Jasmine-Rose Bridal is a new boutique-style shop which has recently opened on Chepstow Road Newport, specialising in Valentini wedding dresses – the only place in Wales to exclusively offer these beautiful, custom-made wedding dresses.

Valentini is a family-run business based in Italy, which have been making wedding dresses for more than 50 years. Every year the Valentini family showcases its beautifully hand-crafted wedding dresses in shows in Milan and worldwide, with each collection offering something for different brides’ tastes and stylings.

At Jasmine-Rose there are four Valentini catalogues to choose from including Graziana for the more daring bride, and Vivi, which is aimed at younger brides.
Each year in June new collections are released, showcasing the newest styles from Valentini, and as they hand make each and every dress for every bride, they keep every pattern, so if you’ve seen a dress that you like from a few years ago, they can still make it with your measurements.

After four years of planning, owner Jane Scott opened her bridal boutique in February, and named the store after her two granddaughters, Jasmine and Ella-Rose.

“I run the store with my daughter Jade Jones”, said Jane.
“And for today’s photo-shoot for Voice magazine, I’ve got help from my daughter-in-law Rhiannon, and granddaughter Jasmine, who the shop is named after along with my other granddaughter Rose.
“We have a selection of Valentini dresses here at our store for brides to have a look at and try on, but each and every dress that is sold will be custom made from scratch in Italy using the bride’s specific measurements – making the dress exclusively theirs.

“Not only can you choose your wedding dress from a wide variety of options available in the Valentini catalogues, you can also add detailing from another dresses at an extra cost. For example making trains longer, adding more detail with diamante embellishment – whatever it takes to make the perfect wedding dress.
“My friend Lindy Whitfield owns a bridal shop in Devon, and one weekend I went on a trip with her to the Valentini home in Italy, and saw where the family hand makes these stunning dresses.

“I instantly fell in love, seeing how much effort and care that goes into making each and everyone of these dresses, so I decided to open a shop of my own in
Newport.

“We’re located above a wonderful salon, Unique Hair Design on Chepstow Road, where we work in partnership offering a complete package of bridal dresses and hair and make-up.

“A Valentini dress takes around 12 weeks to make, and slightly longer in the summer as the Valentini family closes the business for the entire month of August.
“Not only do we offer exclusive dresses for brides here at Jasmine-Rose Bridal, we also stock a wide range of dresses for bridesmaids by Mark Lesley, a selection of flower girl dresses by Emmerling, and also a range of shoes from Rainbow club, as well as a collection of veils, tiaras and jewelry.
“Having been open for a short while, the response has been fantastic, with bridal parties commenting on how relaxed we made them feel – check out our Facebook page to see more testimonials from happy brides.
“Our bridal boutique is by appointment only, where the entire store is exclusively yours, no matter how long it takes. An average appointment is based on two hours, with 48 hours prior notice.
“We’re off to Italy in June to see the new collections for 2017, but as previously mentioned, Valentini never throws away a pattern, so if you like a dress from an older catalogue, they can still make it.”

If you’re getting married and are looking for the perfect wedding dress
that will be exclusively yours, why not make an appointment to visit Jasmine-
Rose Bridal?

Jasmine-Rose Bridal can be found at 436 Chepstow Road, Newport NP19 8JG. For all enquires and to book an appointment, call 01633 676756. To keep up to date with the latest dresses, news, offers and events simply like the Jasmine-Rose Bridal Facebook page.For more information visit www.jasminerosebridal.co.uk