The following suppliers meet the Love My Dress seal of approval. They are fabulous and brilliant at what they do and are listed here because either they are a sponsor, or I have had direct experience of working with them. They are also really lovely, nice genuine kind of people, who I take pleasure in recommending to my readers.
Books
'Style Me Vintage: Weddings - my first, beautiful, bestselling book!
Unique Services
The Wedding Reporter - wedding reports bound in to a beautiful and unique book - a wonderful record of your day
Wedding Planners/Event Stylists
Cranberry Blue Weddings - I have direct experience of working with Melanie Helen, who is organising my book launch. She is amazing. Highly, highly recommended.
The UK Alliance of Wedding Planners
- Visit their membership database for a planner near you who can assist
and guide you, take on full wedding planning role or simply provide
on-the-day support. Read this feature too - it demystifies the role of the wedding planner.
Pocketful of Dreams
- Michelle contributes regularly to Love My Dress and is one of the
most talented, passionate, creative planners working in the UK wedding
industry today.
Props Hire/Styling
Pearl and Earl
- creators of nostalgic chic for home, art and celebrations - we adore
this website, it's full of fun props and wedding favour ideas and it's
bursting with colour and style - go and see it now! (the place to go to if you're after big balloons and stripey straws!)
Vintage Style Hire - Essex based antiques collector/stylist with heaps of creative ideas - travels/supplies to anywhere in the UK - HIGHLY recommended.
The Photo Emporium - Photo booths for hire at weddings like you have never seen before; try the Hollywood red carpet glamour style, vintage, or aitstream! Just fabulous.
Florists
By Appointment Only Design
- signature style extravagance, with the most amazing floral creations.
Javier and Tony also offer full venue style and design services. London based but supply florals and venue design all over the UK
Philippa Craddock Design - outragaeously beautiful flowers from this wedding and event florist based in Sussex. Philippa designed and supplied all the florals for my book launch party.
Bridal Wear & Bridesmaids
Alan Hannah - beautiful bridal wear handmade in Britain
Belle & Bunty - I adore these girls and their bohemian meets vintage wedding dress collection
Circa Vintage Brides - vintage inspired bridal wear
Claire Pettibone - the most exquisite, ethereal, nature inspired wedding dresses
Heavenly Vintage Brides - beautiful and elegant original vintage bridal wear
Joanne Fleming - one of the UK's best independent designers, vintage/bohemian/exquisite
Naomi Neoh - Utterly beautiful, romantic bridal wear
Nicki Macfarlane - Bespoke bridesmaids dresses, flowergirl dresses and page boy outfits
Dana Bolton - fabulous bespoke bridal wear designer/dressmaker
Sally Lacock - simply divine bridal wear creations from one of the UK's best independent designers
The State of Grace - one of my most favourite bespoke bridal wear designers in. the. world!!
The following specialise in the supply of very high quality original vintage bridal wear;
Elizabeth Avey - beautiful original vintage wedding dresses, London based
Fur Coat No Knickers - purveyors of original vintage wedding dress finds
Heavenly Vintage Brides - beautiful and elegant original vintage bridal wear
Zoe Lem - Stylist and vintage shape expert with her own vintage inspired wedding dress collection
Wedding Shoes
Emmy - beautiful vintage inspired bespoke wedding shoes
Arabesque - wedding shoes, bridal shoes, shoe dyeing and wedding accessories
Accessories, Jewellery, Headpieces & Millinery
Corinne Smith Designs - based on Scotland, shipping world wide, beautiful stuff
Gillian Million - beautiful bespoke and vintage inspired wedding accessories
Glitzy Secrets - gorgeous and easy to use online vintage jewellery emporium
Liberty In Love - online wedding accessories boutique
Rose Garden Accessories - beautifully crafted accessories by a talented artisan
Bridal Boutiques
Miss Bush Bridal Wear - Surreys leading designer bridal wear boutique
Cakes and Caterers...
Cake Maison - Wonderful designer of luxury wedding cakes in the London/Sussex area
Kalm Kitchen - The only caterers I can personally recommend. Out of this world with the most exciting and creative serving suggestions designed to fit with the style of your wedding/event.
