Discover essential information to help you feel confident and informed as you navigate your bridal journey with WildBride. From finding the perfect wedding dress designer to booking your bridal appointment, we’ve answered some of the most common questions brides-to-be ask. Got more questions? Reach out, and our team will be happy to assist!
We are located in the center of San Francisco’s hippest area between Hayes Valley and Nopa. We are situated on a corner just one block east of the famous Alamo Square, which is home to the famous “Painted Ladies”. Parking is as it usually is in most of San Francisco so we suggest coming with your preferred choice of public or paid transportation.
We recommend starting to shop around 12 months before your wedding for our made-to-order gowns and ordering within 8-12 months and latest by 6-8 months before your wedding. But if you have less time, don’t worry, we also carry a limited and small selection of ready to purchase off the rack wedding gowns and SAMPLE GOWNS in (sizes 6 – 12) for our brides who can’t wait that long. Some of our designers also carry stock gowns, like Willowby, Watters and Pronovias.
Yes, we are an appointment only bridal boutique. Please use our bridal consultation scheduler to pick your preferred appointment date/time. If you are in the starting stages of your dress hunt, be sure to take a look at our Wedding Dress Designer page to get familiar with our beautiful collections before booking a bridal appointment with us. Please make note of the gowns you are interested in when booking your appointment. For “sample sale” only, please book a 45-min “SAMPLE SALE” appointment for during the week and list the gowns you are interested in trying on.
We are usually in our private one-on-one appointments so we cannot accommodate walk-ins. Everything we carry in the shop is on our website so you can get an idea of the styles and gowns plus price-points.
Our initial bridal styling appointments are an hour long. This gives us the time to get to know you and your vision for your wedding, and to show you all of our different collections and bridal accessories for you to try on. We ask all the WildBrides to arrive to their appointments on time, and if for any reason you are running more than 20 minutes late, please give us a call and we will reschedule the appointment. If for some reason you need to cancel the appointment, please give us a call 48 hours in advance so that we can accommodate another bride looking for her dress. Appointments cancelled in less than 48 hours will not be refunded for the appointment fee.
This is a very special and fun experience for you, so bring the most important people with you to share it with. We believe in intimate fittings so that you are your most comfortable self and don’t feel overwhelmed. We allow up to 4 guests max with the bride.
Your WILD-ness and excited free-spirit! Also, we invite you to wear a strapless bra (nude if you have) or stick on cups, but only if you are more comfortable with a bra on. Most of our gowns will be able to have cups sewn in during alterations but some will require stick on bras/tape or low-back bras/bodysuits.
Our made-to-order gowns range from $2,500-$7,000 with most being around $3,500 – $4,500. All price points can be found on the top of the page for each brand.
We try to accommodate a wide range of sizes from 00-16. So we carry sample sizes in the middle range from sizes 6-12 (some 14-16), or really about 4-10 “street size”. With years of knowledge in the bridal business we have many creative ways to make the gown samples fit as close to your size as possible for all our brides different body types.
After you find your perfect wedding dress, we will take your measurements and order your dress as close as possible to your current size. The gown will start to be made just for you. Most gowns can take up to 6 months to be made with some in less time. Once your dress is ready you can pick it up and start your alteration process. We have a great selection of highly experienced seamstresses to refer you too. We recommend getting in touch with them to see who is the best fit. Then around 2 months before your wedding, you start the alteration process. The gown always needs a few tweaks to fit you perfectly for your big day. The price for the alteration will depend on the gown, the amount of work needed and specific customizations. You will be looking at around $500-$1,000 for the cost of alterations depending on what is needed and a little higher if there are detailed customizations required for your gown.
