I was recently set a challenge by my Mother-in-Law to find her a 1940s or 50s inspired dress for her vintage themed birthday party. I stumbled upon 20th Century Foxy, an amazing website with a substantial range of vintage inspired dresses, accessories and make-up. A one stop shop for all things retrospective if you like! [...]

Back in February when I attended Mrs Scoops and Little Miss G’s Vintage Wedding Fair I met Johanna Hehir, a lovely lady who has been one of Britain’s leading wedding dress designers for the past 10 years. It was fantastic to finally see her dresses in the flesh and I was not disappointed, all made [...]

A friend has recently become engaged and has asked for my help, with a wedding dress budget of around £300, a young family and another on the way she has little time and energy to find the dress. Rather than suggest spending time trawling through rails and rails of clothing in vintage shops as I [...]

A quick re-cap on this theme: While watching the film Water for Elephants based on the novel by Sara Gruen I realised what a great wedding theme this would make. In this part, as promised, I will help with ideas for stationary and decoration. It’s actually quite amazing what you can find once you start [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]