Melinda O’Donoghue is often compared to ‘Cinderella’s fairy godmother’. Known as The Outback Wedding Dressmaker, she’s made close to 300 wedding dresses for country and city brides around the nation- and some even overseas!

Melinda is a classically trained seamstress, working alongside the likes of well-known designer Alex Perry in Sydney. Melinda and her husband, Des, now live on a property in Gurley, just over 30 kilometres south of Moree, in New South Wales.

This is Melinda’s story of the trials and tribulations of living on the land, coupled with the magic she brings to brides across Australia.