Seven beautiful Heavenly Vintage Brides of Last Year

Dear Reader, While I’m thinking about my trends forecast for 2015, it often helps to look back over past seasons. It shows what worked best, which classics will always be in style, and what new ideas evolved… It’s always a pleasure looking back at my brides. It’s almost impossible to choose favourites – I can […]

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Real vintage bride of the week: Jane, in 1950s lace and tulle wedding dress.

Dear Reader, Today our fabulous vintage bride of the week is Jane. For her London wedding to George, Jane wore a gorgeous original 1950s wedding dress in latte-coloured lace. Jane and George both wore tea-length dresses with a 1950s silhouette to complement each other’s – making two equally beautiful brides. And like the dresses, all their day […]

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Ebba in 1930s satin wedding dress: our Vintage Bride of the Week.

Dear Reader, Our Bride of the Week is Ebba, who married Karl-Johan in a divine original 1930s satin wedding dress… The wedding took place in Stockholm in November – so cool! – with a ceremony in Maria Magdalena Church, and reception at the beautiful Villa Ludvigsberg. The whole event was inspired by the 1930s styling […]

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Cassandra in 1950s Vintage Wedding Dress…

Dear Reader, Our lovely Vintage Bride of the Week is Cassandra, who wore this beautiful late 1950s / early 1960s vintage lace dress for her summer wedding to Dave. Cassandra tells her story here… “David proposed on the last day of our holiday in Brooklyn in September 2013. It was a total surprise. We started to […]

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Real Bride Selina, in 1940s-style Wedding Dress

Dear Reader, A few weeks ago I featured a tiny glimpse of gorgeous Selina, who wore the ‘Bette’ 1940s wedding dress from my Heavenly Collection. Selina is so elegant in the dress, and a few readers asked to see more pictures. I’m delighted that Selina – fresh back from her fabulous honeymoon in Zagreb, Venice […]

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Kathryn, in 1950s-style lace wedding dress.

Dear Reader, You may remember an earlier glimpse of Kathryn…? Well, it’s high time for a look at her super-cool Liverpool wedding to Greg… As a successful make-up artist herself, Kathryn has a great sense of style and knew exactly what she wanted for her dress and for the day itself. Kathryn chose 1950s-inspired Blanche […]

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Becky in delicate 1930s peach lace wedding dress.

Dear Reader, Say hello to Becky, dainty Vintage Bride of the Week… For her August wedding, petite Becky chose a darling 1930s wedding dress in peach lace. The dress was so delicate and suited Becky to perfection. In Becky’s words… “Thank you so much for the lovely fun afternoon we had at your studio trying […]

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Annie dances in 1940s AND 1950s wedding dresses!

Dear Reader, You may remember me showing this gorgeous original 1940s vintage wedding dress… Well today, I have a treat to share – the pictures of lovely dancer Annie wearing it. And wearing a beautiful 1950s wedding dress too! Annie described the pleasure of finding her perfect dress… sorry, dresses! (nobody says you’re only allowed […]

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Vintage lace wedding dresses – featuring gorgeous Felicity!

Dear Reader, As our Bride of the Week is Felicity, I thought we’d take a minute to look again at the beautiful lace she is wearing… For this 1930s inspired Butterfly dress from my Heavenly Collection, we use a family firm of lacemakers in Nottingham. They have been producing some of the world’s finest lace […]

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Felicity in BUTTERFLY 1930s-style lace wedding dress… Our Bride of the Week.

Dear Reader, Big congratulations today to lovely Felicity, my newest Real Vintage Bride… For her recent wedding to Luke, Felicity chose Butterfly, a 1930s-style wedding dress from my Heavenly Collection… Butterfly is based on an original 1930s lace wedding dress. With its mermaid skirt, and waterfall frill at the neck it is wonderfully dreamy. Felicity looks […]

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