Charlie’s original 1950s lace wedding dress, and a vintage-inspired wedding that’s a real family affair!

Dear Reader, Today I’d like to share some pictures from Charlie, one of my lovely real vintage brides. For her Summer wedding to Liam, Charlie wore a gorgeous 1950s lace vintage wedding dress, with fitted bodice, elegant full-length lace sleeves and scooped neckline. As you can see, she looked fabulous – the dress could have […]

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Behind the Scenes at the Vintage Wedding Blog – Part 2!

Dear Reader There’s definitely a glimmer of Spring in the air today. So let’s end the week with a picture post – a last few of my favourite images from the website of photographer Robert Lawler. (Also known as Mr Heavenly Vintage Brides!) If you’d like to see more, you can contact Robert any time […]

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Behind the scenes at the Vintage Wedding Blog!

Dear Reader For a while now I’ve wanted to shine a light behind the scenes on the help I’ve had with all the lovely photographs on my site. Firstly from my daughter and her beautiful friends who have been kind enough to model my dresses, but also from my photographer husband Robert Lawler. I am […]

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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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Ali, in her beautiful 1950s vintage wedding dress

Dear Reader Today’s real vintage bride is Ali, who chose this beautiful 1950s dress for her wedding. Like so many of the best 1950s and 1960s wedding dresses, this chic and simple gown was inspired by Grace Kelly’s 1956 wedding dress. (Many wonderful photos of that iconic wedding can be seen here.) With its very […]

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On my vintage wedding blog today… TWO vintage wedding dresses for delightful Leah!

Dear Reader, If you visit my vintage wedding blog often, you may remember I promised to feature lovely real vintage bride, Leah… Leah married Tommy in an amazing Tudor barn in Eltham, London. And for her perfect day she chose not one, but two vintage wedding dresses from me! The first was this stunning full-length […]

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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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On the blog today, beautiful vintage brides of 2013

Dear Reader Clients often remark to me that I have a lovely job… absolutely right! I do take great pleasure in helping all my clients find that special wedding dress. Today on my vintage wedding blog, I’d like to showcase a few of the beautiful girls I’ve helped to find their dream dress in 2013. […]

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Today’s gorgeous vintage bride, Sophie in a 1950s style wedding dress from my Heavenly Collection

Dear Reader After posting about my own dress last week, I thought I’d better bring it back to my lovely clients! So here’s a first picture of gorgeous vintage bride Sophie, looking oh-so-chic in ‘Chantilly’, a 1950s style wedding dress from the Heavenly Collection. You can see why Sophie was so delighted, and said: I felt […]

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