
#Altered for the altar professional

As the planner, we don’t typically attend, but we recommend that you bring family member, friend, or someone special.

In the case of a redesign or restoration, you would bring in the dress and discuss the adjustments you desire. The Altered for the Altar process begins with a client bringing in their dress for an initial consultation and discussion about fitting the piece to their body.

Photo of our client who used altered for the alter. For this team of designers all with backgrounds in fashion design, the heart of a redesign is in creating an heirloom. Ruth shared that the first thing they do in a consultation about a restoration of a gown is asking why a client wants to restore or redesign a dress. The team of fashion design-educated professionals at the store can support a client who is wanting to do a few tweaks to their dress, a complete redesign of a gown, an heirloom gown restoration, as well as dress pressing and preservation Photo of one of our couples who used Altered for the Alter– Photo By: Michael Bush Photography Ruth shared with us her journey from sewing bridesmaids’ dresses, to being an in-house seamstress at some of the biggest bridal boutiques, to her current passion of customizing wedding dresses to transforming women into brides! In her words, “It is about so much more than just a dress!” Our Mayfield design team sat down with Ruth, one of the mother/daughter duo that operates Altered for the Altar in the Design District of Dallas.

This was all with the support and detailed planning of the team at Altered for the Alter Dallas. Last fall one of our brides was able to restore and modernize her mother’s wedding gown from several decades prior into her own beautiful wedding day masterpiece. Photos from the Altered for the Alter Social Media Each cut is mission-critical and done with absolute care! The wedding dress or suit is the centerpiece of the wedding day attire and being able to transform it into a customized fit is essential to the character of the garment and the transformation of the person wearing it! I imagine each cut into the wedding dress like an incision in surgery. There is one job in the wedding industry that I simply can not imagine the pressure behind, and that is the alterations company!
