Article: Wedding Style: Getting ready for the BIG day; Wedding dress shops offer an exquisite kind of pleasure - where grown-up girls go to be transformed into the fairy princess, writes Alison Jones.

Tucked away in the picturesque courtyard of Rose Place, behind Warstone Lane in the Jewellery Quarter, is the ultimate dressing up box.

Pronuptia is the place where grown-up girls go to be transformed into the fairy princess or glamorous movie star of their dreams.

For women, or particularly engaged women, wedding dress shops offer an exquisite kind of retail pleasure. It is the thrill of the hunt combined with the knowledge that somewhere among the yards of silk, satin, net and beading there lies a gown that will make them feel more beautiful than they ...

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