Would highly recommend Bridal Gown Care for alterations and cleaning. I worked with the Seamstress Jill for alterations and she was professional, knowledgeable, and able to guide me on alterations decisions when I was not sure what I wanted. I also worked with Carol to schedule a cleaning as I used my dress twice. Carol was quick to respond, very thorough and I always felt like my dress was in good hands. I’ll be using Bridal Gown Care to preserve my dress as well.

I bought my dress from Lovely Bride and they do not do alterations. I didn't think I would need too much done to it in terms of alterations when we purchased the dress. The saleswoman there talked me in to purchasing a size up. (I was between two sizes and was a little reluctant to go up a size since when she measured me it was my first week off of crutches in about 2 1/2 months. I am an active person so knew I would lose some weight after I got back into my regular routine.)

Always go with your gut because when I picked up the dress it was falling off of me. Also my dress was a two piece ball gown with a full tulle skirt and the bustier had boning and custom lace. I was a wreck trying to figure out how to make this the gown of my dreams.

Cathi is a miracle worker. I feel like this was a big job and she did amazing! Just talking to her I can see that she has a lot of experience behind her and she made good judgement calls about where to alter the dress and where to leave it so it didn't look altered. I was nervous about not taking in the cup size since I am a lot smaller there but after she showed me many different cup shapes we found on that looked really natural and on the big day no one noticed. It was also really great to have two fittings in addition to the consultation because from the first fitting to the second I did lose a little more weight.

I always do a TON of research for all my services, especially with my wedding, and BGC had the best reviews and Cathi lived up to them all.

I would recommend Bridal Gown Care Experts for anyone in the Long Beach area.