Wedding Dress Designers
Australia has some of the best wedding dress designers in the world including internationally recognised bridal labels that regularly feature in global fashion magazines. So if you're wanting to create a one-of-a-kind couture wedding gown to wear on your big day, there's a wide choice of world-class Australian bridal designers to choose from.
Top Australian bridal gown designers custom make Haute Couture gowns from AU $8,000. Haute Couture is the ultimate experience in designing your own wedding dress, where you'll collaborate one-on-one with your chosen fashion designer to conceptualise and create your dream wedding gown.
Bespoke wedding gowns can also be commissioned from $2,000 - $3,500 from local wedding dress designers. You get a similar one-on-one design experience as with Haute Couture, but without the distinct styling that comes with a specific brand. Local designers offer exceptional design quality and craftsmanship, and are the perfect choice for affordable custom couture.
Many of Australia's most well known wedding dress designers offer ready-to-wear collections that are released seasonally. The designer wedding dresses in these collections can either be purchased online or through select stockists and either made-to-measure specifically for you, or taken off-the-rack. If purchasing off the rack you'll likely need a local tailor for any required alterations.
Here are 16 amazing wedding dress designers who design beautiful wedding gowns for brides across Australia.
Australian Wedding Designers
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Wedding Dress Designers in Melbourne
Anna Campbell Couture
- Showroom: 44 Church St, Hawthorn, VIC 3122
- Years in Business: 15+
- Price: $3,999 - $7,999
Anna Campbell is one of Australia's most well known wedding dress designers, favoured by relaxed Brides seeking an elegant & effortless gown that oozes modern romance. The fashion label is synonymous with feminine, lightweight & romantic designs embellished with shimmer, sparkle and handcrafted lace.
All Anna Campbell designer wedding gowns are designed and handmade to order in the flagship Melbourne boutique and can be purchased via select boutiques in major cities across Australia, NZ, the UK and America. Sample sales are held at the end of each season.
Suzanne Harward Bridal
- Location: Melbourne, VIC
- Years in Business: 12+
- Prices: $4,995 - $12,995
Suzanne Harward is an iconic Australian designer of high-end couture wedding gowns with collections that range from bold & elegant minimalist ball gowns to intricate designs in detailed lace. The Suzanne Harward brand is synonymous with luxury European fabrics, lace with colour detailing, feminine silhouettes with waist details and impeccable craftsmanship.
Suzanne Harward's couture bridal dresses are made-to-order and shipped world wide. Most gowns range between $6,500 - $8,500 and come with a one-on-one online design consultation with Suzanne herself.
D'Italia
- Showroom: 62 Glenferrie Rd, Malvern, VIC 3144
- Years in Business: 13+
- Price: $2,500 - $4,000
At d’Italia, you have the choice of purchasing a designer wedding gown from the signature ready-to-wear collection, or alternatively design your own wedding dress for a perfectly fitted one-of-a-kind gown. If you're opting for a custom made wedding gown, you can try on dresses from the signature collection to help envisage what your own dress should look like.
The highly experienced bridal designers & dressmakers at d'Italia are specialists in crafting timeless & elegant gowns that bring together your vision, budget, preferred fabrics and design silhouettes. Most designer wedding dresses range between $2,500 - $3,500 or slightly more if you're opting for French lace, beading or other embellishments.
Oui The Label
- Showroom: Shop 2/ 20-22 McKillop St, Melbourne, VIC 3000
- Years in Business: 9
- Prices: $1,980 - $4,950
OUI The Label self describes as part of the 'bridal renegade' club of contemporary Australian wedding designers who create affordable & alternative, cool-girl bridal wear. The label is renowned for its effortlessly chic collection of easy to wear one & two piece bridal outfits styled to a modern-luxe aesthetic.
OUI The Label is stocked in select boutiques across Brisbane, Albury and Victoria, New Zealand, the UK, USA and Austria, and can be purchased online direct from OUI.
Lola Varma Couture
- Showroom: 149a Brunswick St, Fitzroy, VIC 3065
- Years in Business: 8
- Prices: $4,500 - $6,500
Lola Varma specialise in minimalist wedding gowns that revel in the sensuousness of silk, fine wools and cotton. Designed by Australian bridal couture designer Courtney Illfield, the gowns and separates depart from convention offering Brides an edgy alternative crafted from fluid materials that naturally grace the body's movement.
