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Alter Me Alter Me is your one-stop bridal shop providing specialist services in bridal alterations, bespoke wedding dresses & ready-to-wear collections.

With over 20 years of experience amongst our team, we pride ourselves in being Auckland’s #1 bridal specialist. Alter Me is a couture sewing company located in Botany Auckland, which provides you remarkable services regarding couture. We not only alter or modify your old clothes but also sew the new ones. Providing all types of designing and clothing alteration services to solve your wardrobe disasters, we apply a range of reformed techniques to shape and alter your attire into a brand new wardrobe.

06/10/2026

You can tell something doesn’t look quite right, but knowing what needs changing is another story 🤍

Sometimes the detail that catches your eye is only part of the problem. During a fitting, we look at how the whole dress sits on you, because changing the cups alone won’t always give you the fit you’re hoping for.

You don’t need to arrive knowing the solution. That’s what we’re here for 😌

Always take your wedding dress to a bridal alteration specialist!

What caught your eye first in this video? Let me know in the comments! 🙋🏻‍♀️

30/09/2026

Can you spot what went wrong with this online wedding dress? 👀

Buying a wedding dress online can sometimes work out beautifully, but there is always an element of risk when you haven’t seen or tried the gown in person first.

In this case, our bride actually loved the dress overall, but one of the straps had been sewn on upside down 😅 Thankfully, it was an easy fix.

Other alterations included taking in the centre-back zip and inner elastic, fixing the hook and eye, and hemming the gown so everything sat beautifully for her.

I’m curious… if you bought your wedding dress online, were you happy when it arrived, or was it completely different from what you expected?

Let me know in the comments!

22/09/2026

Sometimes fixing an alteration takes far more work than doing it correctly the first time ✨️

For this bride, shortening the straps had lifted the entire bustline too high, which meant the bust curve was no longer sitting where her natural bust actually was.

Correcting it meant completely reshaping the bust curve, carefully removing and repositioning overlapping lace, working around boning, and checking everything again at fitting before the final hand-sewing was completed.

This is why experience, communication, and knowing when to ask for help matter so much in bridal alterations.

Brides trust us to guide them, but as seamstresses, we also need to know when something is outside our comfort zone. Referring a bride or asking another specialist for advice is never a weakness. It is part of giving her the best possible result.

And I’m so grateful for the seamstresses who have trusted us enough to refer brides our way when an alteration needed a different level of experience 🙏🏼

21/09/2026

The easiest alteration isn’t always the right alteration 🤍

This bride came to us after her bodice had been shortened through the straps. While that may seem like the simplest way to lift a long bodice, it also lifted the bust points and armhole too high.

For this gown, the better approach would have been to shorten through the waist so the proportions of the bodice stayed where they were meant to sit.

That’s why bridal alterations are never just about fixing one area. Every adjustment can affect another part of the gown.

And this is also why experience matters. Not every seamstress will approach the same alteration in the same way, and not every method will give you the same result.

Follow along for part two, where I’ll show you how we corrected the bodice and brought everything back into proportion ✨

16/09/2026

Wedding dress drapery can be beautiful, but it needs a little extra care when steaming.

If your gown has soft cowls, pleating or draped folds, avoid holding the steamer too close or pulling the fabric sideways. Both can affect the way the drape sits and can create unwanted crease lines.

Hold the cowls in the direction it’s designed to fall, keep a little distance between the steamer and the gown, and let the fabric hang and settle afterwards.

I also recommend steaming your dress the night before so it has plenty of time to dry before the wedding day.

Save this for later if your dress has draping, and follow us for more wedding dress tips 🤍

04/09/2026

From an online top to a bespoke one-piece gown 🤍

For this bride, we created a custom skirt with soft front cowl detailing, a beautiful train, and carefully considered construction so the finish looked seamless from the front.

During the process, she decided she wanted the look to become one piece rather than two separate pieces, so we attached the skirt to the bodice through the side seams and back.

We also added eyelash lace trim to the neckline and created a custom lace veil using the same trim, which tied the whole look together so beautifully 💞

What started as a simple online top became something completely personal, elegant, and bespoke to her.

Our bride pulled this look off so effortlessly 😍

02/09/2026

From an online top to the beginning of a custom bridal gown 🤍

Our bride came to us wanting a custom skirt made to pair with the top she had purchased online. She loved a skirt we had previously created for another bespoke bride, and luckily, I still had the mock-up of that design.

Being able to try the mock-up with her top gave us such a clear visual of the overall shape, direction, and what the final gown could become.
This was the first fitting of her custom skirt, and the beginning of transforming her two-piece into a beautiful one-piece gown 😍

Follow along to see how this transformation comes together 💞

30/08/2026

Brides, if something is bothering you about your dress before the wedding, don’t ignore it. You’ll probably notice it in photos 😔

This gown was custom-made for our bride, but when it arrived there were two issues: the waist needed to be cinched in more, and the boning at the corset edge was creating a visible bump from the side.

With her wedding only days away, we reshaped the corset so it could sn**ch her waist beautifully without distorting the bodice, and shortened the boning to remove the bump completely.

It may sound subtle, but these are the details you notice in photos, especially from the side profile.

So if there is something bothering you about your dress, even if it feels small, it is always worth asking your seamstress what can be done.

Our bride’s relief at pick-up said everything 😌🫶🏼

28/08/2026

Crepe wedding dresses may look simple, but they show everything 👀

With this gown, the fabric was stretched too tightly around the thighs and higher abdomen, which caused pulling, creasing, and stress through areas that should have been sitting smooth.

Letting out only the thigh area wouldn’t have fixed the full issue. The higher abdomen also needed to be adjusted so the fabric could relax properly and the back bodice could sit back into place instead of pulling towards the sides.

That’s the thing with crepe. Every tiny adjustment matters because every pull, crease, and seam line is visible.

When it’s fitted correctly, the simplicity of the gown is what makes it so beautiful 🤍

26/08/2026

Sometimes the fabric you need to save the fit is already hiding somewhere in the dress 🤍

Our beautiful bride purchased our one and only Kya gown for her Fiji wedding, but the back was sitting slightly too tight and there wasn’t enough seam allowance to let it out fully.

Because the fabric was so unique, we couldn’t simply source a matching piece locally. So we used the detachable off-shoulder straps she wasn’t wearing to create panels for the back.

Those straps gave us just enough original fabric to close the gown, blend the panel in beautifully, and keep the finish looking seamless.

We also hemmed the front lace so she could walk comfortably, because no matter how stunning a dress is, you still need to be able to move in it.

A thoughtful alteration, a clever fabric solution, and a gown ready for her Fiji wedding ✨

Get in touch if you need a creative bridal seamstress to help with your wedding dress alterations.

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Unit G09 38 Khyber Pass Road, Grafton
Auckland
1023

Opening Hours

Monday 9am - 5:30pm
Tuesday 9am - 5:30pm
Wednesday 9am - 5:30pm
Thursday 9am - 5:30pm
Friday 9am - 5:30pm
Saturday 11am - 4pm
Sunday 11am - 4pm

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+6493936310

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