1950s Glamour Meets Bright and Colourful British Country Fete

Hello lovelies 🙂 Before the afternoon runs away and we’re into relaxing for the evening and weekend ahead, I had to share this wonderfully colourful wedding with you.

Fizz and Denny tied the knot on 7th September last year at Aickwood Tower on the Scottish Borders.  The couple met via match.com in 2009 and got engaged while on holiday in India in 2011.  Their wedding was a fabulously bright and cheerful celebration – I love how the bride handmade and hand embroidered all the pretty decor and details to help create a country fete style atmosphere.

Photography Copyright (c) 2014, Mack Photography

Colourful and quirky 1950s retro wedding

Colourful and quirky 1950s retro wedding

Colourful and quirky 1950s retro wedding

Colourful and quirky 1950s retro wedding

“My brother walked me down the aisle to the sound of ‘For Lovers’ by Pete Doherty & Wolfman. During our ceremony we read a tweaked version of the traditional wedding vows and had the lyrics to ’Lovestrong’ by The Cure as a reading.

Robert Smith of The Cure wrote it for his wife on their wedding day and the song means a lot to us both.”

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Fizz chose to wear a 50’s style gown by Dolly Couture that she purchased in New York. She also originally purchased a veil but decided not to wear it in the end.

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Colourful and quirky 1950s retro wedding

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Colourful and quirky 1950s retro wedding

Colourful and quirky 1950s retro wedding

The couple used vintage Babycham imagery for their menus…

Colourful and quirky 1950s retro wedding

Colourful and quirky 1950s retro wedding

Colourful and quirky 1950s retro wedding

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Fizz actually baked all eight wedding cakes herself!

Colourful and quirky 1950s retro wedding

Colourful and quirky 1950s retro wedding

Colourful and quirky 1950s retro wedding

 


Colourful and quirky 1950s retro wedding

Colourful and quirky 1950s retro wedding

Colourful and quirky 1950s retro wedding

Colourful and quirky 1950s retro wedding

Colourful and quirky 1950s retro wedding

Colourful and quirky 1950s retro wedding

Colourful and quirky 1950s retro wedding

Colourful and quirky 1950s retro wedding

Colourful and quirky 1950s retro wedding

Colourful and quirky 1950s retro wedding

Colourful and quirky 1950s retro wedding

I spot two very cool page boys…

Colourful and quirky 1950s retro wedding

Colourful and quirky 1950s retro wedding

Colourful and quirky 1950s retro wedding

Colourful and quirky 1950s retro wedding

Colourful and quirky 1950s retro wedding

Colourful and quirky 1950s retro wedding

Seemed stockings finish off Fizz’s glamorous 50’s look…

Colourful and quirky 1950s retro wedding

Colourful and quirky 1950s retro wedding

Colourful and quirky 1950s retro wedding

Colourful and quirky 1950s retro wedding

Colourful and quirky 1950s retro wedding

Colourful and quirky 1950s retro wedding

Colourful and quirky 1950s retro wedding

Colourful and quirky 1950s retro wedding

Colourful and quirky 1950s retro wedding

Colourful and quirky 1950s retro wedding

 

Colourful and quirky 1950s retro wedding

Colourful and quirky 1950s retro wedding

Colourful and quirky 1950s retro wedding

Colourful and quirky 1950s retro wedding

Colourful and quirky 1950s retro wedding

Colourful and quirky 1950s retro wedding

Colourful and quirky 1950s retro wedding

Colourful and quirky 1950s retro wedding

Colourful and quirky 1950s retro wedding

Colourful and quirky 1950s retro wedding

Colourful and quirky 1950s retro wedding

Colourful and quirky 1950s retro wedding

Colourful and quirky 1950s retro wedding

Colourful and quirky 1950s retro wedding

Colourful and quirky 1950s retro wedding

Colourful and quirky 1950s retro wedding

Colourful and quirky 1950s retro wedding

Colourful and quirky 1950s retro wedding

Colourful and quirky 1950s retro wedding

Colourful and quirky 1950s retro wedding

Colourful and quirky 1950s retro wedding

Colourful and quirky 1950s retro wedding

Colourful and quirky 1950s retro wedding

Colourful and quirky 1950s retro wedding

Colourful and quirky 1950s retro wedding

Colourful and quirky 1950s retro wedding

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Colourful and quirky 1950s retro wedding

Words of Wedded Wisdom…

“Get as much done in the early stages so on the lead up to the wedding you can chill.”

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What a wonderfully colourful wedding, I just love it.  Fizz and Denny – thank you so much for allowing us to share your day to inspire our readers – and thanks also to Mack Photography.

Ladies, I’d love to hear from those of you who are looking to create a colourful day like this one? What might you be doing to incorporate lots of pretty hues and colour bursts on your wedding day?

Love Annabel

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Photographer – Mack Photography
Wedding Planner/Stylist – Lindsey Hunter from Get Knotted
Venue – Aickwood Tower on the Scottish Borders
Brides Dress – Dolly Coture, New York
Brides Shoes – Vivienne Westwood
Accessories – Antique Art Deco watch + Swarovski earings + Marabou Shrug
Grooms Suit – Walker Slater + wool tie via Etsy + Loakes brogues
Page boy – Blazer from M&S + skinny black Jeans + Converse + band t-shirts
Florist – Get Knotted
Cake –  All (8 of them) made by the bride
Entertainment – DJ David Stone (50s/60s specialist)
Favours – candles (cassis & fig) made by the bride
Rings – Hatton Garden + Lime Blue
Catering –  Meldon Catering
Stationery – The bride
Hair + Make-up – Miss Dixiebelle

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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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