David C
September 20, 2023
Its not every day you see a wedding at St Paul's Cathedral - in fact Kathryn and Justin were granted a rare and special license at Westminster Abbey to be be married there due to a family connection. To match the grandiose venue, they wanted a classically English wedding inspired by royal weddings for the ceremony... with a surprising and fabulous twist for the reception.Read more...
Emma Boileau
October 29, 2013
Elisa and Ricky were married only a year after meeting in a bar at the end of the Olympic Opening Ceremony (on 27th of July 2012). Although she wasn't interested at first, and after turning down his number a bunch of times, she eventually agreed to go out with him about two weeks later! "After six hours of talking that night, I decided I would give him a go and It’s been a whirl wind romance since. I still can't believe it", she explained.Read more...
May 7, 2011
The world let out a collective 'GASP' as Pippa Middleton stepped out of her car and walked towards Westminster Abbey last Friday. "Shock...horror! The bridesmaid is wearing white!" I imagined a million old ladies whispering. I personally loved the look - fresh, clean and more than anything, wearing the same colour (and designer) as the bride made them look like a team - a unit...Team Middleton if you will! As you can well imagine, I was not one of those completely shocked, and this 'revelation' wasn't actually a huge surprise. We've seen bridesmaids in white on this blog before (waaaay back in January 2009 in fact!) and did you know it's actually quite the royal tradition to have bridesmaids wearing white - even Diana's maids wore the same colour as she did.Read more...
May 3, 2011
Today's shoot is one that celebrates all thing British-ness but without a blatant 'jumping on the royal wedding bandwagon.' Thank goodness for these guys and their original take on what it means to be British. "With the royal wedding drawing so much attention around the world to good Ol’ Blighty, I wanted to showcase a quirkier side of England!" stylist and wedding planner Mary of Forever & Ever Events told me. "So I teamed up photographer, Aneta Mak, who specializes in shooting on film, designer Delphine Manivet, milliner Edwina Ibbotson and Bloomsbury Lanes Bowing Alley for an inspirational shoot that celebrated what I consider truly British: high-end meets retro."Read more...
April 29, 2011
Yeah...I totally got sucked in. It was beautiful and I felt super proud to be British when I was watching it. I didn't cry but I was tweeting like a mad thing. And Kate's Alexander McQueen gown was flipping beautiful. Very Grace Kelly. Very 1950's inspired. I approve. I love weddings and I love LOVE and I truly do wish the couple a lifetime of happiness.Read more...
April 28, 2011
So the big day is tomorrow. As I've said previously, I'm not doing a huge homage to the royal wedding on the blog (there's enough royal wedding fever elsewhere thank you very much!) however this shoot, inspired by the event, really caught my eye this week. I love it for it's slight sex pistols/1970's punk edge.Cool Britannia indeed! The shoot took place in Regent's Park, London last week. Bride Noelle hand made her vintage-inspired floaty dress. "We decided to do this cherish the dress shoot with a Great British theme, just in time to celebrate the royal wedding," photographer Rebecca told me. "We also tied in a fairytale them as the royal wedding is set to be a true British fairytale. Noelle also brought along her pet Pug percy for the shoot, who was just adorable and loved rolling around on the British flag."Read more...
April 26, 2011
The royal wedding is kind of a big deal...people worldwide are gearing up for the 'show' and even London has gone all patriotic for once. Union Jack flats hang above Regent St and pretty much every shop window is littered with red, white and blue tat. I however, am not so excited about the whole thing. I'm not adverse to two people falling in love and getting married...far from it in fact. I'm more than a little bit thrilled that William and Kate are getting married. I love marriage and I couldn't be happier for them! However it's the media charade that surrounds the whole thing that kills me...and the fact that, as someone that works in the wedding industry, this is supposed to be some 'once in a lifetime experience' for me...and seriously, if you'd been sent as many irrelevant royal wedding-related press released as I have, you'd be pretty over it too. Yaaaawn. Most un-Rock n Roll wedding ever. Fact.Read more...
November 27, 2010
Unless you've been living under a rock recently, you won't have failed to notice that a certain Prince William and Kate Middleton are getting married next April. Now, whist I have to admit, the whole thing doesn't excite me as much as a lot of wedding -obsessives (will their wedding be Rock n Roll? I think not!) I do love a good royal theme. I love crowns so much I have one tattooed on my arm and I actually own a number of things on this list already! I love ostentatious tiaras and I actually wore the Butler & Wilson skull tiara to my Rock n Roll party. The Evans Litchfield cushions adorn my sofa and the crown ring can regularly be spotted on my finger! I even wore a version of the Irregular Choice shoes for the Mad Hatter photo shoot.Read more...