I have been so excited to bring you this gorgeously stylish Parisian wedding for a few weeks as it has so many beautiful images and one of my all time favourite dresses, Gabriel by Delphine Manivet. This dress is somehow elegantly ballet-esque yet bohemian and requires a seriously chic bride to fulfil its true potential. Step forward Ambre, a beautiful bride there ever was, effortlessly stylish in basically a headband and a cardi..You have to have a certain something to pull off this look but its clear that Ambre has it and her wedding is similarly stunning.

Don’t you just love it when you find something super gorgeous when you are not actually looking for it? Well this is was one of those occasions and I am so pleased to show all you brides-to-be these amazing, luxurious and totally not tacky garters by British designer Florrie Mitton.  My only displeasure is that I had not stumbled across these beauties before my own big day as I most certainly would have donned one on my thigh.

I love a mismatched bridal party, particularly the bridesmaids as it looks effortless and fresh and probably a lot due to the SATC wedding it is becoming increasingly popular over here and state side.

There are not many occasions when I am quite literally stopped in my tracks by a photo but they are normally when I spot a gown so beautiful that I could eat it....
 

Hooray, our first real wedding and it’s an extra special one for me as it features one of my all-time favourite dresses Charlotte Balbier’s Tabitha (or more commonly known as my “if-I-was-getting-married-in-a-marquee-or-country-house-dress”). Apologies in advance for the gratuitous dress shots!

To gift or not to gift, that is the question…

Now, up until about 2 months before my wedding I was adamant that we were not going to have a gift list, we didn’t need anything and it seemed like a really self-indulgent thing to do. But then when people started asking me where the list was and I replied that we weren’t having one, you’d think instead that I’d just said “Gift list? No, I’d rather drown kittens”. Shock, horror, gasp!
“You can’t not have a list, what the hell will we buy you??”,
“You don’t have to buy us anything”,
“No way, we can’t come to a wedding without a gift”.

If Money Were No Object..

…I’d be sat here as a Vera Wang bride.

I honestly don’t think I’ve seen a dress of hers that I don’t like and I would quite happily divorce and remarry for the chance to wear one, I’m  actually tempted to pop into Selfridges sans wedding ring to have a little try on.
My favourite is Eliza.. No, actually its Erin.. No, it’s Eva... Here is Fall 2010…one, two, three… le sigh…
 

The old bridesmaid dress debate, high street vs bridal is always a tricky one.

Go high street and save a good few pennies but risk one of your guests turning up in the same dress or go down the traditional bridesmaid dress route and risk buying something your girls will probably never wear again. Hmmm…

I can see both sides of the argument and so seeing as were good like that we’ll work on regular updates on what is new on the high street but also blog on anything B&C worthy on the bridal fashion network. The bridemaid dress industry has come on leaps and bounds even in the past couple of years offering new more fashion focussed designs that even the most fashionista of bridesmaids would be happy to rock.

So here goes, I’ve started with some nude/ blush/ naturals from the High Street simply because I am a fan of the neutral bridesmaid and so it seemed like a good place to start! Throw in a few metallic accessories and you’re on to a winner, lucky bridesmaids….