Sanda Valentina

It's been a lovely experience having my wedding dress altered by Sanda, she added beautiful details to the dress and made sure it fitted me perfectly! Sanda also did a fab job on my sister's maid of honour dress :) Sanda is calm, very experienced and friendly, would recommend her to anyone!

Sanda has been a total pleasure to work with every step of the way. I can’t share details yet (getting married next year!), but she totally aligned with my ambitious plan for my second hand dress alterations, and made it her very own project. Sanda also does awesome custom mother of the bride outfits, and her own wedding dress line - really worth checking out. I couldn’t imagine a better person to have asked to help me make my dream dress!

Sandra is fantastic, I can't recommend her highly enough. Not only is she very skilled at what she does, but she is also kind and was very reassuring when I came to her 2 weeks before my wedding with my dress that I managed to rescue from another seamstress. She is clearly very experienced and makes her own wedding dresses, hair bands, boleros etc. She knew exactly what we needed to do to my dress, which seemed quite complicated to me, but she made it look easy! I just wish I'd found her sooner so I could have got my mum a dress made for the day!

I was SO lucky to have been recommended Sanda Valentina. She is incredibly talented and amazing at what she does. Before I met her, I had an absolute nightmare with my wedding dress as the shop I bought it from wrongly advised me chiffon was a suitable fabric to make a fitted dress. This turned out not to be the case. With only 2 weeks until my wedding, Sanda made me a completely new skirt in silk satin which she attached to the bodice of the dress. She transformed the dress into a luxury garment and I felt so incredible wearing it. When I first met Sanda, I felt so stressed as I was not happy with the dress the shop had made me. Sanda took away all my stress and I felt I could finally relax. I received SO many compliments on the day of my wedding about the dress. My husband absolutely loved it too. I would highly recommend Sanda to you!

I was initially a bit nervous about using Sanda to alter and fit my wedding dress as was relying only on positive online reviews. But I'm really glad I did - Sanda was friendly, understood exactly what I wanted and what needed doing. The end result fit perfectly and it was difficult to tell it was a high street wedding dress! Would definitely recommend.

Sanda is an incredibly talented seamstress, as well as a lovely person! I bought my dream dress second hand but several sizes too big (see before pics). After purchasing, I started to have doubts about whether we would be able to make it look how I wanted, and Sanda very kindly saw me for a complimentary consultation to show me how the dress would look when altered, and this really put my mind at ease. When it came to the actual alterations, Sanda was able to totally transform the dress and it fitted me like a glove. She even made a custom bow to match the fabric of the dress. Thank you so much Sanda!

I have visited a couple of dressmakers to bring a design I have in mind to life. I must admit that Sanda knows her job! She listens, adds her ideas, explains in great detail how she's going to achieve the design... She's just awesome. She gave me so much confidence and had sample fabrics for me to feel and recommended fabric types and why. She is affordable too. I definitely recommend her services!!

Sanda is simply brilliant!Understands your vision as well as being very experienced in terms of solutions to any issues you have or are concerned aboutVery friendly and easy to talk toI brought my own dress to her that was too big and not only did she adjust it perfectly but she enhanced it by adding a belt and more detailShe is a very talented lady.

Sanda creates the most beautiful dresses and works her magic to tailor them to fit you perfectly. I wore one of Sanda's own creations for my wedding day in May and it was simply amazing - pure silk, timeless, elegant, and perfectly fitted to me. A few weeks before the wedding I was worried that the dress needed further adjustment, Sanda booked me in at short notice to come and see her and showed us how to button the dress correctly to fit perfectly. Thank you Sanda for creating such an amazing dress for my wedding day!

Sanda made a bespoke wedding dress for me based on a picture of a similar dress that I had seen. I honestly can't express how amazing the result. It is exactly what I wanted, only somehow better and more suited to me. The attention to detail that Sanda showed throughout the entire process was nothing short of incredible.If you are getting married and want to create something that is exactly what you want and suited to you then I cannot recommend Sanda enough. The dress I wanted was nothing like the styles of dresses on her website, and yet she created exactly what I had in mind.