Cathy Ebrada Atelier - Leesburg, Virginia

Julia Gilliam

Cathy is AMAZING!! She goes above and beyond for all her clients. She has 20+ years of experience!! When I came in with my dress it was about 2 sizes too big. She took her time and over a few months my dress was absolute perfection. I was worried about my dress being strapless and falling down and she added additional boning to make sure that did not happen on my big day. She also found lace that perfectly matched my dress to use for a veil. She custom made a veil specifically to match my dress! She is reasonably priced and an incredibly honest person who takes pride in her work! She also had a rehearsal dinner dress for me and it was STUNNING! Cathy is awesome and I would recommend her to anyone!

Erin Cafferty

A friend of my mom referred me to Cathy and I am so glad she did! As a small business owner, Cathy is intimately involved in every aspect of the creation of your dress. She is the perfect collaborator — knowledgeable, crafty, open, and inspired — to bring your vision to life. Plus, her beautifully designed dresses are accessible for almost any budget! She takes care of you and has a lot of pride in her work. 11/10 highly recommend you work with Cathy to make the dress of your dreams

Andrea Elarde

I had the pleasure of working with Cathy during a beautiful May wedding at Rose Hill Manor, and she was TRULY the best to work with! She was helpful, positive, and just overall a joy to have alongside a couple during a wedding day, not to mention extremely talented. Thank you, Cathy!

-Andrea Cable Photography

Lauren Chartuk

Cathy is so fun and has an incredible attention to detail and wealth of knowledge about all things, fabric, design and construction. While she didn't design my dress, she altered my extremely delicate silk gown and lace shirt. Anytime I made a face or poked at something she'd say "I can fix that" and tell me all the options and methods to repair it.

She also took on alterations for my mom's dress, who is quite picky. She made me feel happy and comfortable on my wedding day.

Jessica Valentine

A friend referred me to Cathy. Cathy was so helpful, honest, and creative; I truly felt like a bride in her dress. Highly recommend!

Liz Rampersad

Cathy saved us at the last minute when a hole was accidentally ironed into my sister’s veil this past weekend. In an effort to fix the issue the day before the wedding, and being from out of town, we rushed to Google to find a local bridal shop that might be able to help. She answered the phone and listened to our story, agreed to help us and provided an address that she would meet us at right away. We brought the ruined veil and she made an exact replica within less than 24 hours notice. My sister’s wedding went so well and my family and I are so grateful to Cathy for saving the day! She worked late into the night (3am!) and dropped the veil off in the morning at our hotel. She went above and beyond and I can’t thank her enough.

Erica David

Cathy did my wedding dress alterations after a terrible experience at another boutique that was supposed to include my alterations. Cathy was reasonably priced, has so much knowledge of the wedding dress industry, and did a great job of my alterations. She is a very kind person too! She even did a complementary dressing for me and my bridal party that day of my wedding at the Trump Golf Club! Will definitely recommend Cathy to all future brides!

Denise Gershen

Cathy was so much fun to work with! She did the alterations for my dress as well as made me a custom veil and belt to match. I initially came to her with a design idea for my veil that was pretty overdone. Cathy was happy to meet my wishes but discussed with me options that met my style but were more unique. I’m so happy she was honest and that I went with her suggestions! I had a French Quarter New Orleans wedding and I feel like the design Cathy created matched that vibe perfectly (waaaaaay better than what I initially had in mind!!). She truly made a one of a kind piece. There are a ton of hidden details that make the veil romantic, like two birds flying together to represent my husband and me, and our initials and wedding date. I also wanted something “blingy” but not tacky. Cathy and her team used clear and iridescent Swarovski crystals on my veil and belt to give it that “shimmer” effect without being over the top.

I also kept losing weight before the wedding and Cathy and her team were so flexible to continuously have to take the dress in. Her seamstresses are hilarious and professional! She sometimes would bring them in so they could all collaborate. Three minds are always better than one! Cathy’s a perfectionist and if she’s not 100% sure, she pulls in her team to make sure. It really felt like the work they were doing was uniquely for ME and my style, body, and requests. I’m so grateful for their work, it was so so beautiful and better than I could’ve ever imagined—thank you!