Ferrari Formalwear & Bridal is a national formalwear group with a full bridal arm, and its bridal rooms sit in fourteen stores across five states — from Sydney’s…
Bridal Dress Stores · Tamworth, New South Wales · By appointment
Judy Medway has been designing and making bridal couture for more than 35 years, and works from Tamworth in the New England North West. Every gown is a one-off, designed with the bride and built over a series of fittings. Her own phrase for the label is “divinely feminine”, and the work runs from clean bias-cut silk to hand-beaded period pieces.
One name on the label — Judy Medway. She describes her design themes as modern, minimalistic and contemporary, fantasy, period era styles, alternative, or classical elegance, and she is trained across the whole craft: design, patternmaking, assembly, fitting, tailoring, couture finishing, garment detailing and fabric dyeing. Her gowns have appeared on the covers of Australian bridal magazines and in parades at Sydney Town Hall and Fox Studios.
A bride who wants a gown drawn for her rather than chosen from a rack, and who cares about how it is made — the hand beading, the couture finishing, the lace. It suits anyone hard to fit or working to a period or unusual brief, and anyone who wants the accessories designed to match: veils, headpieces, jewellery, garters and wraps are all made to complement the gown. Brides have travelled from overseas and had a gown made during their stay in Australia, by prior arrangement.
Strictly by appointment, pre-booked. Fabrics are chosen at the first design appointment, and a fabric dyeing service means the colour can be matched rather than compromised. There is a pre-gown fitting before any fabric is cut, then a progressive series of fittings that allow for design changes and weight adjustment. Phone 0429 031 051 or email judymedwaycouture@gmail.com. An online shop sells her handmade accessories, jewellery and bridal lace by the metre.
She also coaches brides. Judy is a qualified art therapist, counsellor and coach, and offers bridal and personal coaching — in person, by phone, email or video — to help a bride plan, stay on track and manage the stress of the year before the wedding. Pairing a couture atelier with a qualified counsellor is unusual, and after 35 years of watching brides through it she is unusually well placed to do both.
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Ferrari Formalwear & Bridal is a national formalwear group with a full bridal arm, and its bridal rooms sit in fourteen stores across five states — from Sydney’s…