Where to Buy Rachel Gilbert

Rachel Gilbert is an Australian house, which is the root of most of the confusion about buying her. The pieces are made and merchandised for an Australian calendar, the sizing runs on the house’s own RG scale, and outside Australia the range you can actually see is narrower than the range that exists. Here is where the dresses are sold, what changes when you buy from each place, and what to check before you order.

Buying direct from Rachel Gilbert

The house sells through its own Australian site at rachelgilbert.com and a United States site at rachelgilbert.us. Direct is the most complete view of a current season, and it is the only place you reliably see every colourway of a style rather than the lead colour.

Rachel Gilbert also maintains a stockists page listing the boutiques and retailers that carry the label, which is the right reference if you want to try a piece on in person. We have deliberately not reproduced a retailer list here, because stockist rosters change every season and a list that is wrong is worse than no list.

Buying Rachel Gilbert at Coveti

Coveti carries Rachel Gilbert across eveningwear, bridal-adjacent columns, tailoring and separates, all on the Rachel Gilbert brand page. Three things are worth knowing about how we list the house.

Sizing is converted for you. Every piece is listed on the UK ladder rather than the RG scale, so a UK 8 in our size selector is an RG 1. The full conversion, including the centimetre measurements the house sizes to, is in our Rachel Gilbert size guide.

One product per style. Where the house sells a style in four colourways, we list the lead colourway as one product rather than splitting it into four near-identical pages. If you want a shade we are not showing, ask us.

Every piece is sourced as authentic. Coveti buys designer stock through the supply chain, not from consignment and not from resale, so what arrives is current-season and new. If a piece ever arrives and you are not satisfied it is right, our returns policy covers it.

Shipping, duties and the part people get wrong

This is the detail that catches out international buyers of Australian brands, so it is worth being blunt about it.

Coveti ships worldwide by DHL Express and FedEx International Priority, insured to 110% of value, with a signature required on delivery. Shipments go out on a Delivered Duty Unpaid basis, which means you are the importer of record and local duties and taxes are payable by you on import, not settled at the point of checkout. The full terms are on our returns and shipping policy, and there is more in the FAQs.

Buying direct from an Australian site into the UK, the US, the EU and the Gulf carries the same import reality. Price a Rachel Gilbert piece landed rather than listed, wherever you buy it, and the comparison between sellers gets a lot clearer.

What to check before you order

• Your measurements, against the house chart. Rachel Gilbert sizes to body measurements. Take bust, waist and hips and buy the closest match instead of your usual size.
• The fabrication. Hand-embellished tulle is spot clean only. Crepe and satin styles are dry clean. The product page states which.
• Length against your heel. The gowns are cut for a heel on a 5 ft 9 frame, so plan a hem if you are wearing a flat, and price that hem carefully on an embellished piece.
• Alteration room. A boned bodice takes in cleanly and lets out very little.
• The landed cost. Duties and taxes on import, not at checkout.

Where to go next

Shop the Rachel Gilbert collection, narrow to evening gowns, read who is Rachel Gilbert, work out whether the dresses are worth it, and look at the house across a wedding.

Frequently asked questions

Where can I buy Rachel Gilbert?

Direct from the house at rachelgilbert.com in Australia and rachelgilbert.us in the United States, from the boutiques listed on Rachel Gilbert’s own stockists page, and from Coveti, which ships the collection worldwide.

Does Rachel Gilbert ship internationally?

Yes, and so do we. Coveti ships Rachel Gilbert worldwide by DHL Express and FedEx International Priority, insured to 110% of value with a signature required on delivery.

Do I pay customs duty on a Rachel Gilbert order?

Yes, in most cases. Coveti ships on a Delivered Duty Unpaid basis, which makes you the importer of record, so local duties and taxes are payable by you when the parcel is imported rather than being collected at checkout. Full terms are on the Coveti returns and shipping policy page.

Is Coveti an authorised Rachel Gilbert retailer?

Coveti sources designer stock through the supply chain rather than through consignment and not from resale, so Rachel Gilbert pieces bought from Coveti are new and current season.

Why does Coveti list fewer colours than the Rachel Gilbert website?

We list one product per style, using the house’s lead colourway, rather than creating a separate page for every shade of the same dress. If you want a colourway you cannot see, contact us and we will tell you whether it can be sourced.