Sydney Dressmakers - Marilena Gabriel

Marilena was just wonderful in creating the perfect outfit for my son's wedding. After searching many weeks I was only disappointed trying to find an outfit. After finding Marilena I could not of been more happy with the help, ideas, style, fabric and service provided by Marilena, the outfit was perfect and absolutely stunning. The experience was amazing from start to finish. She even took the weather into consideration which I was grateful for as the night was quiet cool and I was thankful that at the last minute Marilena made an amazing shawl to match the outfit. The attention to detail on my outfit was amazing. Thanks Marilena for making the experience enjoyable and making me feel special on the day.

Thank you marilena, my wedding dress was perfect, especially being 8.5 months pregnant. there is no way i would have been able to find anything like it. the dress was elegant, beautiful and most of all, comfortable.Highly recommended, friendly, welcoming and very reasonably pricedThank you again xxx

Marilena Gabriel recently helped me with the creation of 6 floor length fully lined gowns for an international runway event held at The Cutaway, Barangaroo, Sydney, for my business. From the moment we met, I found Marilena to be highly professional and her workmanship can not be faulted. I was on a time pressure having been let down elsewhere, so you can imagine my delight when not only were they ready on time but they were just perfect. Absolutely highly recommended. Thank you Marilena x

Very personal service

Left my dress 4 weeks before pick up. Discussed with her re taking up hem and shoulders which also had a shawl attached which was detachable. Went to pick it up and the hem is crooked and uneven and not even hemmed ! Questioned her and was told that’s the way it is even when pointed out it would fray! The beading on the dress was detaching even though that was not how it was given , was told to secure the beading would be an extra cost and not included in the price quoted . The shawl part was then sewn into the dress which was not discussed and can never be detached again . Tags taken off dress , extra fabric not given ! This all happened 10 days before my sons wedding and she thought it was all ok. No sorry nothing when pointed all the problems . Only when I left disgusted after paying that my daughter questioned her work ( I thought I had no choice at that stage but to accept the dress that way ) she did offer to fix the dress to my daughter but at this stage would I trust her work ? No way !!! My wonderful kids found the same dress elsewhere and my dress was altered in 4 days!!! With an amazing result !!! I am really thinking of going to fair trading and the ombudsman to report you and to get back the money I paid for a disgusting job and also pay for the 2nd dress we had to buy and get altered!! Beware ppl !!!!.. giving 1 google review but if I could would give her zero!!!

Marilena is very talented and makes the perfect dresses. The style, the fabric, the way dress looks on me, everything just perfect!