Shopping guide

How are you get­ting on with your wed­ding bud­get? I’m always impressed by brides and grooms to be, who are some of the savvi­est shop­pers around! You rock! But I know it can be tricky to keep on top of all those lit­tle extras you buy for your wed­ding, things like table dec­o­ra­tions, gifts for the bridal party, wed­ding favours and accessories.

It can also take hours of your time: search­ing for the per­fect bridal jew­ellery or your ideal wed­ding favours can be fun at first, but after a cou­ple of hours googling the nov­elty might begin to wear off!

This wed­ding shop­ping guide is here to help you save time and money, not on the big stuff like venues and cater­ing, pho­tog­ra­phy and cars, but on all the wed­ding fash­ion, acces­sories and dec­o­ra­tions you’ll need for your big day. I hope you find it useful.

Claire x

Bridal­wear shop­ping guide

This guide to wed­ding dress shop­ping will help you get started on the won­der­ful adven­ture that is buy­ing a wed­ding dress!

It will help you decide how much to spend on a wed­ding dress, whether you’re mar­ry­ing into roy­alty, or a savvy bud­get bride.

I’ve writ­ten about wed­ding dress shapes and sizes, what style and shape of dress will suit dif­fer­ent fig­ures and when to wear a dress with pea­cock feath­ers.

The guide also looks at places to buy a wed­ding dress, meet­ing the dress design­ers them­selves, going vin­tage with your wed­ding dress or get­ting a bar­gain. (more…)

Groom’s shop­ping guide

Espe­cially for grooms, this page cov­ers options for buy­ing a wed­ding suit — does it have to have tails? What about a top hat? Does my tie have to match the flow­ers? What’s the dif­fer­ence between a morn­ing suit and a lounge suit?

I’ve done some research to help you find great deals at some of the top online retail­ers, and how much you might expect to pay for a bespoke suit, a lux­ury tai­lored suit and a high street wed­ding suit.

I’ve also writ­ten a lit­tle intro­duc­tion about wed­ding acces­sories for guys. It’s not just about top hats and cuf­flinks, there are impor­tant things like socks to con­sider. Black? Wal­lace & Gromit? Or per­haps some­thing a lit­tle more quirky and fun?! (more…)