I love all things vintage so it wasn’t a huge leap of the imagination when we decided to have a vintage inspired wedding reception!  The main issue was which era to go for. I love the elegance of the 1920s, the beautiful clean lines of Art Deco and sumptuous fabrics used in decoration and fashion. [...]

Laura Thomas and Emma Cascarina  first opened the doors to their vintage boutique in February 2008. Since then they have had almost 4 years experience in altering and re-making vintage wedding dresses for countless brides to be. The feel behind Laura and Emma’s shop is that ladies can come in and play dress up!  With [...]

While searching the web and trawling vintage wedding  fairs for a headpiece to wear at my wedding, I came across Sheena Holland. Her beautiful designs for headbands are made even more precious knowing that each piece is a one-off. By using vintage and antique jewellery no headband is repeated ensuring that you have something truly [...]

I first have to confess that I have not read  Water for Elephants by Sara Gruen. I have however seen the film based on said novel and fell in love with the beautifully shot circus scenes and especially Reese Witherspoon’s amazing wardrobe! Set in the Great Depression which began in 1929 and lasted throughout the [...]

My hen do was a surprise organised by my two Maid of Honours (greedy, yes, but I will not be out done by my husband who had two best men!). With instructions on what to wear including no make-up!! I set off to the designated meeting place in East London. After meeting all my girlfriends who [...]

While at work one day I found an incredibly tiny flyer with a beautiful photograph of a small boy running down a set of stone steps clutching a balloon. The colours were muted giving it an aged feel and once I got home decided to have a look at the website on the back.   [...]

Way back when my best friend was engaged and she dragged me (yeah right!) to ‘The National Wedding Show’ I came across Jessie Chorley . The stall was full to brimming with beautiful papers and fabrics, cards, brooches and embroidered pictures. I loved her handmade papier mache wedding stationary including seating planners and vintage books upcycled [...]

  When I was newly engaged, a friend of mine spotted a lovely black and white polka dot ‘wiggle dress’ in a magazine and thought something similar would fit my vintage wedding theme. The dress was from Vivien of Holloway. I searched on their website and found a huge array of dresses and separates in [...]

For my first blog post I want to share how I discovered the most important item from my outfit. An idea I had to complete my vintage wedding dress was to search for a well made, affordable corset as “outerwear”. But this was not as easy as I first thought. With the recent rise in [...]