Tales from the dress room -part three.

27/07/19 General

Each decade has something unique and amazing to offer modern fashionable brides. Read on and I’ll explain what makes vintage wedding dresses so special ! 30s vintage wedding dresses The 30s is very popular for its glamorous fitted full length lace, and slinky satin styles. As a general rule it is bias cut ( cut […]

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Tales from the dress room -part two.

12/07/19 General

Making vintage stylish and contemporary or keeping it beautifully authentic? We can do either for our lovely brides. In Part two of my blog about how I work, I am going to explain how we can update the dresses to make them ‘fashionable’. If my clients want complete authenticity that is wonderful and I love […]

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Tales from the Dress Room -part one. Vintage Fabrics.

04/07/19 General

Hello Lovelies and thanks for joining me on my blog, I want to tell you a little about what makes vintage so special and explain about my unique service. I carefully restore lovely vintage dresses to their former glory but this can only be possible if the fabrics are strong and in good condition, and […]

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60s one-shoulder wedding dress for lovely bride Susan

11/06/19 General

I just received these lovely photos from Susan, courtesy of her photographer ‘Juliebee photography’. Susan was a joy to work with and the dress just needed minor fitting, in order to show off her lovely figure and her 60s style bob perfectly. In Susan’s words…. I just wanted to get in touch to say thank […]

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Focus on the Forties: Florence and Bette, made to order vintage-style wedding dresses.

Dear Reader, What a glorious start to the Spring! I hope you too enjoyed some lovely sunshine so far this week. I wanted to talk about the ever popular 40s. Recently I have found I get more requests for 40s vintage wedding dresses, than any other decade. I have two reproduction 40s vintage wedding dresses- […]

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Making some changes to my 30s vintage reproduction dress Violette…..

28/02/19 General

With only 10 days to go until my Show at Islington Assembly rooms ( Sunday 10th March), I am just working on some of my vintage reproduction wedding dresses. I shall be taking both my vintage wedding dresses and my own collection of made to order vintage-style wedding dresses. This dress named  Violette, was originally […]

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Chosen Vintage Wedding Fair

30/01/19 General

Hello Lovelies, the excellent Chosen Vintage Wedding Fair is fast approaching. Do pop down and say hello, it’s on Sunday 3rd March from 11am until 3.30 pm, at Islington Assembly Hall. I shall have a nice spacious stand with lots of pretty things to show you.

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Etsy shop sale 15 percent off, do take a look …..

30/12/18 General

Hello and a Happy New Year to you all. I am having an early January sale – who doesn’t love a bargain ! All my beautiful vintage wedding dresses have 15 PERCENT OFF until the end of January 2019, click on the  ETSY link above right. Plus if you get in touch I will also […]

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A Vintage Christmas!

10/12/18 General

Dear Reader What more can I say…? Thanks so much for all your support this year. I wish you a wonderful Christmas, and here’s looking forward to a vintage 2019! With love Helena Heavenly Vintage Brides

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