Dresses by style and occasion
Bridesmaids almost never share a size. One is petite, one is tall, one wants her arms covered and another would happily go sleeveless, and a single dress bought in five sizes rarely sits right on all of them. Our bridesmaid dresses are made to order in Pakistan and cut for the woman who will wear each one, either in a size from S to XL or from her own measurements. Pick one colour and let every bridesmaid choose the shape she likes, or put the whole group in the same design. All the measurements go into one quote request, the written quote lists every dress, and nothing is cut until it has been approved and paid in full.
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The Gilded Seam makes bridesmaid dresses to order in Pakistan, each one cut to its bridesmaid’s own measurements or made in a size from S to XL. Several dresses can be quoted together: send everyone’s measurements in one quote request and the written quote lists each dress. Making takes 5 to 7 working days once that quote is approved and paid in full, and shipping follows.
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Each design is made to order in your size or to your measurements. The pictures are design previews made before sewing, so the finished piece is confirmed in your written quote.
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A floor-length chiffon maxi with a split band collar, full balloon sleeves gathered at the cuff, and three soft tiers. In seven colours.
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A fitted maxi dress with a round neck and long sleeves, shaped by curved seams from the shoulders to the hips, then flaring gently to the ankle. In six colours.
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A long-sleeved floral gown in sage and rose, with an embroidered lattice panel down the front, embroidered cuffs and waistband, and sheer pale blue panels that fall from the shoulders like a cape.
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A royal blue floor-length dress with a V-neck, a square embroidered yoke and embroidered cuffs in silver and white, flowing into a full flared skirt.
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An emerald green anarkali-style frock with a round neck and long sleeves, a floral embroidered bodice and a full flared skirt with scattered motifs and a deep border.
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A lilac tiered midi dress with a round neck, long gathered sleeves and a floral embroidered bodice, finished with an embroidered scalloped hem.
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A powder blue fit-and-flare dress with a square neck and long sleeves, embroidered with trailing wisteria across the bodice and sleeves.
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A rust wrap dress with a tie at the waist and long sleeves, embroidered with ginkgo leaves along the wrap edge and around the cuffs.
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A blush chiffon frock with a pearl-beaded sweetheart bodice, soft puff sleeves and a layered, cascading ruffle skirt.
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A jade green frock with strands of pearls draped across the bodice and back, short puff sleeves and an A-line midi skirt.
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Made to order bridesmaid dresses are only sewn once someone asks for them. Made to measure bridesmaid dresses go a step further and start from one woman’s numbers instead of a size chart. Every dress on this page is both, which in the UK is often simply called bespoke. A bridesmaid who is happy with standard sizing can take S, M, L or XL; anyone else sends her own measurements, and her bodice, sleeves and hem are cut for her alone. One group can mix the two, with some bridesmaids in standard sizes and the rest made from their own numbers.
Measurements can be taken from the body or from a dress she already owns that sits well on her, in centimetres or inches, as long as each number says which it is. Our size guide shows where the tape goes. For a bridesmaid dress, these are the numbers that count most:
Since each dress starts from its wearer’s numbers, sizes above XL are made exactly the way everything else is, with no separate range to hunt through; our plus size dresses show more shapes cut like this. A petite bridesmaid gets a hem that clears the floor rather than pooling on it, and a tall one gets sleeves that actually reach her wrists. The petite and tall pages go into the detail.
If one of your bridesmaids is pregnant, she should measure as late as the timing allows and tell us how many weeks along she will be on the wedding day. The Tiered Maxi, which falls loosely from a gathered yoke, and the Ginkgo Wrap, which ties at the waist, give her the most room.
Nobody has to travel to be measured. Each bridesmaid can measure at home with a friend holding the tape, as measuring with a helper explains, or lay a dress she loves flat and measure that instead, following measuring clothes that fit you. Ask everyone to type her numbers out with the unit beside them and send them in writing to whoever is organising, because figures read aloud over a video call are where slips creep in. That one person then puts them all into a single quote request.
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Plenty of bridesmaids want their arms and legs covered: for a ceremony in a mosque or a church, for a family that dresses modestly, because they wear a hijab, or just because the wedding falls in December. Eight of the ten designs here have long sleeves as drawn, and five already reach the ankle or the floor, so a modest bridesmaid gown often needs no change at all. These are the five long ones:
Long sleeves suit a winter wedding and a modest one, and each style here sits differently on the arm. The Tiered Maxi’s balloon sleeves are full and gathered at the wrist, the seamed maxi’s are narrow, and the Lilac Tiered Dress has gathered sleeves finished with a cuff. Send your upper arm and wrist measurements along with the sleeve length, so a narrow sleeve is not tight and a full one does not swamp a small frame.
The group does not have to agree on this. One bridesmaid can keep long sleeves while another asks for three-quarter sleeves or none at all, because any of these dresses can be made sleeveless; write it in the changes box and it is confirmed in the quote. Long sleeve dresses and modest dresses have more covered shapes, and a modest maxi dress made to measure covers necklines and linings.
A tiered skirt gives a bridesmaid room to walk up aisles and steps, and to dance later, without lifting her hem. The Tiered Maxi falls from a gathered yoke into three soft tiers of chiffon. The Lilac Tiered Dress stops below the knee and ends in a scalloped embroidered hem, and it can be cut longer if you want every dress in the group at maxi length. Chiffon is slightly sheer, so ask for a lining if the dresses will be photographed outdoors in bright sun. If anyone worries that tiers will make her look wider, read do tiered dresses add bulk before deciding.
