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Erica Stacey couture wedding dresses (Manchester)

Posted on May 14, 2012 by Claire

photography Hannah Dornford May (1)Morn­ing every­one! Wed­ding dresses and some behind-the-scenes pic­tures today… I wanted to tell you a lit­tle more about cou­ture dress designer Erica Stacey. Erica has made a real splash in the Man­ches­ter and Cheshire wed­ding scene (if that’s the right word: is there a ‘scene’? Answers on a post­card please…) with the launch of her cou­ture bridal wear brand at the lux­u­ri­ous Tat­ton Wed­ding Show in Jan­u­ary. I’ve come across her name on Brides Up North wed­ding blog and seen her dresses fea­tured in fab­u­lous cre­ative shoots by some of my favourite wed­ding pho­tog­ra­phers. This lady is mak­ing waves — with gor­geous designs and a fan­tas­tic com­mer­cial launch, allow me to intro­duce Erica Stacey Bridal Wear.  Read more…

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Discovering Erica Stacey with Cherish the Dress™

Posted on March 27, 2012 by Claire

Erica Stacey bridalwear Chris Hanley Photography
Stum­bling across excit­ing new design­ers and breath­tak­ing pho­tog­ra­phy is one of the best bits of being a wed­ding blog­ger. Erica Stacey is a bridal designer in Man­ches­ter whose first bridal­wear col­lec­tion was launched ear­lier this year. Erica’s inspi­ra­tion comes from Art Deco, and her gowns are all made in the UK. Her wed­ding dresses are sim­ply out of this world.

Erica Stacey bridalwear Chris Hanley Photography

This is a col­lec­tion I know you’ll adore. Beau­ti­ful bridal­wear, beau­ti­fully pho­tographed by Chris Han­ley Pho­tog­ra­phy. Chris is the cre­ator of Cher­ish the Dress™, the exclu­sive fash­ion shoot where you are the model and your wed­ding dress is the star.  Read more…

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Caroline Castigliano exclusive sample sale

Posted on March 7, 2012 by Claire

A lit­tle bit of a news flash for you this morn­ing — for any­one look­ing for a designer wed­ding dress from one of the UK’s best: inter­na­tion­ally renowned bridal designer Car­o­line Cas­tigliano is hold­ing a spec­tac­u­lar, not-to-be missed sam­ple sale.

Caroline Castigliano wedding dress Heaven

Car­o­line Cas­tigliano wed­ding dress (Heaven)

Your oppor­tu­nity to save 70% on a designer wed­ding dress!

Car­o­line Cas­tigliano sam­ple sale infor­ma­tion:  Read more…

  • 1 week only
  • 13 — 17 March 2012
  • Bern­ers Street bou­tique, London
  • Up to 70% off stun­ning bridal gowns
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My highlights: the Coast 2012 bridal collection

Posted on February 13, 2012 by Claire

Love my job! OK this post goes… one for you, one for you, one for you, one for ME! I start out with the best of inten­tions to inves­ti­gate the new bridal col­lec­tions from Coast.

There are some beau­ti­ful wed­ding dresses there — prices aver­age £600 and the designs are glam­orous and ele­gant. They also go up to a size 18. Yay for Coast!

I urge you to have a peek at the new lines in Coast bridal col­lec­tions for 2012. Here are my high­lights, for you and your girls…  Read more…

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Bridal fashion shoot: winter and summer

Posted on February 13, 2012 by Claire

by wedding photographer Brett Symes (4)

This morn­ing as we all shiver our way through the day I have some more win­ter bridal inspi­ra­tion to share with you. I loved this shoot, with beau­ti­ful images by wed­ding pho­tog­ra­pher Brett Symes –with help from make-up artist Tora Young and styl­ist Natalie Dale. Brett has pho­tographed numer­ous bridal fash­ion shoots, many of which have ended up in the national wed­ding mag­a­zines. He told me, “it’s incred­i­ble how these shoots start in influ­ence and spill over into the way in which I pho­to­graph a wed­ding”.  Read more…

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The Elite: Caroline Castigliano interview

Posted on December 21, 2011 by Claire

The Elite wedding blog logoCar­o­line Cas­tigliano is one of the UK’s favourite wed­ding dress design­ers and I’m delighted to say she’s joined The Elite on Eng­lish Wed­ding with an inter­view for you today.

