Hey lovely ladies and gents, I'm busy having one of those days where mostly, everything goes kind of wrong. Ever get those days? Come on Tuesday, buck your ideas up, I need you to be working for me today! It's a good job I have some wedding day pretty to keep me going, seriously!!
So this afternoon, and somewhat unplanned *moves the discussion post I did have planned back to later this week!*, I'm bringing forward a rather stunning wedding I have recently finalised editing for the enjoyment of all you city-chic style brides.
Nothing beats that wedding day smile, those tender embraces and the 'look of love that' all good wedding photographers know just how to capture on camera. You know I'm a total sucker for wedding photography - all brides are beautiful in my books. But bride and model Ali here is rather a show-stopper, don't you agree? I adore her hair!
Ali married her beau Charles on 29 May last year at Tompkins Restaurant and Attic Bar in the Pan Peninsula building near canary wharf, London. The day was one full of glamour and style - a true 'city chic' wedding if ever there was one....
Love My Dress Wedding Blog - Photography Copyright (c) 2011, Anneli Marinovich
Ali chose a dress from Ellis Bridals to turn heads with...
"I am very lucky to have worked with some amazing bridal designers over the years. It also means the novelty of putting on a wedding dress had passed so I thought it would probably be very difficult for me to find "the dress". However, I was working at a bridal trade exhibition in September of 2010 for Ellis Bridal, a lovely company that I had worked for numerous times. Everytime we do the shows, all us girls say which ones we love. One of the other models came out in this dress and I said "wow! I love that one!" I just couldn’t stop looking at her in it. As soon as I got a chance, I put it on and I just knew then that it was the dress.
It was simple, but I felt very feminine and sexy as it hugged my curves and the black bow belt just finished it off. This was definitely the dress - I didn’t even go dress shopping after I had discovered it!"
"I designed my shoes myself using the fantastic Upper Street website. I designed a cute pair of red shoes first to see their quality. They came out beautifully so I set about designing my wedding shoes. I decided upon a peep toe with small platform and 3.5" heel (at 5ft 10" i couldn't go any higher without towering above my husband to be!) it was great that i could select heel height.
I went for silver snakeskin leather and a pewter leather bow. I wanted a pair of shoes i would wear again rather than have an ivory satin pair. As a little something extra, I paid extra for the wording "On My Wedding Day, 29th May 2011" inscribed in gold on the insole of each shoe.
They were perfect and so comfortable all night long. I have worn them out to several occasions since too and evey time I look down at them I remember that special day!"
"I adore anything art deco so my overall theme and styling was along those lines. My colours where Ivory and Black with soft pinks & amethyst...."
"The wonderful Jo-Anne Edwards made my wedding cake {see contact details at end of feature}. I had created a design and emailed it to her. I had absolute faith in her creations and didn’t see the finished product until i walked into the dinning all to be seated for dinner! It was perfect and exactly like my design.
We both love fruit cake so decided to go for a traditional brandy soaked fruit dark cake layered with marzipan and icing. The design was art deco inspired. As topper we chose to have the famous Butler & Wilson brooch, The Dancing Couple. This finished the art deco look and went perfectly with the design. The cake was finished off with some pink peonies..."
"I had three bridesmaids, charles's daughters Ellis who is 16, my younger sister Bev and my maid of honour was my best friend Erica. I ordered their dresses online from J Crew in the US and had them delivered to my friend in LA, who then bought them over on his next visit. I took quite a risk as they were in the sale and non refundable so I had to go on measurements alone. All three dresses fitted perfectly! I wanted them to have a simple dress that was flattering and that they could wear again. They were made from 100% silk, and I ordered them in the colour "Light Amethyst" which was a beautiful soft shade. I even ordered myself one I loved them so much!
The girls all wore shoes from New Look - reduced to £5!"
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