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Identical dresses look tidy in a row, but one cut seldom suits five different figures. The usual answer is to settle the colour and let each bridesmaid choose her own shape, so the group still reads as a set in the photographs. That works here because most of these designs can be made in a colour other than the one drawn, and the colour for each dress is written into the quote:
A graded line-up needs no colour changes at all. For greens, put the Tiered Maxi in Sage Green beside the forest green seamed maxi, the Emerald Rose Anarkali and the jade frock. For blues, pair the Navy Tiered Maxi with the navy seamed maxi, the Royal Blue Yoke Dress and the powder blue Wisteria. For deep reds, the Maroon Tiered Maxi sits with the burgundy seamed maxi, and for soft pinks and purples the Rose Pink and Lavender Tiered Maxis go with the blush frock and the Lilac Tiered Dress. The maid of honour can stand slightly apart in the same palette, perhaps in the cape gown while the others wear plainer shapes. There are more ideas in coordinated outfits for sisters and friends.
Sage is a soft, greyed green that sits calmly beside white flowers, greenery and gold. The Tiered Maxi in Sage Green is the simplest modest choice on this page: long balloon sleeves, a band collar and a skirt to the floor, made in that colour with no change needed. The cape gown is drawn in a sage floral print with pale blue cape panels, and the seamed maxi or any of the embroidered designs can be asked for in sage, with the shade agreed in the quote. What colours go with sage has pairings for the flowers and the table, and sage vs mint vs pista green helps when one shade name means different things to different people.
Colours can look slightly different on a screen than they do in daylight, and most pictures on this page are design previews rather than photographs, so a small difference in shade between a picture and the finished dress is normal. If the couple has a particular shade in mind, attach a daylight photo of it, perhaps a ribbon, a swatch or the invitation card, to your quote request, and describe it in words too. How to describe a colour to a tailor shows what helps.
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One quote request covers the whole group. Whoever is organising fills in the quote form once: the number of dresses goes in the quantity box, then each bridesmaid’s name, her design and colour, her size or measurements and any change she wants, such as sleeveless for one and a longer hem for another. The written quote that comes back lists every dress with its own details, plus the total, and nothing is cut until the whole quote has been approved and paid in full. Ordering just one dress is fine too.
Making takes 5 to 7 working days from the day that quote is approved and paid in full, and shipping comes after, for as long as the journey to your country takes. In practice the sewing is rarely the slow part. Agreeing a colour, choosing designs and chasing everyone for measurements can take a group far longer, so start as soon as the date and the colour are settled, and leave spare time before the wedding for the parcel. Planning ahead for made to measure helps you count back from the date.
Once cutting has started, an order can no longer be cancelled for a refund, and because every dress is made to order there are no change-of-mind returns. So before you approve, send each bridesmaid the line of the quote with her name on it and ask her to check her numbers, her sleeves and her hem. A few minutes of checking at that stage saves a dress that is too short on the morning of the wedding. Ordering several outfits at once has more on keeping a group order straight.
The quote includes delivery and any import duties, taxes and customs charges, so no bill is waiting when the parcel arrives, wherever the wedding is held. We make women’s clothing only, so there are no flower girl or children’s sizes. Mothers, aunts and friends of the couple will find their own pages among our wedding guest dresses and the mother of the bride dresses linked below, and a bridesmaid who wants a second outfit for the mehndi or the hen party will find more long shapes among the maxi dresses.
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Necklines, sleeves and backs from this collection. Tap a name to see every view of that design.
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Initials, a name or a monogram can be embroidered too: tell us the letters and where you would like them, and we confirm the size and thread in your quote.
Anything else you would like changed, ask in your quote request and we tell you honestly whether it can be done.
How to order
Delivery to the UK
Quoted and paid in pounds. Your quote includes delivery to your door and any import VAT, duty and courier fees, so there is nothing to pay when the parcel arrives. Ordering from the UK
Delivery to the UAE
Choose to be quoted in US dollars, euros or pounds. Delivery to any emirate and the import charges are included in the quote. Ordering from the UAE · the Gulf
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Yes. Choose one colour and let each bridesmaid pick the design that suits her. The Tiered Maxi comes in seven colours, the seamed maxi in six or another colour, and the embroidered designs can be made on another base colour, agreed in the quote. The two frocks are made in the colours pictured.
Yes. Put the number of dresses in the quote request, then each bridesmaid’s name with her design, colour, size or measurements and any changes. The written quote lists each dress, and making starts once the whole quote is approved and paid in full.
As early as you can. Making takes 5 to 7 working days after the quote is approved and paid in full, then shipping depends on the country. Gathering everyone’s measurements usually takes longer than the making, so start once the date and colour are settled and leave spare time before the wedding.
Yes. Eight of the ten designs here have long sleeves as drawn, and the Tiered Maxi, the seamed maxi, the Royal Blue Yoke Dress, the Emerald Rose Anarkali and the cape gown reach the ankle or the floor. A higher neckline on most designs, and a lining on any of them, can be asked for and confirmed in the quote.
Each one measures at home, with a helper or from a dress that sits well on her, and sends her numbers in writing to whoever is organising. They all go into one quote request, so nobody needs to travel or meet up to be measured.
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Send the design you like with your size or measurements, and we reply with a written quote.
No commitment until you approve your written quote.
