#1 Wedding Blog

Have you choosen your wedding gown? In total, i bought 3 wedding gowns, yes, “crazy” at times. My first wedding dress was a deep v plunging neckline wedding gown from Malaysia’s Eric Choong. I wore this for my Hong Kong wedding reception in Hong Kong. For my Malaysia wedding in Mandarin Oriental in June, we decided to get another custom made wedding gown from Margaret McCallum in KL Plaza.

I have been researching for different designers in KL a few months ago and managed to check out some of them. I’ve compiled a summary of the information i found, so that new brides deciding to custom make their own gown would be able to get some ideas on how to decide.

Here are some tips on how to choose your wedding dress designer:-
1. Browse magazines, and show the designer what you would like to wear

2. Consider your budget for this custom wedding gown
Here is a price list of some famous wedding gown designers in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia in alphabetical listing.

a) Beatrice Looi - showroom in StarHill Gallery & Bangsar Shopping Village (new wing)
- have various packages from RM5,000 onwards to up to RM20,000
- wedding packages will include shoes, wedding gown, an evening dress plus even the men’s suit so your Groom would also get a designer suit)
- my last purchase from Beatrice was 9 dresses so i decided that i probably should try something else for my KL wedding
- i wore a gold halter neck gown for my Hong Kong wedding as the evening dress. I’ll be wearing another lacy Beatrice Looi gown for my Malaysia wedding as my “salsa” dancing dress.
- evening gowns prices are quite affordable, with basic ones starting about RM300, and couture gowns about RM5,000
- you can get ready designed gowns at about RM2,500
- i only met her once when i was browsing the Bangsar outlet (not during my shopping spree earlier)

b) Carven Ong - showroom in Lot 10 (top floor)
- price ranges from RM3,500 onwards for custom made gown
- ready made gowns are about RM2,500
- i met him once when i was trying on a wedding gown that was on SALE but it looked nicer on the rack

c) Eric Choong - showroom in Bangsar (just above Madam Kwan restaurant)
- price ranges from RM4,000 onwards for custom made wedding gowns
- ready made gowns are about RM3,000 onwards
- with over 16 years of experience in wedding gown designing, he’s one of the top designers in Malaysia.
- my first wedding gown was purchased off the rack from Eric Choong so i wanted something different for my other wedding dress. The selling price for that first gown was RM6,600 but i got a special price for that (the gown just seemed to fit me so well so i had to buy it)
- the team here is very friendly & it’s a cosy environment so you’ll be amazed how fast time passes by.

d) Margaret McCallum - showroom at KL Plaza ground floor
- designer’s name is Shamsu Yusoff, and he’s a funny man plus extremely friendly
- price ranges from RM3,500 for custom made wedding dresses
- ready made gowns are about RM2,500 onwards
- you’ll get to see sketches of previous gowns designed and price on the sketches
- the first time i visited this boutique, we spent over 2 hours chatting so finally i decided that he would be the one designing my wedding gown
- p/s: He’ll not ask brides to starve till you turn into sticks, and he’s the type that will try to bring out the good features of your body shape!

e) Orson Liyu also based in KL Plaza (the row in between the car parking entrances, facing the mamak stalls)
- only mannequins to display some ready made gowns so no ready made that you can purchase off the rack
- custom made gowns starts from RM5,000
- i’ve not met him on that day, but when i was discussing with the girl at the boutique, the gown i had on my mind would cost about RM8,000 …

There are also a couple more designers i’ve visited but i didn’t check the price list such as Alvin Tay who was based in KL Plaza (row facing StarHill)
- he was just opening this new boutique when i visited this outlet, plus i wished i was able to attend his official launch there but i was away overseas then
- easy to find outlet

I have tried to visit Divine Couture in Renaissance Hotel too as i was intrigued by her advertised wedding gowns samples from bridal magazines. However, there was no response to the contact form / email i submitted online their website. There was even once that i drove all the way there only to find the outlet closed. Maybe it’s just fate that i didn’t get a chance to met them.

However, be warned that you might run into no so pleasant designers. I had one such incident, where i went into their shop (also in KL) and they were not even willing to open the door to their outlet. It was as though they were so busy with their own work that they couldn’t entertain anyone…. The designer did not even say hi nor smile. So even though i felt his clothes looked nice, i wouldn’t want to purchase anything from him.

Brides, worry not, becauase from my experience shared above, most of them are friendly and they’ll be able to create your ultimate dream wedding gown (with the right price, of course)!

:
wedding gown, wedding dress, custom wedding dress, designer bridal gown, malaysia designer, asian designers

Trackback URI | Comments RSS