With a his­tory of impres­sively ele­gant, gra­cious and lux­u­ri­ous wed­ding dress col­lec­tions, the Car­o­line Cas­tigliano brand is soon to cel­e­brate 21 years in the wed­ding indus­try. It’s a fab­u­lous achieve­ment and an inspi­ra­tion to see such qual­ity and style from a bridal designer at the very top of her game.

Caroline Castigliano wedding dress (1)  Read more…

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30% off the Coast bridal collection

Posted on December 14, 2011 by Claire

‘Tis the sea­son… for lots of lovely dis­counts off wed­ding dresses, it seems! Here’s another — save 30% off the Coast bridal col­lec­tion from today until the 23rd of December.

The Bridal Col­lec­tion from Coast

The Coast bridal col­lec­tion embraces sen­sa­tional and breath­tak­ing designs that have been expertly crafted to make you take cen­tre stage on your wed­ding day. Sophis­ti­cated and glam­orous, the bridal styles com­bine soft feath­ers, fem­i­nine frills and dra­matic drap­ing for a truly roman­tic appeal. A style for every bride, choose from our deli­ciously opu­lent selec­tion of gowns and make an unfor­get­table entrance on your wed­ding day…  Read more…

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The Elite: David Fielden interview

Posted on December 12, 2011 by Claire

The Elite wedding blog logo

David Fielden is a lead­ing UK bridal­wear designer, an inspi­ra­tion to many, a cre­ative force at the cut­ting edge of bridal fashion.

David’s cat­walk shows never fail to cre­ate a buzz in the wed­ding indus­try, and his 2012 cat­walk with its theme of urban decay — with the del­i­cate sub­text of love over­com­ing hard­ship — was no exception.

David Fielden: The Elite: an interview

I asked David to share a lit­tle insight into his col­lec­tion, his inspi­ra­tion and his designs.

David, your bridal cat­walks always cause a stir: this year’s Urban Destruc­tion theme was espe­cially thought-provoking. Is there a phi­los­o­phy behind the styling of your events?  Read more…

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Caroline Castigliano 2012 bridal collection

Posted on November 11, 2011 by Claire
Caroline Castigliano 2012 collection photography by Clive Arrowsmith

Car­o­line Cas­tigliano 2012 col­lec­tion pho­tog­ra­phy by Clive Arrowsmith

This lit­tle gem landed in my inbox this week, so as a part­ing note for the week I thought I’d share it with you.

Lead­ing lux­ury designer Car­o­line Cas­tigliano today unveiled stun­ning new pho­tog­ra­phy of her 2012 Bridal collection.

Shot on loca­tion at The Dorch­ester on London’s Park Lane, the new images show­case a range of gowns from the ‘Oscar Col­lec­tion’, in sump­tu­ous sur­round­ings befit­ting Car­o­line Castigliano’s lux­u­ri­ous and ele­gant designs.  Read more…

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Exclusive new Caroline Castigliano 2012 collection — next week!

Posted on October 2, 2011 by Claire

Caroline Castigliano 2012 collection catwalk news (1)

EXCLUSIVE NEW CAROLINE CASTIGLIANO 2012 COLLECTION LANDS NEXT WEEK

An exclu­sive range of brand new designs from lead­ing lux­ury bridal designer Car­o­line Cas­tigliano will be avail­able from the begin­ning of October.

Caroline Castigliano 2012 collection catwalk news (2)

A selec­tion of gowns from the exquis­ite 2012 col­lec­tion will be deliv­ered into Car­o­line Cas­tigliano bou­tiques next week, giv­ing brides the chance to be the very first to wear exclu­sive Car­o­line Cas­tigliano designs.

A num­ber of inde­pen­dent bridal bou­tiques in areas across the UK, includ­ing Cheshire, Hamp­shire and Stafford­shire, will also stock a selec­tion of the new designs. This is the first time ever that the highly cov­eted designer has been avail­able out­side of her own bou­tiques, giv­ing more brides the excit­ing oppor­tu­nity to wear a dream Cas­tigliano gown.  Read more…

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