Love My Dress was established in 2009 by newlywed and blogger, Annabel Beeforth. In just 20 months, Love My Dress has established itself as one of the UK's leading influential Wedding Blogs, offering daily inspiration to Brides to be and industry professionals.
Covering all aspects of weddings, from bridal wear through to planning and decor inspiration, Love My Dress now receives over 183,000* uniqes visitors per month {351,000*+ page hits} from all over the world, with the majority of these visitors {70%} coming from the UK. The vast majority {70%} of visitors are Brides planning a wedding.
Love My Dress is a now a recognised and trusted brand, growing in appeal and influence within the UK Wedding Industry.
In February 2011, Annabel was asked to attend the Designer Vintage Bridal Show as special guest. In the same month, Annabel was asked to participate in a photoshoot for Bridal Boutique Luella's Boudoir, involving the UK's top Wedding Bloggers. The photoshoot was lead by British Journal of Photography Award Winner Lisa Devlin and sponsored by Global brand Hasselblad. Features followed in Wedding Magazine and Photo Pro Magazine.
In March 2011, Annabel was asked to address the UK Alliance of Wedding Planners at their annual 'Excellence in Wedding Planning' conference, where she spoke about the increasing influence of wedding blogs and how to work with wedding Bloggers.
In April 2011, Love My Dress was voted one of the top 5 Wedding Blogs in the World by Elle Magazine.
In April 2011, Annabel was asked to represent the UK at New York Bridal Market, where she exhibited to an international audience of trade representatives keen to learn more about the UK Wedding Industry.
Love My Dress Wedding Blog - All Photography on this page, Copyright (c) 2011, Polly Alexandre
In June 2011, Love My Dress was listed in the 'Recommend Blogs and Articles' section of a new hard-back 'coffee table' book by Marnie Fogg on 'Vintage Weddings, with foreward by Fashion Designer great, Bruce Oldfield.
Annabel now regularly writes for Vintage Life Magazine, Wedding Magazine and Wedding Flowers Magazine and has also had features in Attire Bridal Magazine {trade publication}, Belle Bridal Magazine {North East region} and Hitched Magazine. Articles due for print include The Knot, one of America's leading and most influential websites and print magazines.
In August 2011, Annabel hosted her first major wedding industry networking event at the BALTIC Centre for Contemporary Arts in Gateshead. Over 250 people attended the 'Love My Dress Summer Soiree' which was a roaring success. As a result, a 2012 event is already in the planning.
The Love My Dress brand continues to expand it's influence across the UK wedding industry and beyond and Annabel has several exciting projects underway for 2012/13.
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A Bit About Me....
Thanks for stopping by this page. My name is Annabel and I am the author of the Love My Dress UK Wedding Blog. I'm super-happily married to my lovely Husband Philip, and am lucky Mummy to two lovely little girls ~ Eska Eleanor, a feisty, always-right, ballet and Riverdance obsessed 5 year old, and my darling little baby girl, Leanora Rose. Together we live in the North East of England with our two rescue dogs, Tarka and Izzie.
I established Love My Dress in November 2009, as a place for me to document and share all my gorgeous internet discoveries in the world of weddings - a habit I picked up during the 15 months I spent planning my own March 2009 wedding. In March 2011, I became a full time Wedding Blogger. As cliched as it sounds, I really am living the dream. I'm doing what I love and adore and what makes me leap out of bed with a smile on my face EVERY day.
'LoveMyDress' was actually a pseudonym I used on a wedding planning forum, and it kind of stuck! Today, Love My Dress is synonymous with glamorous, gorgeous, chic, elegant and vintage style weddings - a trusted online resource where readers can be inspired by real Brides, discover talented independent designers and generally become lost in a little place on the web that is bursting to the brim with a passion for beautiful weddings.
Love My Dress has been created to inspire all who visit, be you a Bride to be, newlywed or wedding industry professional.
♥ Learn more about me here (video, interviews, photoshoots etc)
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♥ See Love My Dress in the media by visiting the press section...
♥ See Love My Dress on the web:-
* Big Fat UK Wedding Bloggers Photoshoot, sponsored by Haselblad
* Channel 4 Website Interview
* Designer Vintage Bridal Show 'Meet The Blogger' interview
Much love,
Annabel :)
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* Data correct on 22 August 2011, via Google Analytics
