The Autumn
National Wedding Show is fast approaching and with this in mind, we’re hand
picking our favourite exhibitors for you lucky brides-to-be to look out for!
With a vast
array of gorgeously luxurious dresses, cakes, jewellery, and all things bridal;
allow us to be your fairy God mother and select for you what we love right now.
The
talented design duo team Belle and Bunty at the Bespoke Wardrobe show their new
collections at The National Wedding Show. Highlighting vintage glamour in each
phase, these beautifully elegant dresses will wow your crowd with their
sweeping necklines and gorgeously floaty cuts and fittings.
We're loving the Petal Dress, their sassy take on the classical panel dress with it's understated front, revealing the open detailing and articulated low back of the dress. A modern twist on the classic bride.
The
generosity of offering us such beautiful gowns doesn’t stop there, as we have
organised for one lucky Brides magazine winner to get a free dress (amongst
other wedding goodies worth £6k)! Follow
the link for more details to be in with a chance of winning your perfect bridal
gown.
Another
S&M favourite has to be Le Papillon Patisserie and Miss Lola’s Bakehouse,
for the most mouth-wateringly stunning wedding cakes.
Le Papillon Patisserie explore the tea party
trend for the more contemporary bride; offering a vast array of cakes to personalise
with flowers, fruit, chocolate scrolls, or simply create your own bespoke
wedding delicacy. They provide fun displays that your guests won’t be able to
wait to dive in to.
For the
more traditional bride is Miss Lola’s Bakehouse with their classically designed
three tier cake creations. Each cake is entirely bespoke and made to order, capturing
the overall personality and theme of the wedding, with immaculate attention to
detail...mmm, we
can taste them already!
For hand
assembled, UK based wedding invitations, Amelia Lane Paper is an up and coming
custom made invitation service. Ranging from traditional and elegant, whimsical
and fun, or modern and unique; Amelia Lane Paper pairs outstanding design with
individual personality. We love the vintage, fun feel to her creations, a great
introduction to any style of wedding. An S&M favourite!
Alongside beautifully designed gowns is a
little something for the men, with Groom’s fashion from contemporary high
street store Topman and Cad and the Dandy, making high end tailoring accessible
to all.
The Great Gatsby inspired hair accessories are
coming to the forefront of all the catwalks, injecting art deco glamour into
any bridal party. Tiaras by Harriet exude 20's chic with heavily crystallised applique headpieces, suitable to glam up any bride.
Hermione Harbutt designs statement pieces and
are bound to be a great hit on the runway, coinciding with the theme of vintage
glamour really taking over bridal fashion this season. Hermione has also donated one of her gorgeous headpieces to the WIN page competition in Brides magazine. We love this statement piece, glamorous yet with a real autumnal feel to it.
Or for something a little different, Yelena Smirnova delivers beautifully floral, handmade head pieces and corsages perfect for a midsummer night's dream wedding.
Here at
S&M we recognise that wedding planning is tiring work...did someone say
holiday? Both Tropical Sky and AM Resorts in Dominican Republic offer the most
fabulous holiday get aways, either for your holiday ceremony or as a
honeymooner’s paradise.
Brides Magazine featured AM Resorts with the stunning location of Dominican Republic,
for one winner to receive an all inclusive, a no-expenses-spared week's holiday!
Something
old , something new , something borrowed and something .....green !! Fine jewellery designers Jon Dibben and Stephen Webster offer one of the most
important items on the day of any wedding. Best men have sleepless nights over
forgetting it, and brides to-be eagerly anticipate how big it will be. It is of
course, the ring.
The Fairtrade Foundation are showcasing these talented
designers amongst others and Brides magazine have recognised this ethical trend
and have already credited these stunning designs and urging brides to think
about how the gold is sourced. Read
their recent blog post:
Jon Dibben
creates entirely bespoke items, all traditionally handcrafted within his own
workshop, making them entirely personalised to you. Offering both fair-trade
and fairmined gold or platinum, there truly is something to suit everybody’s
tastes and wants; after all, you’ll be wearing it every day of your life!
StephenWebster’s wedding creations are for a more contemporary audience, with edgy
designs for those couple’s who really want to make a statement.
As you can
see we’ve been working hard alongside the National Wedding Show, carefully
selecting the very best exhibitors, giving all you brides-to-be only the finest
when it comes to organising your big day.
