The perfect 1950s wedding dress by Emma Domb – my vintage wedding dress of the week!

Dear Reader, Just a quick post on a lovely sunny Sunday morn… My vintage wedding dress of the week is this lace and satin beauty by Emma Domb. Emma Domb was based in California from the late 30s to the 70s. Her work remains very highly sought after by collectors. (One of her most famous fans […]

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A GUIDE TO VINTAGE LACE WEDDING DRESSES Part 2: the story of modern lace

Dear Reader I didn’t realise how much I love vintage lace until I started sourcing the perfect fabrics for my own collection of vintage inspired wedding dresses. My search took me to specialist ateliers all over the world, where I became completely absorbed in the beauty of the vintage and reproduction lace I saw. On […]

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Vintage Wedding Dress of the Week

Dear Reader Original 1950s wedding dresses are always amongst the most popular with my brides. And today, I’d like to show you one of my favourites – a fabulous 1950s Vintage Wedding Dress of the Week.  Original 1950s lace wedding dress, priced £950 Original 1950s lace wedding dress, beautiful ballerina skirt. Priced £950 What makes […]

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1950s AND 1960s vintage wedding dresses for Alexandra’s San Francisco ceremony

Dear Reader On my vintage wedding blog today, I’d like to share some lovely pictures I received this week from real bride Alexandra.  Alexandra and Adam married in San Francisco City Hall in January. For the civil ceremony, Alexandra wore this super-cool 1960s ‘daisy’ mini dress. You might remember it from a blogpost on 1960s wedding […]

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Our first real vintage bride of 2014: a vintage-style lace wedding dress for textile designer Jennifer.

Dear Reader For our first real vintage wedding post this year, I have some lovely pictures from Jennifer, who married Neil in Ireland last summer. Beautiful Jennifer was the first bride to wear ‘Butterfly’, one of my Heavenly collection of vintage-style wedding dresses. I was delighted she was the first to choose this new dress […]

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Lovely Leo in a perfect 1950s wedding dress – the inspiration for my vintage-style wedding dress ‘Blanche’

Dear Reader Over the last couple of weeks, we’ve been admiring lace dresses here on my vintage wedding blog, so I’d like to show you one of my very favourites – as worn by real vintage bride, the lovely Leo. Leo looked wonderful in this perfect tea length, champagne coloured, late 1950s wedding dress. Brides sometimes […]

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To complement the perfect vintage wedding dress…. a beautiful vintage-inspired headpiece.

Dear Reader I am often asked for advice on the perfect accessories to complement vintage wedding dresses. Here we teamed ‘Butterfly’, one of our beautiful vintage-style lace wedding dresses with a lovely headpiece by Abby at Cherished. Abby makes each exquisite piece using original vintage materials: this one was cleverly created from an original paste dress […]

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Vintage-Inspired Wedding Dress of the Week… in dreamy original vintage lace. How romantic is this?

Dear Reader I hope you’ve had a good week and have exciting plans for the crisp Autumn weekend ahead…? Yasmin, one of my heavenly brides, is getting married tomorrow in a pale pink lace 1930s dress, which we’ve matched with a stunning Biba marabou feather cape. She looks radiant. I’m sure you’ll join me in wishing her […]

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