Olofson Design - bespoke wedding cake design and gastronimic gluttony in London
Restoration Cake - 'We believe in beauty, love and delicious cakes'. Says it all. London based.
Zoe Clarke Cakes Top London wedding cake designer
Entertainment
It's a Windup! aka, The Vintage 78 DJs - the original graomophone DJs and the best. I adore Matt & Annabel and their 78rpm shellac records!
Hair & Makeup Artists
Lipstick and Curls {London based hair and makeup artists specialising in era/vintage looks
Severin Hubert at Hepburn Collection {UK wide}
Lucy Baker Makeup Artist {London & UK wide)
Kristina Gasperas {London based, but will travel}, award winning Makeup Artist (won the 2013 Wedding Industry Awards regional and national categories for Makeup Artist).
Photographers
Photographers have been listed by geographical location - but most photographers will happily travel UK wide and overseas for their clients.
London & Surrounding Area
Annamarie Stepney - Annamarie takes beautiful wedding photographs. That's all you need to know really. Except to say she is a lot of fun to be around and one of the loveliest people in the industry.
Ashton Jean-Pierre - film photographer, one of my two favourite film photographers in the UK
Eliza Claire Photography - Eliza's beautiful photography features regularly on Love My Dress
Fiona Kelly Photography - Surrey based, and a lovely lady who takes great photography
Julia & You - Essex based Julia takes beautiful photography
Karolina Paczkowska - alternative style wedding photography from an up and coming photographer
Mckinley-Rodgers - Oxford based duo Penny and Cam take photos that touch my heart every time
Olliver Photography - wondrous weddings in pretty places
Polly Alexandre - fine art film photographer {my other favourite!}
Wedding Belles - newcomers to the community of sponsors here at Love My Dress, whose work we are looking forward to featuring very soon
Midlands
Assassynation - Alternative style wedding photographer and gorgeous lovely lady to boot!
Emma Case - Birmingham, alternative style wedding photographer
North
Cat Hepple - Leeds based wedding photographer who adds a beautiful feminine touch to all her work
Andy Wardle - Manchester based wedding photographer
Katy Lunsford - Katy is based in Manchester - her work has featured many times on Love My Dress
Scotland
Mirrorbox Photography - Mirrorbox have featured many times on Love My Dress, with their fun of relaxed, alternative style, fun and quirky weddings
South
Hannah Mia - St Albans wedding photgorapher
Joanna Brown - amazingly talented alternative style photographer who is also the photographer behind my first book, Style Me Vintage: Weddings
McKenzie Brown - Devon based alternative wedding photographer
Naomi Kenton - one of the best fine art style photographers I know. I simply adore Naomi's work
Moments Captured - Brighton wedding photographer producing beautiful, timeless, elegant style wedding photography
Wales
Jake Morley - Cardiff
Stationery and Artists
Berinmade - creative paper goods for the loved and the cherished. Founder Erin regularly contributes to Love My Dress too
Cutture - the best laser-cut stationery specialists I know
Emily & Jo - beautiful bespoke stationery
Paul Antonio - World class calligrapher and master scribe - no one else comes near. Incomparable.
Vicky Trainor - creator of 'The Vintage Drawer', just so pretty
Venues & Wedding Yurt Hire
Country House Wedding Venues - Search for beautiful places to get married
Cams Hall - Stunning Hampshire wedding venue
Fetcham Park - Beautiful listed buidling and Surrey wedding venue
Wedding Yurts - hire a beautiful yurt for any location across the UK
Wedding Fairs & Events {the good ones!}
Miss Vintage Wedding Affair - a very popular vintage wedding fair held in London
Zoe Lem Vintage Wedding Fair - London based vintage fair with a strong focus on original vintage and/or vintage inspired products and supplies. Art Director and Celebrity Fashion Stylist Zoe Lem truly knows her stuff and if vintage is your passion, this is not one to miss
The Wedding Institute - Saltburn, North Yorkshire - I can't rave enough about how I adore this fair!
The Eclectic Wedding Extravaganza - Birmingham
Wedding Favours
Lovely Favours - pretty vintage inspired favours for your wedding guests. I used this company to purchase vintage style perfume bottles from as favours for my female guests, they went down a treat!
Page last updated on 23rd May 2013.
