About us
Hampshire’s Longest Established Bridal Shop.
Established in 1976 Brides Of Southampton opened it’s doors with one mission in mind; to help every woman find the wedding dress of her dreams! Over 43 years (and 18’000 brides) later, we are the oldest and most trusted boutique in the UK because we know how important your wedding day is!
Our staff love what they do and will start your appointment with a chat to get to know you (and a glass of bubbly). We understand that your wedding dress is the most important dress of your life and our mission is to ensure you are glowing on your big day! We understand that every bride is unique and our stylist will work with you until we find the style that reflects you! Whether your dress is a fairytale princess ballgown, a glamorous city-chic dress or a pretty boho gown, we can help you find it!
We also provide bridesmaids dresses, flowergirl dresses, handmade veils, tiaras, wedding shoes and petticoats! Your bridal journey does not end when you find “the one” either – our experienced alterations staff will work their magic until its picture perfect.
The showroom has an exciting and regularly updated collection of wedding dresses to suit everybody, drawn from the top designers from all over the world to delight and inspire you. Our designers include Morilee, Pronovias, Justin Alexander, Sincerity, Mark Lesley, Ronald Joyce and exclusive to us brands Diane Legrand and Dovita!
We cater for all sizes; from size 6 to 30 and we pride ourselves in helping the Bride with the fuller figure and have samples to try in larger sizes.
Wedding dress shopping is like no other and its ok to be nervous as well as excited! All you have to do is provide us with the idea and we can help you realise it and all at a pace that you are comfortable with!
If you are planning on visiting us and want to know more please check out our FAQs section.
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Testimonials
Lovely staff, all very helpful and friendly. Staff know their dresses and you can just explain a style and they pick out the exact dress. Fantastic range of dresses and loved the overall experience. My mum bought her wedding dress from here in 1991 and then my nan bought her dress from here in 1993 and now I get to buy my dress from here too!
I had the best day yesterday! It was my second time coming back to the shop, the ladies were amazing and got me to try on a dress that I wasn’t even thinking of, turns out the staff knew my style better than me!! I’m so happy with the service and can not wait to go back and have my dress fitting!
Lovely, friendly and knowledgeable staff. Even though I’m on the bigger side they had lots of dresses for me to try on. Lena was my consultant and she was fab! Knew the stock well and what sort of dresses would flatter my shape.
Best experience of my life. The staff were so amazing and welcoming and honestly couldn’t do enough to help me find my dream dress which I did!
No words explain how amazing Michelle made me feel about my body when trying on the dresses as I’m very body conscious. She made me feel beautiful in the dresses and we had so much fun and laughter!
I came here 4 years ago with my sister , and know I will return in the future with my little girl when it is her turnThe Southampton store had so much choice to pick from. The dresses are beautiful and the assistants are really helpful in narrowing down the style of dress to suit you!
I can’t thank Gemma enough for giving us the most wonderful experience. Her professionalism, wisdom, patience and understanding know no bounds. All of the dresses are beautiful!
This is a great shop – such a lovely, warm, welcoming environment from the moment I walked through the door. The staff are fantastic, loads of experience and nothing is too much trouble. Really impressed with the choice of dresses too!
