ARA Experience

I am so happy I chose ARA Experience to create my wedding dress!!I began looking for my wedding dress a year before my wedding and was extremely overwhelmed with the amount of dresses I was unsure about, I went to around 4 different bridal houses, and tried on over 20 dresses...I came across a lovely Adelaide couple starting up a new bridal business called ARA Experience and they made the whole experience exciting and easyPenny has the most beautiful and creative soul and really went above and beyond to make the dress of my dreams! We spent time together focussing on fabrics; designing and perfecting the dress even to the last embroided flower.The process was easy and personal, which was really important to meI highly recommend ARA Experience!

Penny was a wonderful designer. She made my wedding dress beautifully and it was even more wonderful than I could have imagined!! (The photos don't do it justice!) Working with her on the design process was so much fun even though I wasn't sure how it would go, but her process for working with you to understand you and customise a dress just for you is fantastic. All my little quirks and requests for my dress (a 3 piece custom design with hi-lo front) she executed so brilliantly and our day could not have gone better. Cannot highly recommend her and ARA team enough!!

From the very start, Penny made the experience of designing my dream dress so incredibly easy, fun and exciting! Penny listened to all of my ideas but I was also so grateful for all of her suggestions when I felt indecisive. Communication was always so quick and easy and Penny made me feel so great with her enthusiasm! I am so grateful for all the extra effort Penny went to from putting together the sample materials so beautifully to stickers of my name being on all the packaging! I'll treasure so many special moments from this process, and I feel so lucky to have had Penny to make my dress! I couldn't recommend ARA Experience more highly!

Penny is amazing and incredibly talented. She made the process easy, kept me informed of her progress along the way and gave great advice/input to help create the dress I wanted. She is absolutley lovely, placed no pressure and made me feel comfortable. I couldn't have been happier and I highly, highly recommend her.

I was so thoroughly impressed by my appointment and how dedicated Penny was to listening in to what I wanted and sharing light into any possibilities for my dress design! She was personable and a great listener!I am truly grateful for the ARA experience and I highly recommend!

Penny is the most beautiful person you will ever meet. She was so welcoming and patient during my first two visits. I cannot wait for the dress making process to begin and see Penny build the incredible dress she helped me design!

Penny made my wedding dress for my elopement in Bali. I was super happy with the experience and result. Penny herself is lovely and clearly has great skill, passion and communication. I love that she moved from the fast fashion industry to become a female business over who is thriving. She made the experience stress free, easy and enjoyable. As soon as I finished the appointment I didn't want to go to anyone else.loved her modular try-on system to work out what I wanted without effort or having to 'imagine' anything. As my dress was from the elopement range (a little more simple) she managed to get it done in less than 2 months which was amazing. The dress itself was really cute and literally everyone commented on how stylish, unique and 'me' it was. It also allowed me to hike for >40mins and negotiate slippery rocks and stand under a misty waterfall comfortably and without any creasing.100% recommend, thanks Penny :)

Penny is an amazing dressmaker and beautiful person! She is so professional and caring throughout the entire process. She made my dream dress come to life and I couldn't have asked for a better person to trust for my special day. Can't recommend highly enough!

Penny was an absolute GEM to work with. I made her job particularly hard and was difficult to work with because I kept changing her designs when my body kept changing shape with pregnancy! Penny's professionalism to acknowledge a pregnant woman's needs and ensure I was comfortable is amazing - she completely altered her initial design to accommodate my ever changing shape in the lead up to the wedding day. I felt amazing and Penny delivered a great result for me.I'm really excited to come back to Penny soon to arrange a re-design of my dress so I can use it again in future for gala events! She is brilliant at what she does and I'm thoroughly impressed that she didn't push for her own design but wanted to make sure I was comfortable. Thank you for working with a pregnant bride and making me feel amazing!

I am so thankful a friend recommended Ara Experience to me. I decided I wanted to get a second reception dress for my wedding made, but I wasn’t exactly sure what I was after. Penny was so accomodating and patient. The whole process was so easy, and I felt genuinely cared for from the very first email. Penny’s passion and love for her craft and for her clients is evident in everything she does. The showroom is beautiful and her pieces are stunning. I changed my mind several times, but Penny made my dream dress possible, even with a short timeframe. I felt so comfortable and completely like myself in my dress. It was a surprise my husband and all of our guests, and I received so many comments on how beautiful it was. I was able to dance all night long. I loved (and still do love) my dress so much. I can’t thank you enough Penny. I would recommend Ara Experience to anyone who is looking for a beautiful dress and a consultant/designer who truly care ❤️These photos are by Story Studio