Bridesmaid dresses - Stockport/Manchester

Hi have you tried googling? I have been told of a few in the stockport and denton areas, not actually been in them though:

http://www.alisonburgesscouture.co.uk/

http://www.weddingbellesbridalstudio.co.uk/contact.html

http://www.sense-and-sensibility.co.uk/

http://www.bridesatbestman.co.uk

My daughter's bridesmaids have got their dresses from Sense and Sensibility. You can always have straps added.

Yes, it's difficult to tell what's available without actually visiting them though!

Alison Burgess is nearby, so that's definitely on the visit list I think, I've been to Wedding Belles Bridal Studio and wasn't terribly impressed so will probably give that one a miss, Sense and Sensibility is where I got my dress from, they didn't have a massive range of bridesmaids when I was in last but they have just refurbished and expanded onto another floor upstairs so it might be worth going back there and I've never heard of Brides at Bestman, but that looks good so thank you for that suggestion!

We went looking for wedding dresses to Alison Burgess and although they were lovely they were soooooooooooo pushy. I thought we were going to have to order a dress before we'd be allowed out! They do stock Dessy though and they have some lovely dresses.

My dress is from sence & sensibility and my bridesmaids dresses are to, they are strapless though you can always have straps put on any dress.

Thanks for the warning! Good job I'm going with my sis then, she's certainly no pushover!

Cheeky question, but do you mind telling me if you got a discount on the bridesmaids cos you got your dress from there too, please?

Would like to avoid having straps put onto a strapless dress if possible as I always think the join is noticeable. I know, I know, I'm fussy! lol

Yeah I was buying my dress and 3 bridesmaid dresses plus my shoes and veil so she gave me my veil for £50 and I got a free bridesmaids dress so only paid for 2 of them.

You need to be cheeky though and ask what sort of deal she would do!!

Ok thanks. She has already given me a discount on my dress and it's only one bridesmaid dress we're after now so I don't know if we'll be able to get any money off, but it's always worth asking I suppose!

Thanks for the advice everyone, I ended up with the 'Alva' dress in purple from Coast which was totally different from my original ideas (long dresses just weren't working on one of my bridesmaids) but were very lovely! ?