At the Lola Varma flagship store you're helped to find the perfect designer wedding gown with a silhouette, materials and palette to fit the essential you. You can also purchase wedding gowns online or from stockists and pop-up stores throughout Australia, New Zealand, Asia, America and Europe. All bridal fashion is hand made to order in Melbourne, Victoria.
Wedding Dress Designers in Sydney
Made With Love Bridal
- Showroom: Suite 7/15-17 Stanley St, St Ives, NSW 2075
- Years in Business: 11+
- Prices: $3,000 - $4,000
Made With Love is a down-to-earth, Australian luxury bridal brand with boutiques in Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane and the Gold Coast. Designed by Carla Jenkins, the label is renowned for daring necklines, draped low backs and lace corset bodices, often featuring figure hugging silhouettes in clean-line satin fabrics.
The internationally recognised fashion label releases collections seasonally with a range of ready-to-wear dresses available for immediate shipment. Most wedding gowns are priced between $3,500 - $3,800 and are available is US sizes 0 - 30. Elopement collections, removable over skirts, veils and accessories can be purchased online.
Moira Hughes Couture
- Showroom: 27 Moncur St, Woollahra, NSW 2025
- Years in Business: 11+
- Prices: $3,990 - $9,500
Moira Hughes is regarded as one of the best wedding dress designers in Australia and was named 'one to watch' by Vogue and recognised for designing Australia's most romantic wedding gowns by Harpers Bazaar. With a focus on cinematic style, Moira's gowns recreate iconic classics with innovative Parisian corsetry that sculpts & lifts from the inside with luxury laces and silks on the outside.
The Moira Hughes ready-to-wear collection is priced from $3,990 - $6,500 and is available to order from the flagship Sydney boutique, stockists in Melbourne, Perth and Tamworth, and from select boutiques in the UK & USA. Collections are typically release twice per year in April & October. Couture ranges start at $5,000.
Cortson Couture
- Showroom: 42 Gurner St, Paddington, NSW 2021
- Years in Business: 25+
- Prices: $5,200 - $11,500
Corston Couture is the bespoke bridal gown label of Coral Johnston who has dressed thousands of Brides spanning a design career over 4 decades. The Australian based bridal designer is renowned for crafting romantic & sensual wedding gowns that bring a unique modern edge to classic silhouettes. The unique twists and quirks she works into designs have seen her gowns featured in the most fashion forward bridal magazines.
Corston Couture offer a ready to wear collection of bridal gowns that are available to purchase from stockists internationally. Coral also loves to work one-on-one with brides to create bespoke wedding gowns. The cost for custom wedding dress design starts at $8,000 and typically entails a 6 - 9 month design & creation process.
Daniel Learmont Couture
- Showroom: 1Suite 15/115 Oxford St, Darlinghurst, NSW 2010
- Years in Business: 15+
- Prices: $10k+
Daniel Learmont is an award winning dressmaker who crafts timeless bridal couture with a reminiscence of 50's & 60's old world elegance. His bridal gowns and special event dresses ooze Hollywood glamour and typically favour modern clean lines and romantic silhouettes crafted from luxury silks, satins and Chantilly lace sourced from Italy, France and New York.
The maestro of bridal gowns also designs custom clothing for Mothers of the Bride and Groom, cocktail gowns, bespoke ladies suiting and daywear. His craftsmanship has featured in many iconic fashion magazines and on the red carpets of Australia's most prestigious events.
Wedding Dress Designers in Brisbane
A Bride To Be, Dare To Be Different
- Studio: Toowoomba, QLD
- Years in Business: 8+
- Prices: $2,000+
When Becky couldn't find the ideal wedding dress for her non-supermodel-like physique, she designed her own vibrantly coloured wedding gown, custom made to suit her short stature, large boobs and non-white-friendly complexion. And ever since then she's been custom making beautiful wedding gowns for other non-supermodel-like brides all over Australia.
Designing plus size wedding dresses for curvy brides is Becky's jam, and she's got a seamless online styling & fitting process that enables brides anywhere in Australia to be able to wear custom wedding attire on their big day. Becky offers bespoke bridal couture at affordable prices that typically range from $2,000 - $3,000.
Grace Love Lace
- Boutique: Burleigh Heads, QLD
- Years in Business: 13+
- Prices: $1,800 - $4,400
Grace Loves Lace is an Australian bridal fashion leader renowned for comfortable, figure hugging wedding gowns that are free from corsetry and boning. The fashion label first hit cult status in the early 2000's when designer Megan Ziem produced a range of boho-inspired wedding gowns that offered unique bridal fashion at affordable prices. Today's collection have the same sleek silhouette in modern satins & lace.
