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We will once again be exhibiting at the Textile Forum on 10th - 11th March. If you have not received an invitation click here to visit Textile Forum website where you register for free entry.
This year it is one week before Harrogate whereas in previous years it has been the same week.

Michael will once again be visiting the Brith Bridal Exhibition between 14th - 16th March. Although we do not exhibit at the British Bridal Exhibition, we are present during the time of the show at a local hotel. We are always happy to see existing or prospective customers by appointment.
To make an appointment click here

We currently have some special offers on selected colours in our P42 Duchess Satin, P38 Shimmer Chiffon and P39 Shimmer Satin. For more information click here

If you are interested you will find a feature in Attire Bridal January/February issue where Michael explains his view that fabric suppliers are the forgotten part of the bridal trade.

If you do not receive Attire Bridal magazine you are able to view the entire magazine online here. The article is on the 2nd to last page.

We have introduced a range of over 50 bridal dress accessories which includes Pearl and crystal buttons as well as clasps, buckles and brooches incorporating.

We now have stock of some of these articles, but at present we are not planning on always having all these articles in stock. We will hold stock of more items over time as they become used by more customers. If we do not have stock, delivery from most of the suppliers is within 3-4 weeks and the minimum order will be 1 piece.

We will make some colour photocopies available for sampling purposes over the coming months.

These new articles are on our January 2010 pricelist.

Images of many of the articles are available to view here.

After the publicity and generally favourable comments generated by last year's event, we have decided to present this award again. We are please to announce that this year's winners are Katrina and Geraldine of Forget Me Not Designs in Ryde, IOW.

Like last year, one of the main criteria for the winners to fulfil, is to contribute to the ongoing success of Michael's Bridal Fabrics. For the past several years Forget Me Not Designs have been consistently one of the largest users of our fabrics. Their collections have featured a large number of our beaded tulles and many of their dresses have used a variety of qualities and colours of our famous Italian taffetas. There are many qualities and colours that we currently run, where they have been influential in our decision to include them in our collection. Many of their customers consider their collection this year to be one of their best ever. This collection also includes many of the most recent fabrics, edgings and motifs to be added to our range. Geraldine is the designer and all their garments are produced in the UK.

Katrina is always cheerful and optimistic on the phone and even her occasional complaint is usually made with constructive comments. As a supplier you could not wish for a nicer pair of sisters to work with. This is not the first award they have won, on 3 previous occasions they have been awarded the BBA designer of the year award by their customers for their all round excellence of design and service. Katrina and Geraldine will receive gift vouchers to spend as they wish.

You can see their current collection using many of our exciting fabrics by clicking here. You can also see some of their dresses on our homepage.

Finally we would like to offer our congratulations to all at Forget Me Not Designs on celebrating their 20 anniversary in the business recently.



When told they had won this is what Katrina had to say:

       "We have been working with Michael's Bridal Fabrics for many years, and I don't doubt that their fabulous and well sourced, choice of fabrics and trimmings combined with their ability to hold stock and allow cut lengths has been instrumental to the success of Forget Me Not Designs. We have enjoyed a great working relationship over the years with a lot of laughs along the way. Long may it continue and thank you for the award."

This news has appeared in both Bridal Buyer and Attire Bridal magazines.

Our latest pricelist is January 2010. Please click here to request a copy.

There are some items that have increased and some decreased in price mainly due to the currency fluctuations of the past 12/15 months.

We now have the facility to be able to email invoices and statements. We have been sending out statements in this manner for some time. However, following on from the difficults with the post recently we decided to offer this facility on invoices as well.

For invoices this is an opt in system, if this would be of benefit to you please click here to send us a quick email. (Please mention company name in body of email.)

Both statements and invoices are PDF Files.
These will require you to download Adobe Reader.
You can download it free from Adobe.

After on going problems with supply during 2008, we have decided to no longer buy directly from the only remaining British supplier of nets and tulles. We closed our account with them in October 2008. We are still able to continue to offer the UK manufacturer quality of net and tulles by buying from a 3rd party.

We are now working with a European mill for tulles. We are expecting stock of White, Pale Ivory and Ivory towards the end of August in the same quality as our P23. Other colours will still be available in P23 and P26. The price is less that P23/P26

We are also looking at the possibility of offering their dress net to match P21 as well. However, it is difficult to match the price on nets as it is such a cheap article and transport costs are expensive across Europe.

We will give you more information as it becomes available.

As many of you are aware we store credit and debit card data, with your permission. We can confirm that an organisation representing major credit and debit card companies have made checks on how securely we retain this data, and we are now certified PCCI compliant. If you click on the image below you will see our certificate for our website. (Please note we are still unable to accept credit/debit cards payments directly through our website.)

You are now viewing our new web site. Many of the pages will are bi-lingual (English/French). You are now able to view virtually all of the edgings and motifs we currently run, with a ruler as guidance for actual size. If you visit our testimonial page you can send any favourable comments about our service you would like to share with other existing/potential customers. All customers that filled in a testimonial were entered into a draw at the end of January and another at the end of February to receive a discount off their next order. This was won by Emily Designs from Gloucestershire in January and Craft Needles from Devon in February. We have also got quite a few special promotional offers that are available this month, and these are available by quoting the code word to be found on this page

We are pleased to announce that Nicola, the owner of Nicola Anne in Hinckley Leicestershire is the winner of this award. Nicola has been a customer for many years and was chosen because of her constant cheerful and positive outlook in the difficult times we currently face. Combined with her useful input into some of the directions our collection should be going, and always being prepared to accept that circumstances beyond our control may occasionally cause problems, and that as we are human, we also occasionally make mistakes. And finally, just for being an exceptionally nice person to deal with. Nicola has received gift vouchers to mark her achievement. You can see Nicola's current creations using many of our exciting fabrics by clicking here


When told she had won this is what Nicola had to say:

       "Thank you to Michael and everyone at Michael’s Bridal Fabrics for this award and for being such an excellent company to be doing business with. We are honoured to receive it and we greatly appreciate being recognised as a valued customer."

This is a subject we periodically mention. If you have fabric requirements for future orders, it is helpful to our planning of placing orders with suppliers to know in advance that you require it. This mainly applies to the more higher priced articles that we do not hold such big stocks of and many of these items also take longer to produce. This is more important now than ever, as the current climate dictates that our stock holding will reduce next year, and many articles will not be re-ordered until they reach a lower level than now. It also applies to some of our best selling corded laces (P429/P449/P452) as these are proving to be very popular with one large customer, which means they seem to be very rarely in stock unsold.

Our supplier of this service has closed their factory at the end of 2008. Currently our sales of Cornelly are very modest, but the service we will now be able to offer is to embroider specific panels of a dress. This will be a more economical way of offering this service; prices will be pro-rata the current price per metre. The design will also be able to be made more to "fit the panel". To view the different designs available click here. Regarding existing veil designs we can now source them from another manufacturer. We have started to offer a range of veils incorporating some of the edgings we currently run. We have quoted for three designs done with edgings on the pricelist, but in theory it should be possible to supply veils using many of the edgings we currently run. Prices would be on request and depend on the size of the veil and the edging required, as scalloped edges and beaded variations are much more expensive than straight edges, due to the longer production time needed. To view the different veils available click here.