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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Meet the new Violette – my 1930s style wedding dress with lace features!

Dear Reader As promised, I have something new to reveal today: I am very excited to introduce the new Violette. This lovely dress is a new variation on my Violette 1930s-style dress, that you may know already from my Heavenly Collection… For the new Violette, I have added a delicate French lace cap sleeve – […]

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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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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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Say “I DO” 1960s-style! Beautiful vintage wedding dresses, Mad Men style, from the glamorous 60s.

Dear Reader Just a little tease today…  On Friday, I’ll be posting all about 1960s wedding dresses. This gorgeous decade is sometimes overlooked when considering vintage style dresses.  But 60s dresses have so much to offer. From the sassy styles of the swinging sixties, to the sheer glamour of Mad Men styling. Here’s just a […]

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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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