Accessorising vintage wedding dresses: Edwardian flower circlets.

Dear Reader For each of my vintage wedding dresses, I love to picture the whole outfit and imagine what accessories will work best. Today on my vintage wedding blog, I’m writing about the current fashion for fresh flowers in the hair, and the origins of this lovely trend. Model Evelyn Nesbit, photo 1903 Traditionally, a country […]

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Trends in vintage wedding dresses for 2014

Dear Reader One of the best things about January is meeting all the new brides, each beginning the search for her perfect vintage wedding dress. It’s a great way to keep in touch with what my girls are looking for, and see the new trends coming through. I can already see a lot of excitement around […]

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Heavenly Recommends… delicious vintage-inspired lingerie by Rose Fulbright

Dear Reader On my vintage wedding blog today, I’d like to show you another lovely vintage-inspired atelier I recently discovered. Rose Fulbright launched this year, making the most wonderful, luxurious satin underwear – in a range of simple and stylish shapes all inspired by original 1930s designs. Rose’s range comes in a choice of delicious […]

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Heavenly Recommends… gorgeous vintage-style clothes and accessories from Lowie

Dear Reader My work brings me into contact with many other independent fashion labels and producers, all sharing a love of vintage style and offering a taste of affordable luxury. As Christmas is getting closer, today on my vintage wedding blog I’d like to share one of my favourite with you. Lowie was started in 2002 […]

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Vintage Bride of the Week: Beautiful Martina in a traditional Swedish bridal crown

Dear Reader I’ve just received this lovely image, and wanted to share it with you straight away. Beautiful vintage bride Martina married in Sweden in June. If you look closely, you’ll see Martina is wearing a Brudkronan, an antique bridal crown. This wonderful Swedish tradition reaches right back to the Middle Ages. The crown is […]

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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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