14 wedding dress designers for the high fashion bride
For lovers of haute couture, your wedding day is the perfect occasion to showcase your personal style with exquisite tailoring and high quality craftsmanship. Of course, there's no shortage of brilliant designers of stunning wedding dresses, but where do you start if you're looking for gowns that are next level high fashion? We've rounded up some of our favourite wedding dress designers for the high fashion bride to help you get started.
Kaviar Gauche
The Berlin fashion label Kaviar Gauche started in 2004 with a guerrilla fashion show in front of the Paris department store Colette and has since become one of the most successful and internationally renowned German fashion labels. Kaviar Gauche was founded by the designers Alexandra Roehler and Johanna Kühl. Their collections are characterized by simple elegance, graceful design, and skillful play with contrasts.
Flora
As a lover of fashion, effortless glamour and understated luxury, Rinat Asher launched her world-renowned bridal house Flora over 10 years ago. Known for its sensual back dips and masterful fits of the dresses, Rinat creates signature designs in rich, classic fabrics handmade at her atelier in Haifa, Israel.
Bencivenga Alta Sartoria
Italian fashion house Bencivenga Alta Sartoria was born 70 years ago as a tailoring house for exclusive party events. Today the brand still keeps up its history and experience designing timeless and charming couture bridal gowns. Precious silk, soft tulle and handmade refined embroideries turn into prestigious designs to wear on your special day.
Luna Bea
If you're dreaming of floating down the aisle in a flowing pure silk gown, British brand Luna Bea could be the wedding dress designer for you. Think soft and gently sensual dresses handmade from pure chemical-free silk in England, using ethical, kind and fair practices throughout the female-run studio.
Berta
Looking for a gown that's bold, sexy and modern, combining vintage materials and retro styles? It has to be Berta! Designer Berta Balilti has an avant-garde design style that always tests the barriers and boundaries of fashion design. Aside from designing all the collections at the fashion house, Berta oversees the entire production processes in her studio still to this day, when she has over 150 retailers all around the world.
Christie Nicole
Known for her distinctive edgy meets romantic aesthetic, brides flock to Christie Nicole for her intricate details, dramatic silhouettes, bold fabric pairings and renaissance style adornment that pushes the boundaries and challenges traditional wedding standards.
OUMA
For the bride that won’t settle for anything less than ordinary, OUMA creates beautifully crafted wearable works of art from their Vancouver atelier using zero-waste practices. With a range of dresses, separates and accessories OUMA brings a new level of unique craftsmanship, perfect for brides that value quality, romance, comfort, and fun.
Millia London
If gliding around in a cloud of fluffy tulle is your idea of heaven, Millia London is the wedding dress designer for you. Founded in 2020 the London-based couture house has built a global reputation for exquisite voluminous extravagant gowns. Showcasing hand dyed ruffles, romantic refined silhouettes refined with a high fashion aesthetic that encapsulates femininity.
Watters
Watters is an umbrella of four sister brands, each with a distinctive aesthetic that all embrace drama, comfort, style and individuality. We particularly love the short wedding dress collection - By Watters - for brides who don't want a traditional full gown. Think flattering fabrics, interesting neck lines and high hemlines, as well as chic two pieces.
Galia Lahav
It's a lavish fairytale gown you're after, look no further than Galia Lahav. Over the past three decades, Galia Lahav has established itself as one of the leading couture fashion houses, with gowns characterized by high-end fabrics, meticulous sewing techniques, and unique technology that enables the custom tailoring of each garment from wherever in the world you live.
Vera Wang
We couldn't write about haute couture wedding dress designers without featuring Vera Wang. Known for balancing modern designs with traditional elegance, Vera is one of the most prominent bridal wear designers in America. She was a senior fashion editor at Vogue for 15 years and then a design director for Ralph Lauren. After designing her own wedding dress, she opened a bridal boutique and soon launched her own signature collection of elegant and sophisticated wedding gowns.
Tanzilia
Indonesian bridal fashion house Tanzilia specialises in romantic and sophisticated gowns made with sas and magic for modern bride. Each collection is personally handmade in their workshop in Jakata, where custom gowns are available by appointment.
Emily Kotarski
It's all in the details at Emily Kotarski Bridal, known for classically feminine silhouettes, fit to perfection, adorned with unique and artfully designed embellishments. Emily treats each design like a work of art, designed and handmade in her atelier in Charleston, South Carolina.
Sareh Nouri
Everlasting glamour, effortless femininity and timeless elegance beyond time are the foundational qualities of Sareh Nouri designs. Wedding dresses by Sareh Nouri are known for their fine textiles, signature bow styles, and delicate yet well-constructed design which emphasizes Sareh’s “woman's touch” - one that is unapologetically and fiercely feminine.
