The Bridal Centre, Market Deeping, Peterborough

I am quite a shy person and not into 'fuss and fashion'...I had been to several shops prior to visiting The Bridal Centre in Market Deeping, Peterborough, and I had felt very uncomfortable, as no one would talk about the style of dress to suit my body, and they were more interested in the styles they stocked!

I liked the range of styles in this shop to suit my figure (size 10 with broad shoulders). The range of bridesmaid dresses is very good also.

I arrived at The Bridal Centre shop in Market Deeping with my perfect size 10 sister who was visiting from out of town. She had happened to see her ideal dress in the window of the shop after searching various shops in London and the North of England for months, and wanted to buy it. We walked into the shop and was offered an appointment three weeks away. She explained she lived 200 miles away and was only in town for 2 days. They would not let her try the dress on.

She was happy to have ordered the dress, and had she needed alterations, our mum who is a dress maker, could have done them or could have come down closer to the wedding.

Fortunately, the dress of her dreams was on the Bridal Centre website where she promptly noted the designer and name of dress, and ordered it from her local wedding shop. When it arrived it fitted perfectly and needed no alterations. She looked like a princess, and the wedding was beautiful.

The dress cost £850 - seems silly to me that any business would throw away that kind of easy money.

I was recommended to go to Market Deeping by a friend who got married last year, and I was not disappointed by the reception I got from what my friend had said. I was impressed with their selection, which is the largest I have ever seen.

Overall, I was very pleased with everything, even a good cuppa too, and I ended up buying a lovely dress and bridesmaids on a second visit. Oh, the mirrors were huge, which makes a nice change!!

I would recommend the Bridal Centre.

I arrived at the The Bridal Centre in Market Deeping for a pre-booked appointment, confirmed via email, to find I wasn't booked in. We were ignored until one of the girls practically tripped over us and was forced to speak. I am a size 20, so whether this had any bearing on the service I don't know, but we were basically told to just go through the endless racks by ourselves. At no point was any assistance offered as to what styles and colours etc might be flattering, or pointed in the direction of dresses in stock in my size that I might like to start by trying on. We felt extremely unwelcome and uncomfortable in the shop, and when we left after 10 minutes, no effort was made to stop us. This was my first ever time in a bridal shop, on what should have been a lovely day, and all I can say is The bridal Centre absolutely ruined it.

Thumbs up to Pronuptia in Peterborough though, who were the complete opposite, and they turned the day round for me, and we found a beautiful dress there!