Grace Loves Lace have four boutique stores in Australia including a flagship store in Sydney, Perth, Melbourne and the original showroom on the Gold Coast. The latest bridal collection is available to purchase online.
When Freddie Met Lily
- Showroom: 9 Northam Ave, Bardon, QLD 4065
- Years in Business: 12+
- Prices: $1,400 - $4,000
When Freddie Met Lily is the bridal label of fashion designer Vanessa Ford who has a wide range of made-to-measure wedding gowns available for purchase at her Brisbane showroom. Vanessa's beautiful wedding gowns have a unique bohemian elegance crafted from French and Italian lace, pure silk, tulle, and crystal embellishments.
The When Freddie Met Lily fashion label is showcased at Bridal Fashion Week every year in New York and across Australia. The average price of gowns ranges from $2500 to $3500 and are available in sizes 8 - 20.
Madi Lane Bridal
- Purchase from retailers
- Years in Business: 8+
- Prices: $2,000 - $3,000
Madi Lane is a Gold Coast based couture bridal brand that is available to purchase from over 500 stockists worldwide. Collections embody femininity and feature dramatic and contemporary couture design from billowing lace sleeves and accentuated waists to detailed lace corsetry, high leg splits and grand embellished bows.
Madi Lane gowns are lightweight and comfortable Australian-designed wedding dresses available in US sizes 2 - 28. New collections are released each season, offering fully customisable couture with detachable features, bust cups, embellishments and fabric options.
Anna Dutton Couture
- Studio: Mackay, QLD
- Years in Business: 14+
- Prices: $2,750 - $4,600
Anna Dutton is an award winning Australian bridal designer who specialises in crafting one-off couture gowns with matching headpieces and veils. Anna works with you to design your custom wedding gown from conception through to delivery and covers all design styles from modern silhouettes to 40's glamour.
The cost to have Anna custom sew your wedding gown starts at $2,750. Slightly more detailed bridal gowns with a train are priced from $3,600 and $4,600 is the starting price for Haute Couture.
Wedding Dress Designers South Australia
Calèche Bridal House
- Showroom: Norwood, Adelaide, SA
- Years in Business: 40+
- Prices: $2,500 - $10,000
Calèche Bridal House bring European inspired wedding gowns to the Australian bridal scene, designing, cutting and sewing custom made gowns in the Adelaide design room. The atelier produces a range of made to measure gowns for retail purchase, and works one-on-one with brides to design custom couture with a contemporary European edge.
All Calèche garments are overseen by Elizabeth Foubert who is the brand's creative director. Liz's background includes designing for labels including H&M and Top Shop, and she has been creating bespoke bridal couture for Calèche for over 25 years.
Alexis George Fashion House
- Showroom: 86 Fullarton Rd, Norwood, SA 5067
- Years in Business: 40+
- Prices: $5,000+
Pat & George Georgiou are highly experienced wedding designers with more than 40 years creating custom bridal couture. The Alexis George fashion house offer a one-on-one design experience for brides with their own style ideas, and hand sew elegant, flattering gowns in their Adelaide fashion house.
A custom designed Alexis George wedding gown starts at $8,000 with ready to wear available from $5,000.
FAQ About Wedding Gown Designers
How much does a custom designed wedding gown cost?
The average price for a custom designed wedding gown in Australia ranges from $2,000 - $8,500. Made to measure wedding gowns are cheaper than fully custom made.
What's the difference between a made-to-measure and custom designed wedding gown?
A made-to-measure wedding gown is pre-designed and custom made to your measurements. You can view photos of made to measure gowns for sale online or in bridal salons. Custom designed wedding gowns are created from scratch and involve a collaboration between you and the designer starting with sketching your ideal wedding dress.
Who are the most affordable wedding designers in Australia?
The most affordable wedding gown designers in Australia include A Bride To Be, Dare To Be Different with custom designed gowns priced from $2,000 which are made-to-measure via online consultations. D'Italia in Melbourne and When Freddie Met Lily in Brisbane also offer budget friendly custom designed wedding gowns.
When should I order a custom designed wedding gown?
Most Australian fashion designers suggest starting the design process for a wedding gown 9 - 12 months in advance of your big day. On average, it takes 6 months for a made to measure gown to be finished. Some design houses with an in-house production team can deliver your custom bridal gown within 3 months.
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