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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.

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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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Another treat for Charlotte Balbier brides out there!

Posted on September 24, 2011 by Claire

I love Char­lotte Bal­bier. She’s one of the most excit­ing wed­ding dress design­ers in the UK right now, and wher­ever I turn I see bril­liant reviews and a real buzz about her 2012 wed­ding dress collection.

Speak­ing of which…
wedding dress blog feature images by Jonny Draper (2)When I blogged the launch of Charlotte’s 2012 Candy Kisses wed­ding dress col­lec­tion last month, it was thanks to lovely Man­ches­ter wed­ding pho­tog­ra­pher Jonny Draper that we got to see so many gor­geous sneak pre­views of the dresses. Remem­ber — this was a trade launch, so offi­cially (shh­hhh…) no one else has seen them yet!  Read more…

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A real treat for 2012 brides on English Wedding today!

Posted on August 12, 2011 by Claire

I don’t squeal. I’m calm, col­lected and sim­ply love being a wed­ding blog­ger. No hys­ter­ics. So when top UK wed­ding dress designer Char­lotte Bal­bier her­self emailed me I didn’t squeal*. At all.

*I jumped four foot in the air and did a quick lap of the ceil­ing in my excitement.

Last month Char­lotte Bal­bier did a sneaky peek pre­view day for her bou­tique own­ers of the new 2012 ‘Candy Kisses’ col­lec­tion at www.greatjohnstreet.co.uk. The event was to give the bou­tiques a pre­view into the new 2012 col­lec­tion and also to have a time to meet fel­low bou­tique own­ers, relax, chat, net­work and be spoilt with cham­pagne, yummy canapés and after­noon tea.  Read more…

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The Dresses: Me and My Girls

Posted on July 19, 2011 by Claire

Days Mar­ried: 74

Good news read­ers! I now have the disc of hi-res images from Phil Bar­ber so I can bom­bard you with pho­tos and wed­ding reports! Hurrah!

You may remem­ber in a past post that I was keep­ing secrets about my dress. No more secrets from me — I wore Cabaret by Ian Stu­art. To be hon­est I don’t think the model on the web­site does the dress jus­tice — as I really don’t like it in that photo. How­ever, try­ing the dress on was a com­pletely dif­fer­ent story — this dress needs curves!

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Being a Timeless Bride on your wedding day

Posted on March 29, 2011 by Claire
Choose a wedding dress that will last forever

Choose a wed­ding dress that will last forever

How to be a time­less bride — choos­ing the right dress

How do you choose a wed­ding dress that looks amaz­ing on you and that will stand the test of time? How do you know that you’ll look back through your wed­ding album in twenty or forty years and fall in love with your wed­ding dress all over again?

Look for a dress that loves you as much as you love it!

Look for a dress that loves you as much as you love it!  Read more…

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No. 6: A Dress Story

Posted on March 1, 2011 by Claire

Days to go: 66

Some­times — moth­ers do know best.

I spent hours brows­ing the inter­net for dress ideas and inspi­ra­tion. I spent a lot of time in a bit of a cri­sis — I didn’t like most dresses — and I couldn’t imag­ine myself wear­ing any kind of wed­ding dress. Like, ever.

When I dis­cov­ered the cre­ations of Ian Stu­art, how­ever, I began to believe I could wear a wed­ding dress. (And inter­est­ingly enough, most of his dresses seemed to go very well with my Irreg­u­lar Choice shoes!) I spent yet more hours por­ing over every Ian Stu­art design I could find, over and over again, try­ing to imag­ine myself in each and every dress.  Read more…

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