A Fedora, A Vintage Pocket Watch & A Stunning Statement Headpiece…

…..the three fabulous items that drew my attention immediately to this lovely set of wedding photographs. 

Real Weddings that feature at Love My Dress have to have a certain something about them; it could be something of a touch of glamour, a not towards 'vintage' in the styling, or a Bride and Groom that confidently ooze their own unique and exquisite style.  Of course, it helps when the Wedding Photograph is as talented as the team over at Archibald Photography and you have a Bride as pretty as Sam below, but these photos won my heart as soon as I saw that vintage pocket watch and the Brides fabulous head-piece ~ and, that Fedora!

Glaswegian couple Martin and Sam got engaged whilst sitting in a quiet corner of the Rockefeller Plaza in New York City.  They had gone on holiday for Sam's 30th so it ended up being a rather marvellous and exciting double celebration in the end!  Martin didn't say anything, he just took the ring out of his pocket and put it on Sam's finger.  Sam says “he was super cool about it – I was very emotional and had to run into the loos in the Rockefeller centre to fix my make up!”

All Imagery Copyright (c) 2010, Archibald Photography

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The couple chose the beautiful Malmaison Glasgow at the very last minute as their venue, after their first choice went into administration and cancelled their wedding with 4 weeks to go!  I can't imagine the stress! Sam had been to Malmaison for a business meeting and thought it was a cool venue and well suited to their small wedding, so they went to visit and booked it on the spot; “the style of the building and sumptuous decor was perfect, and looking back we were much happier with it as a venue and wished we had booked it from the beginning.”

Sam chose this blushing pink bouquet of Flowers by Cherry Blossom and found them really enthusiastic; “the bouquet and arrangements were unstructured looking, just as we wanted, and complimented the style of the wedding perfectly.”

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Sam wore a Benjamin Roberts gown from Diane Honeyman in Ayr. “They were so helpful and really know their stuff in terms of finding a dress to suit the bride's body shape. They let me try on a ridiculous number of gowns before I came back to the one they had picked out for me in the first place!”

What I love most about Sam's style is her stunning 'statement piece' hair accessory; a bespoke satin, tulle and wire head piece from Trina at Baba C Designs (you can see more of Baba-C's incredible designs in this 1920's photoshoot for Bridal wear designers Lindsay Fleming). It's so incredibly sassy and stylish, I love it! Sam also apparently had a really nice bespoke touch on her shoes; a little stamp showing the wedding date on the sole.  The shoes were Diane Hassall, purchased from The Accessory Boutique

Archibald Photography...

Archibald Photography... 

Sam's  glamorous hair style was fashioned by Debbie at Taylor Jax in Paisley and says “I never thought I could do 'big hair' but she did an amazing job.  I did my own make-up as I knew exactly what I wanted (and it gave me a reason to run amok in Fraser's cosmetics department!).”

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Now that's one chilled out Groom!  Martin wore a fedora hat, a genuine Stetson no less, purchased online from Village Hats

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And let's take another peak at that fabulous vintage pocket-watch…

Archibald Photography... a Vintage Pocket Watch, just completely marvellous!

Now, there always something on a wedding day that happens that you don't expect and for Sam it was when she stepped out of the car. A huge gust of wind blew the train of her dress right underneath the car and pulled out the pin that was holding the front of my hair in place.  Sam told us “my dress ended up with a huge black mark on it but I thought 'to hell with it, no point letting it spoil my fun!" and of course my mum was on hand to fix my hair!”

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I just can't imagine this Bride getting het up about anything on her day, she looks far too relaxed – and what a fabulous shot of her head-piece that is above there ~ just beautiful!

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Archibald Photography... Archibald Photography...

Archibald Photography... Archibald Photography...

Archibald Photography...

Archibald Photography...

Archibald Photography... Archibald Photography...

Wosa, look at that cake! Martin and Sam had a beautiful chocolate cake from Rainbow Sugarcraft in Peebles, and apparently the unusual spiky design has become legendary; their guests can't stop talking about it. Of course, our Bride said it tasted just as good as it looked 🙂

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There was no dancing at Sam and Martin's wedding, just a meal as they were having a very small wedding.  They did, however, make up a playlist for the ipod of lots of songs that bring back memories of all the years they've been together.

On booking Archibald Photography, Sam says “we saw some of Mark's work featured in Real Life Weddings magazine and just thought his style was very strong and very much the informal type of images we were looking for.  I had a chat with Mark on the phone and could tell he completely understood what we were looking for, so there was no decision to make really, we didn't need to look any further.  On the day we had an absolute ball ~ doing the photos was effortless and Mark was so easy going throughout.  Our guests all commented on the fact he wasn't telling us what to do or where to stand etc and they thought that was very refreshing to see."

 

The couple found it hard to decide on one best thing about their day, but in general felt that their 'fast and loose' approach to the day was what made it great! As Sam said “we didn't plan it like a military operation or schedule anything too tightly, and we were able to just go with the flow and enjoy the day as it came.  As a result there was no stress or rushing to keep up and we were able to enjoy every minute of it. We loved our Humanist ceremony.  It was very informal and the celebrant had written a lovely piece describing our relationship over the years.  Some of it was even quite amusing -  it was just really great for the ceremony to be relaxed and informal.  Both of us (well, mainly me!) were grinning from ear to ear for the duration of the ceremony.”

Thanks so much to Donna at Archibald Photography for sharing these fabulous photographs, and her interview with Bride Sam.

Annabel

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Founder of Love My Dress. Passionate Podcaster and Editor. Annabel lives in rural North Yorkshire with her husband and business partner Philip, their two daughters and menagerie of furry hounds. She loves photography, meditation, walking, being outdoors and star gazing. She is fierce when it comes to championing talent within the wedding industry and when she's not working on Love My Dress, she supports her husband Philip in the running of the family's sustainable flower farm and floral design business, Moonwind Flowers. In 2013, she became a published author.

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