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On Saturday 10th July we photographed Poppaea and James’ vintage styled wedding at Springhead, Shaftesbury.  Poppaea & James are a creative couple, a talented costume designer and up and coming film maker, needless to say their wedding was filled with visual delights, including Poppaea’s gorgeous wedding dress, which she designed and made! I wanted to [...]

I love looking through old photos and what better way to gain some wedding inspiration then to delve into history and take a look at Wedding fashion and trends throughout the ages. Vintage themed weddings are increasingly popular, especially in the U.S and U.K as many people chose to have a themed wedding to jazz [...]

Calling all Chic Modern Brides! Vera Wang’s 2009 Spring bridal collection called for an avant-garde approach to wedding gowns. Vera Wang stated, “We want to modernize the wedding vocabulary. It’s something we struggle with every season.” Her experimentation of different silhouettes and textures rendered a fresh take on wedding dresses showcasing strategically placed bows, floral [...]

Whilst searching for themed weddings, I stumbled across this beautiful feature on ‘The Renaissance Bride’. The photography is quite beautiful and so are the wedding dresses! If you are planning a vintage style wedding, I hope like me this gives you some inspiration to help you with your wedding plans! La Bella Donna Inspired by [...]

Are you dreaming of a fairytale wedding? Do you have your heart set on a designer wedding dress, but cannot afford to pay the full cost? Lizzie Kay may be able to help! Lizzie is currently based at her workrooms and Studio, in The Old Stable, within the grounds of Shillingstone House, near Blandford Forum [...]

The Cavalcade of Costume has an exhibition of bridal wear, which include some of the dresses held at the museum which have never been seen before! This exhibition is divided up into a series of pretty scenes with an explanation of the social history to accompany the dresses. There are twenty wedding outfits and accessories [...]