A CHARITY bridal photoshoot went without a hitch when a group of generous brides donned their wedding dresses for the final time as part of a campaign to help families with stillborn babies.

The kind-hearted women perfected their finest poses at Daresbury Park Hotel last week as part of a charity drive to collect bridal gowns.

The clothing fundraiser, which was organised by the founder of The Baby Loss Foundation Katy Quinn, saw women from across the north west including Warrington donate a total of 30 dresses.

The dresses will now be dismantled by the team of sewers at Cherished Angel Gowns to create outfits for stillborn babies.

Katy, aged 43, from Newton-le-Willows, is determined to ease the burden on grieving parents during such a difficult time and says it is small things such as this that will make a huge difference.

She said: "There’s nothing that exists that you can buy off the shelves which will fit a baby that is stillborn.

“It’s the last thing that you can do for your baby and when you take a photograph of them it is the only thing that you will have.

“This is the one and only time you are going to dress that child.”

Katy decided to organise the Rock the Frock event after suffering the pain of losing twins Hope and Faith in 2006 and Andrew in 2013.

She said: “I decided to do it because something similar happened to me and affected me deeply when I lost my babies.

“I had still born twins at 24 weeks in 2006 and in 2013 I lost my little boy.

“When something bad happens to you, you instantly think why did this happen to me?

“And then when it happens again you think hold on a minute isn’t somebody somewhere telling me something?

“I believe this was telling me that I can make a difference.”

The donated dresses are expected to be used to make 1,500 outfits for stillborn babies.

“That is 1,500 parents that we have helped to change this heartbreaking process for,” she added.

Make-up artists, hairdressers and photographer Hazel Hughes gave up their time to make sure the brides had a memorable day.