I fell head over heels in love with Alex & Sally as soon as I laid my peepers on Sally’s Ossie Clark- inspired wedding dress. She had it made especially for her by local dressmaker Barbara F Pellumbi .
And just like the dress, the entire wedding was a unique and eclectic representation of the couple. Sally explains, “We were going to go for a Miss Saigon feel meets a tattoo-esque style but in the end it was anything that looked pretty or hard!”
“Birds became a bit of a motif, featuring on the invites, cake and place names. We even had a lovely little stuffed bird in a cage which is where the table places were hung. We were keen to make the club (The Islington Metalworks ) looked relaxed, in one area we tried to create an old skool 70’s living room complete with Hilda Ogden flying birds on the wall.”
The lucky couple have a number of very talented friends who they called on to help out in various areas of the wedding. For example the stationery was all designed by a friend, Heather, who runs her own card design company called Homeloves. Their friend Lara helped them to source all the table decorations and another friend Georgina, who is an artist, lent them a number of her own paintings to decorate the venue.
Assassynation for sharing this wedding with us today.
Photography Credit: Assassynation Ceremony Venue: Islington Town HallThe Islington Metalworks Barbara F Pellumbi Alexander McQueen Burberry (Suit)Choccywoccydoodah Easton Regal Hairdressing studio@heathergoode.co.uk
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