When I was looking for a wedding dress there was nothing in stores that really caught my eye, I…read moreliked a lot of the dresses online but never really trusted buying one of them. I took a few ideas to ashleigh and together we came up with exactly what I wanted! Ashleigh was so great to deal with, from the first photos I sent her to the drawings and final fittings! She made the whole experience exciting and easy! Ashleigh produced a very high quality garment and I would highly recommend her.

From the owner: Ashleigh Taylor designs and creates custom made gowns for clients. She specializes in bridal and…read moreformal wear, hand tailoring each garment perfectly to her clients

This is as unlikely a review as I would ever expect to be writing. If I had passed Jessica Bridal…read moreon the street I would have maybe got a little bit sick in my mouth. No offence it's just these kinds of shops are pretty cheesy ya know? However I first found it on the Internet and boy am I glad I did. It was here I first got the inspiration for wearing a ruby red dress on my wedding day. Indeed, I nearly bought one that I saw featured in the "After Six" section of their website. But it wasn't quite right and luckily for me my friend the up-and-coming brilliant fashion designer Kiri Nathan was prepared to do it for me at mates rates. But. Finding the right fabric in the right colour proved to be darn near impossible and I hunted high and low in all the nooks of crannies of Auckland where such a thing as ruby red silk chiffon might be found. To no avail. I then remembered where it all began - Jessica's. I looked online again - yes, all their gowns were available in the full colour range of silks, satins and SILK CHIFFONS. I went in and explained myself and she said it was no problem at all; they would be happy to supply me with the fabric only. True, the colour samples were tiny but it was closest I had got by far and the price was RIDICULOUS. (Many capitals here - it's that kind of story.) Three weeks later as promised my package was ready to collect and I had my fabric. Even Kiri was amazed at such a resource - we had literally been to every trade fabric house in the city, along with many others and clever Jessica Bridal has a fabulous quality source straight from China at excellent prices. And she was lovely to deal with and so happy to help. And she does do some nice dresses if you can get over the whole "bridal" thing, which I never really did. I just don't like being told how I SHOULD do things but I'm sure Jessica would never do that; she's deeply choice.

Lovely dresses and a very helpful staff. I was the bridesmaid so had the easy job but the whole…read moreexperience was almost like you see on TV (without the champagne). I'd recommend it to other brides and bridesmaids.

I wish I could do no stars. I am incredibly appalled at the customer service. Read the fine print…read moreof their contracts carefully. This company does not deal in good faith whatsoever. They are incredibly arrogant. They don't care about their customers, only their money. Just find another store, literally any other company will give more of a shit about you. It's your special day you're planning, and no one deserves to feel the way they treated me. Find ANYWHERE ELSE to buy a dress from.

I came to Astra Bridal because my sister is getting married in September so we have been going…read morearound town trying on dresses she has previously picked out on websites and gotten in to the store. A lovely girl was helping my sister get in and out of dresses and she was giving very helpful ideas about accessories that would go with the dress like veils, belts and shoes. She was very helpful and more than willing to try anything out without complaint (my sister can get very tiresome with her need to try everything on once).

I wish I could do no stars. I am incredibly appalled at the customer service. Read the fine print…read moreof their contracts carefully. This company does not deal in good faith whatsoever. They are incredibly arrogant. They don't care about their customers, only their money. Just find another store, literally any other company will give more of a shit about you. It's your special day you're planning, and no one deserves to feel the way they treated me. Find ANYWHERE ELSE to buy a dress from.

If you fancy yourself as a bit of a Dita von Teese, the Corset Shop will already be your second…read morehome. For the rest of us, including me, the window display of this little shop is too beautiful to just walk past. It's totally worth going in just to admire the exquisite work that goes into each corset, like I did, and for the odd feeling that you're in a time warp. Apparently, this is New Zealand's only specialty corset shop, and they sure sell some serious machines - some of the corsets have steel in them! Ouch. Good place to go if you want to make people wonder where you keep your internal organs.

The Modes staff were SO helpful to myself and my daughter. It was a pleasure to shop in Modes with…read moreplenty of attentive staff to help out with decision making. Nothing was too much trouble. I was attending a masquerade ball and the team when out of their way to purchase a mask and cover it in the same fabric as my gown! They have a spectacular array of gowns and in-house alterations to make life simple! A very professional, friendly team! Well done, no wonder Modes has been operating for over 20 years!! Thank you!

NO ONE does it better than Modes ...i have known the owner and purchased many outfits from this…read morestore for 25 years and they have never failed to impress. The sincere dedication and expertise from the owner and staff is very very rare these days. I truly hope there are another 25 good years to come for Modes. Wishing you all nothing but the best. Yours truly , sharron.