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Bridal Dress Stores · Shepparton, Victoria · By appointment
Vallaro Couture
About
Overview & Vibe
Vallaro Couture is a one-woman couture workroom in Shepparton, where Leanne designs and hand-makes every gown to order. Nothing here comes off a rack: a wedding dress is drawn with you, cut to your measurements and built over about three fittings. Her own words for it are “show stopping custom designs created with love”.
Dress Styles & Designers
One label and one pair of hands — Vallaro Couture. Leanne works in exquisite fabrics, laces and beading, and the brief is yours: traditional, classic, or modern and on-trend. Alongside bridal she makes debutante gowns, flower girl dresses, holy communion dresses and christening gowns, so a whole wedding party can be dressed by the same maker.
Ideal For
A Goulburn Valley bride who wants a gown that is genuinely hers rather than a sample in her size — and who likes the idea of the person cutting the fabric being the person she sits down with. It also suits a bride dressing little ones: the flower girl and communion pieces are the same handwork in miniature. And if your gown came from elsewhere, Leanne alters wedding, evening, mother-of-the-bride and deb gowns too.
The Need-to-Knows
By appointment, Monday to Saturday. The process is set out in six steps: book a time, confirm your date, bring the pictures of the dresses you love (or have Leanne sketch one for you), be measured in the bra you will wear on the day, then a calico fitting before a single piece of your real fabric is cut, and about three fittings after that. Phone Leanne on 0447 190 385 or email vallarocouture@outlook.com.au.
Standout Feature
The calico fitting. Leanne makes a full toile of your dress in plain cotton and fits it to you before she starts the real one — so the shape is proven on your body while it can still be changed for free. It is a couture-house step, and it is not something you get with an off-the-rack gown and an alterations appointment.
Dresses
- Flower Girl Dress with Head Piece. An ivory flower girl dress with a matching head piece, available in sizes 0 to 8 and hand made in Shepparton.
- Flower Girl Dress with Removable Train. An ivory flower girl dress with a removable train, hand made in Shepparton — size 6 measures 56cm chest, 54cm waist and 61cm hips, size 8 measures 60cm, 55cm and 64cm.
- The Madison Dress Pink. A pink dress with a head piece, reduced, available in sizes 0 to 8 and hand made in Shepparton.
- Princess Flower Pearl Dress. A two-piece pearl and flower set in sizes 0 to 8, hand made in Shepparton, with a published size guide for the top, waist, hip and skirt length.
Appointment Policy
- Appointments are available Monday to Saturday — make one as your first step.
- Have the date of your wedding ready when you book.
- Send or bring pictures of the dresses you like, or Leanne will help sketch a design for you.
- Leanne takes your measurements wearing the bra you intend to wear on the day.
- A calico fitting is done before your gown is started, so the shape is proven before the real fabric is cut.
- Expect about three fittings before the gown is finished.
- Phone Leanne on 0447 190 385 or email vallarocouture@outlook.com.au to arrange a time.
Dress Designers
- Vallaro Couture — Leanne's own label — she designs, cuts, sews and hand-finishes every gown herself, and no other label is stocked.
Dress Experience
- Vallaro Couture is a hand crafted, made to order bridal workroom in Shepparton, Victoria.
- Leanne started sewing at nineteen, in 2004, and Vallaro Couture opened in 2017.
- She has completed a College of Fashion Design course and a Diploma of Fashion as a designer and dressmaker.
- She also completed The Pattern Drafter course with Maria Boncaldo, which is what gave her the confidence to start sewing for clients.
- She specialises in custom made to measure bridal gowns, debutante gowns, flower girl dresses, communion dresses and christening gowns.
- She takes great pride in using high quality fabrics, and says she can spend so many hours on just one gown.
- Her own line about the work: she loves detail that is unique and timeless.
- Alterations of bridal gowns and formal wear are a second specialty, with the aim that a finished alteration should not look like one at all.
Dress Styles
- custom
- made to measure
- couture
- lace
- beaded
- classic
Nearby Landmarks
- Shepparton – the Goulburn Valley's main centre, and where the workroom is.
- Mooroopna and Kialla – the neighbouring towns, minutes across the Goulburn River.
- The Goulburn and Broken Rivers – the river country many local couples are photographed in.
- Tatura, Numurkah and Nathalia – the surrounding Goulburn Valley towns.
- Melbourne – about two hours south down the Goulburn Valley Highway.
Purchase Options
- Made To Measure
- Custom Design
- Ready To Wear
- Alterations
Services Offered
- Custom Wedding Gowns — hand crafted and made to measure, designed with you from scratch.
- Debutante Gowns — traditional, classic or modern, in exquisite fabrics, laces and beading.
- Flower Girl Dresses — made to stand out and to suit your bridal party.
- Holy Communion And Baptism Gowns — a gown to treasure and keep.
- Christening Gowns — hand crafted and made to order.
- Wedding Gown Alterations — including gowns bought elsewhere.
- Evening Gown Alterations.
- Mother Of The Bride Gown Alterations.
- Deb Gown Alterations.
- General Clothing Alterations.
- Design Sketching — bring the pictures you love, or Leanne will sketch a design for you.
- Australia Post Delivery — for the ready-made children's pieces.
Size Range
No details available.
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Contact
- Website
- vallarocouture.com.au
- Phone
- 0447 190 385
- Based in
- Shepparton, Victoria