It is such a joy to be sharing Rebecca and Joseph’s Liverpool city wedding on Love My Dress today. Photographed by the wonderfully talented Luis Calow, their August wedding day was the perfect mix of an intimate ceremony and a vibrant party, all set against the backdrop of two of Liverpool’s most iconic spaces.
Rebecca wore a super-chic and minimalist Anna Quan gown that captured her modern, laid back style, paired with a dramatic Christopher Kane veil that instantly became the standout piece of her look. Together these choices created a bridal outfit that felt effortless and true to her own sense of fashion, yet elevated enough for such a meaningful occasion.
The couple exchanged vows inside the beautiful peach ballroom of Liverpool Town Hall, a grand setting that still managed to feel personal and intimate for their ceremony. Afterwards, they led their guests to Oh Me Oh My, a light-filled venue in the heart of the city that provided the perfect canvas for flowers, music, food and a big party-inspired celebration that carried late into the evening.
This Liverpool wedding brings together everything I value most in the stories we share here on Love My Dress: style grounded in personal choice, a modern approach to city celebrations, and a sense of joy that radiates through every single beautiful image. Enjoy!
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Oh Me, Oh My, Livepool City Centre
From day one we knew that we wanted the day to have both an intimate ceremony and then one big party afterwards. Something that felt authentically us.
We really wanted to have a city wedding and to do this at a town hall felt like the perfect laid back option. We live in Manchester but our Town Hall is under renovation so we had to look further afield. The peach ballroom at Liverpool Town Hall really blew us away; the building is so grand but also felt intimate for us and our guests.
The Dress
Anna Quan
My dress was by Anna Quan. I tried on a few dresses but had a very clear view of what I wanted from day one so began to go down the bespoke route.
I actually found my dress accidentally whilst scrolling Net a Porter and it was exactly what I’d been looking for – after a little tailoring it was perfect.
I definitely didn’t have the ‘it’s the one’ bridal boutique experience but ordering directly from Net a Porter took away a tonne of stress and meant that I got to create my own private moment in our home.
I knew that I wanted a super minimal silhouette and to feel like an extension of my day to day style. My dress was the perfect combination of laid back but with a hidden corset inside which made the whole dress feel really elevated.
My veil was from Christopher Kane and was definitely the star of the show. I wanted a real standout piece where my dress was so simple and as soon as I saw it I knew it was the one. It was my favourite part of my whole bridal look.
My shoes were ASOS via Vinted. I wanted a super minimal heeled sandal and they seemed to be sold out in my size everywhere! I took to vinted and found them brand new, it took away any guilt of getting them filthy from a whole day and night of dancing.
My earrings were by CompletedWorks and my handbag was by Rooper.
Bride’s own: after a trial where I felt very un-me I decided that I’d do my own hair and make up. The morning getting ready just felt like a big girly morning with my bridesmaids, sharing make up and all getting ready together, it was the perfect laid back start to the day that I’d envisioned.
I left the bridesmaids to choose what they felt comfortable in with a brief of navy blue – they all did a great job in choosing and they all looked authentically themselves.
I walked to the venue with all of my bridesmaids, mums and stepdad, it was such a fun experience and really added to the excitement.
The Ceremony
I walked down the aisle, accompanied by my dad, to the sound of ‘You Do Something To Me’, by Paul Weller.
Magdelana from Liverpool registration service officiated our ceremony. She was so warm and personable – we’d never met before the day but we still say now that despite that, we definitely would have chosen her if given the choice!
Joseph wore a suit from Suit Supply, shirt and tie from Drakes and a pair of Drakes’ Paraboots. You just can’t go wrong with Paraboots and these were a perfect elevated version for the big day.
He also wore a lovely Timex x NN07 watch was bought especially for the day, and my lovely wife to be bought me a solid gold chain as a present for our wedding.
As a Brummie, I knew that we had to take a trip to the jewellery quarter to pick out our rings. We knew we wanted plain gold bands so felt like this was a perfect choice to shop around and find exactly what we wanted.
We tried on hundreds of rings, went for lunch where we looked through photos of everything we’d tried over pizza and then went to make our purchases, it was such a fun shopping trip.
Photography
We found Luis Calow on Instagram after finding him through another wedding we loved the style of.
After our initial call, it was a no brainer to go with Luis, we felt like friends immediately and we knew that we wanted somebody that would create beautiful images but also enjoy the day with us!
We’ve already been recommending him and have even had a few people reach out directly to ask for his details.
How They Met
We met whilst both living in London and stayed there for an extra four years before making the move up north to Manchester. Shortly after moving, Joe proposed whilst on a trip for my 30th birthday to New York.
We found a quiet bench in a hidden part of the park, in a city so filled with people we really felt like we had it all to ourselves in that moment.
Joe had the engagement ring made in America and shipped directly to the hotel. He’d never seen it in real life until the day before he proposed.
After some covert operations with the hotel concierge, he smuggled it to our hotel room and proposed the next day!
The Reception
With Oh Me Oh My just a few steps away this felt like a great canvas to turn into the vision we had for our reception and ticked all of the boxes for us.
Whilst nothing specific inspired us we wanted it to be a reflection of how we live our lives; our outfits authentic to what we’d usually wear. The dress was super simple and minimal in line with my personal style, decor and flowers the same as we’d choose in line with our own personal style. The suit was formal in a modernist silhouette, calling on classic British tailoring style and shapes, but using Italian fabric to make it feel extra special for the big day.
I love flowers and knew I wanted the venue to be filled with them. We sent some inspiration images to MaryMary and let them work their magic.
We’d just asked for neutrals with pinks and greens with a few specific flower varieties – the team didn’t disappoint, and we were just blown away for the entire day.
Our cake was from Long Bois Bakehouse in Levenshulme, Manchester. Jenny is a friend of ours and there was no doubt we wanted her to make our cake.
We sent her some loose inspiration knowing that we wanted two tiers, some abstract icing & flowers and let her lead creatively – we couldn’t have been happier with the results, it was perfect.
She was supposed to be taking a well earned holiday but booked around our big day and hand delivered our cake on route.
Words of Wedded Wisdom
Do your best to enjoy the process of planning – if a decision feels hard, think whether you’re doing it for you/the right reasons.
Try not to let opinions get in the way of what you want, it will all come together in the end and everyone will have an amazing day!
We’re both numbers people and were very determined to stay within budget whilst creating the day that we wanted.
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