About Us

The Designer

Fashion Philosophy:

The Linda Gorringe Couture fashion philosophy is simple: Stylish, Glamorous and Fun.

These are the three essential ingredients I like our brides to feel, from the selection of the gown right through to the wedding day.

Inspiration is the first and most important ingredient in the design process. My inspiration can come from all sorts of things, from personal experiences, from fabrics and laces or jewellery, from architecture and by continually improving existing designs.

Often brides bring their own inspiration to personalize their gown. I have always loved the glamour of 1950s Hollywood haute couture. For me this period represents the most beautiful and complete combination of beautiful fabrics, amazing design, immaculate construction and elegant, glamorous women. We're fortunate to have these visions live on through film.

New for 2012-13:

Linda Gorringe Couture is celebrating the 2012-13 wedding season with the launch of a beautiful new collection of Couture (Made-to-Measure), Made-to-Order and and Ready-to-Wear bridal gowns in a selection of vintage style laces exclusive to Linda Gorringe Couture. Our ever expanding range of bridal jewellery and accessories, including faux fur wraps and jackets, are available to complement your gown.

Appealing to fashionable city women from the beautiful The Block Arcade (Elizabeth Street entrance) the new range of ready-to-wear bridal gowns is offered with the same personal and professional service Linda Gorringe Couture is renowned for.

Some of Australia's top jewellery designers have contributed to the expanded jewellery range that now includes exquisite headpieces, hair ornaments, necklaces and earrings. Be fashionably prepared for those cooler days and nights with the new range of faux fur wraps and jackets complete with crystal brooch or satin bow fastenings. Beautiful beaded bridal bags complete the full range of gorgeous accessories.

The Studio

The Linda Gorringe Couture studio in The Block Arcade is something of a bridal icon in the city, with amazing gowns and accessories on display in the magnificent windows fronting Elizabeth Street and the enormous arched picture window into the Arcade. With large dedicated areas for bridal gowns, bridal jewellery and accessories, bridal and special occasions shoppers are invited to visit and experience the Linda Gorringe Couture studio. An appointment is necessary to view or try on bridal gowns but you may browse our jewellery and accessories ranges at any time.

The Block Arcade

Built on the original site of the Georges department store The Block Arcade has had an association with the finest of fashion and style for over 110 years.

After the great fire of 1889 The Block Arcade was rebuilt on the bluestone footings of the original grain stores that first occupied this prime CBD location.

The Block's French Rennaissance-revival design was inspired by the Galleria Vittorio in Milan (with which Melbourne is now a sister city) and is one of the finest examples of a 19th Century shopping arcade. It is renowned for its impressive etched glass roof with decorative wrought iron and timber supports and has the largest area of mosaic floor in Australia.

The arcade was restored and refurbished in the late 1980s, with the complex being upgraded to modern retail and commercial standards while remaining faithful to the original Victorian vision. The work involved the reinstatement of original timber shopfronts, the repairing, cleaning, painting and illuminating of the upper facades to Collins and Elizabeth Streets, and the design of a new entry canopy for Elizabeth Street (now home to Linda Gorringe Couture). The complex is classified by the National Trust and is on the register of the National Estate.

The Block derived its name from the tradition of "doing the block". In the 1880s and 1890s fashionable Melbournians would parade in their finest dresses, suits, hats and accessories along Collins Street and Elizabeth Street and around "The Block", chatting and socialising with friends before retiring for a cup of tea, often in in the Hopetoun Tearooms, still a favourite of The Block Arcade.

Ads & Covers

2011 Image by Daniel Sheehan Model: Colina
2007 Image by Gazi Graphics: Hell Colour Model: Angela, Chadwick Models
2006 Linda with some of our beautiful brides. Image by Jerry at XSight Graphics: XSight, Hell Colour Models: (L to R) Elaine, Jenny, Kylie, Lauren, Sonia, Justine, Nina. Thank you to our wondeful brides who participated in the production of our ad.
2005 Image by Gazi Graphics: Gazi Model: Jessie, Chadwick Models
2004 Image by Jerry at XSight Graphics: XSight Models: Selena, Anna, Trudy, Alex
2000 Model: Trudy
1999 Cover - Wedding Magazine Image by Dominic Cuda Model: Trudy
1999 Image by Dominic Cuda Model: Trudy
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