna and Watters collections are no longer available there. We have secured ALL laybys and will be contacting the brides over the next week or so to advise them of this.

We do have some very exciting news for Melbourne brides and brides to be! All our collections will be available from mid May at our new store Brides on Collins which will be opened at 340 Collins Street, above Hardy Brothers Jewellers. Initially there will be a Wendy Makin “Pop Up” store on the first floor where we will be doing fittings and have our collections while the 1st floor, which will be our permanent home, is being fitted out. We will be opened on the 1st floor from July 1st if not sooner. We are very excited about this new store and we promise all Melbourne Brides that we will provide you with only the best service which Wendy Makin is known for. If you want more information or have any concerns please call us on 1800 629 054 to discuss with our team.

We are really looking forward to this new store and look forward to meeting as many of the   Melbourne Brides personally as I can. Here’s a photo of our new premises…we just love it!

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New Wendy Makin Photo Shoot.

Posted on May 1, 2012 by admin

We got together with our good friend Natalie Lynn from Milque Photography and Hair and Make-up specialist Donna Sullivan and model Ema Masters a couple of weeks ago for a new Wendy Makin photo shoot. We had an absolute ball and I’m now wading through the 100′s of beautiful shots that Nat has sent over. Look out for new images on the website in the next couple of weeks. Here’s a few candid shots from the day.

  

  

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Rachael Shared Her Wedding Day

Posted on May 1, 2012 by admin

Rachael Piper sent us some beautiful photos and a lovely letter for us to share with you.

“Dear Wendy and Crew
 Thank you so much for my beautiful wedding dress.   One lady at the wedding said it was the most beautiful dress she’d ever seen.  You ladies were very professional and despite me purchasing a sale gown (non couture dress), you made me feel very special and like a princess.  I loved the fact that your dresses are made in Brisbane and that I could support a local business (and I was able to do so within my budget!).  The alterations were fantastic and I had my dream dress, to match my dream wedding….  so thankyou!
 We’ve just recieved our professional photos (which we are over the moon about!)   Our photographer (Katie Mitchell) was fantastic and I’d highly recommend to you and future Clients! The photos were so fabulous that I couldn’t decide which one to send, so I’ve sent a few……
 Enjoy….
 Rachael
 p.s. despite climbing into caves and playing around in the sea water, the dress is in amazing condition!  The mocha colour was perfect for the beach…..”

   

Thank you so much for sharing Rachael and we are so happy to have been a part of making your day special.

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The Delightful Katie Heagney’s Wedding

Posted on April 14, 2012 by admin
Katie Heagney(now Avard) sent us some photos and a beautiful letter to share with you all. After reading Katie’s letter, I’m appointing her as my PR Agent!!  In all seriousness, her wedding venue looks beautiful and I’m guessing it must be a homestead that’s been converted. It looks amazing and they have had some beautiful photos taken and their photographer is very good. There is one in the group we are sharing below which in so many ways says “Love”. Thank you for sharing Katie and we’ll look you up next time we’re passing through Gunnedah.

“Hi to all the team, especially Roberta and Wendy!

Just wanted to thank you all so much for my beautiful dress! Our wedding was the most amazing day of my life, and I had so many comments on my dress the “Luciana”! We had perfect March weather and everything went off without a hitch. I have never been a person who really thought much about getting married, and honestly the thought of going dress shopping filled me with dread. Your store was such a contrast to the others I had been into and I knew as soon as I set foot in there that you guys were the one for me. I was so impressed with Roberta and the time she spent with me, and it was lovely to be in a relaxed environment where I could take my time and look at everything without feeling pressured at all.

As I live in Gunnedah, I was a bit worried about fittings, and how I was going to get time off work and get to Brisbane, but it couldn’t have been easier! Roberta scheduled all my fittings in the one week, about 3 weeks before the wedding and the dress fitted like a glove. I also fell in love with the most beautiful headpiece, which you insisted on giving me for free and it really just completed everything!

So Thank You again for everything, getting my dress made by you it was the easiest and best decision I made in all my wedding planning!

I have attached a few photos for you.

Regards,

Katie Avard (Heagney)
Wedding date: 10/3/2012″

    

Monday 16 April

Katie emailed us the details on her function centre and photographer to update this thread.

“The pavillion function centre is a purpose built function centre set on acres of the most beautiful gardens in Nemingha, a small locale near tamworth. And James Day, our photographer, is based in Sydney but we fell in love with his work and he agreed to fly up from Sydney. Would absolutely recommend both him and Amy Walker from the function centre to anyone!

Thanks again!
Katie”
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Our Bride Marni Jacoby’s Wedding Photos

Posted on April 13, 2012 by admin

Marni sent through some gorgeous photos of her recent wedding in her Wendy Makin “special design”. Ashleigh, from our team, worked with Marni to help her design the perfect dress in a black and white theme for Marni’s day and she was very happy with the result. The scene stealer on the day thuogh has to be Marni’s daughter who looks absolutely too cute in her matching Flowergirl dress. Thank you to Marni for letting us share her photos and letter.

“Dear Wendy

Please find attached some photo’s from our wedding last Tuesday 3rd April.

Thank you once again for making such a beautiful gown, it suited the occasion perfectly. Thanks also to Ashlee for helping make the somewhat blurring vision a reality.

Kind regards

 Marni Jacoby”

   

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Weddings in One Designer Day

Posted on April 5, 2012 by admin

I wrote earlier in the week about the re-opening on Weddings in One in Launceston with new owners Rebecca and Richard Green. We will be going down for their Grand Re-Opening on the evening of Friday April 27 then on the Saturday we will have new BellaDonna and Wendy Makin Collections instore for a Designer Morning from 9am until 2pm. We look forward to meeting with Launceston’s Brides and to showing them our new collections.

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Natalie Reidy’s Melbourne Wedding

Posted on April 4, 2012 by admin

We meet some beautiful brides as we work in other peoples bridal studio’s and none more so than Natalie. We met Natalie at Brides of Melbourne and she sent us some beautiful photos of her wedding to Sam. Natalie and Sam were married at Emu Bottom Homestead which looks like a wonderful venue for the perfect wedding day. http://www.emubottom.com.au/. Natalie shares her photos and note to us. Don’t they make a handsome couple. You rock that cap Sam!!

“Hi Wendy and the Team
 I would just like to say a huge thank you for my beautiful wedding dress ‘Juliet’.  It was perfect for our special day and photographed beautifully!
We were Married at Emu Bottom Homestead on 28th December 2011.
I have attached some pictures for you.
 Thanks Again,
 Natalie and Sam. ”

   

Thank you so much for sharing Natalie and may you and Sam have a great life together.

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We’re Coming to Perth

Posted on April 4, 2012 by admin

Our good friend Samantha Wynne will be hosting us for a Wendy Makin Couture Designer day in her Mount Hawthorne Studio on Saturday May 5. We will be bringing all my new collections and Samantha always makes it a fun day. Samantha operates a beautiful studio but her space is limited so make sure you get in early to secure your exclusive appointment. I’m looking forward to meeting the beautiful brides of Perth and to working with Samantha.

 

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