Ready to Wear Wedding Dresses

Australian wedding dress designer KAREN WILLIS HOLMES has been at the forefront of bridal fashion since being established in 2000, providing beautifully designed and handcrafted wedding gowns for the elegant, modern and timeless bride. Our team is based in Australia and every one of our staff is dedicated to our company’s mission and the brides we have the pleasure of working with. Our goal is to always create a one-of-a-kind, personal and genuine experience for brides when finding their perfect wedding dress.

Read more about KWH here.

Our Ready to Wear Collection is available to try on in our Sydney Flagship Boutique only.

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Sydney Flagship Boutique
14B/32 Ralph St Alexandria, NSW
Ph (02) 8338 1078
alexandria@karenwillisholmes.com
Hours:
Monday – Closed
Tuesday – Friday – 10am – 5:30pm
Sat – 9am – 5:30pm
Sun – Closed

All Ready to Wear Wedding dresses are $3490

Our other collections range from $3990 – $10,000

The Ready to Wear collection size range is AUS/ UK 4 – 16 | US 0 – 12 and these gowns are sold on a first come first serve basis.

We will have a variety of available sizes across this size range in store for you to try on.

Our made-to-order wedding dresses range from AUS/UK 4 – 24 | US 0  – 20. We have size AUS/UK 10 and select size AUS/UK 16 samples in store to try on.

If you don’t live near a KWH boutique, contact our customer service team directly and we will have a solution for you to secure your dream gown. Our team can also offer you styling advice via phone or email. Feel free to contact them on +61 2 9519 3901 or info@karenwillisholmes.com.

Our ready-to-wear line means we can work with a shorter time frame as long as your desired gown is in stock.

We do carry stock of some of our made-to-order gowns in-house, or we can sometimes make a gown in much shorter timeframes if we have all the fabric and time in our production calendar to fit your order in. While we can work with shorter time frames, we always recommend a longer timeline, as having a shorter one will limit what is available to you.

If you have a short time frame, please contact us on info@karenwillisholmes.com or + 61 2 9519 3901 to discuss your options.

Alterations are expected and essential for the finishing touches to any gown and will make the gown truly yours. When purchasing a gown, we take your body measurements to help determine the closest standard size to your body based on our size chart. However, alterations are needed to fine-tune for fit and to your personal preference. Whether that means taking in a gown to make it smaller for your hips, bust, or waist (or maybe everywhere), adding cups, shortening straps, hemming the length, and adding in the bustle for your train, alterations are a standard part of the whole process.

Our ready to wear wedding dresses look fabulous when styled with our veils and detachable wedding skirt trains. While some brides choose to wear both, or just one or the other, an addition of either can truly complete your look. Adding a veil makes your look feel unmistakably bridal, while the addition of a removable train gives you a bold transition from ceremony to reception and adds femininity and unique style to your wedding look.

Ready to wear gowns do not have to be made upon the time of your order. Most KAREN WILLIS HOLMES wedding dresses are completed from start to finish at the time a bride orders her gown, but ready to wear dresses are already made and can be left with the day you try it on, or ordered into our boutique with a quick turnaround time if it’s not on hand at the shop you’ve gone to. If you’re ordering online, these gowns have a faster turnaround time than our other wedding dresses as well as they are ready to ship out. 

On the hunt for the perfect shape wear for your gown? Have a look at our stylist’s expert advice here.