Hello all! Today I bring you three lovely ladies with gorgeous voices. Mel Perry, Charlotte Fane-Barnett and Louise Wicks are the a cappella (solo or group singing without instruments or backing track) trio that I first came across via twitter and have since performed at Belles Vintage Wedding Fair which I have featured on here [...]
I do love exhibitions about fashion, especially the ones in which famous people have donated or have had dresses donated in their memory, mainly because you can then imagine them wearing it and marvel at what terrible taste they had! Yes, you, Joan Collins! The Victoria & Albert Museum have come up with this exhibition [...]
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! [...]
A character on My Big Fat Gypsy Wedding? What better way for the bride to arrive than a horse drawn Cinderella carriage! Or a famous footballer would probably choose to arrive in a Maserati or Lamborghini. These examples may be sweeping generalisations, but there is definitely only one way to travel on your wedding day [...]
When thinking of Candy Anthony, the one thing that crops up again and again is the idea of ‘Best of British’. As a nation we are fiercely proud of anything that comes out of England and establishes us as pioneers and purveyors of ‘cool’. Candy Anthony is this concept personified. As a rule the company [...]
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 [...]
When Dan told me he was going to propose to Helina while they were on holiday in Venice, I nearly burst with the secret of knowing until she came back and told me all about it herself! The proposal was a little unusual as he didn’t produce a ring, but his grandmother’s brooch which had great sentimental [...]
To celebrate Valentine’s Day I thought I would share my parents wedding day with you. Mike and Nora married in 1965 in Leeds registry office while Mike (my dad) was on 72 hours leave from the army! It was such a rush that Mike’s parents couldn’t make it from Bath on time! Happy Valentine’s Day [...]
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 [...]
