Wedding Inspiration

Autumn, or fall, as it is commonly called across the pond, is now giving way to winter, but before we forget about all that this wonderful season has to offer, I have squirreled together a small selection of my favourite wedding stationery designs.

Sassi Holford’s stunning 2011 collection entitled Indulgence, certainly lives up to its name. The use of luxurious fabrics such as silk organza, slipper satin and vintage lace, combined with decadent styling and exquisite lines make this wonderful collection arguably one of her finest to date...

When I first laid eyes on Gemma and Ed’s beautiful wedding photos, I instantly fell in love with them. Not only because of the exquisite photography of David and Richard of Galloway photography but also because of their stunning wedding venue, The beautiful Walled Garden at Cowdray. It epitomises, as Gemma and Ed quite rightly said, ‘the perfect image of an English country garden.’

Multi award-winning bridal designer Ian Stuart has achieved international renown for his sumptuous gowns, and we're delighted to feature his latest collection in our Designer Wedding Dress section.

Having begun his training at one of London’s finest couture houses, Ian has gone on to dress women all over the world on their wedding day in his exquisite creations, including many celebrated stars from the television and film world.

From the moment I laid my eyes on the beautiful images of Kelly and Danielle’s wedding, I fell in love with Danielle’s stunning couture wedding dress by Enzoani (not forgetting Kelly’s stylish black and white combo too!) What could be better than looking so stunning on your wedding day, and having the beautiful day documented with a wedding day photo shoot by your extremely talented brother in law, Brett Harkness from Brett Harkness photography?

Oxana and Alex reflected their English and Russian heritage beautifully and combined a Russian Orthodox wedding ceremony with the opulent glamour of Cliveden, a traditional London bus and a Thames river cruise aboard ‘The Georgian,’ managing to merge both extravagant Russian flavours with the best of British.

Suzanne Neville is undoubtedly one of the most popular designers in luxury bridal fashion in the UK. Known for her perfectly structured gowns and dressing the glitterati that grace the pages of celebrity magazines.

Sitting front row at Suzanne’s amazing catwalk show as she previewed her 2011 collection at White Gallery, I was left with no doubt as to why her stunning designs are so popular

Carrie and Adam fell in love with the historic grandeur of Kirtlington Park, one of Oxford's most exclusive, luxury wedding venues. They successfully married both modern and traditional touches including tropical orchids and feathers with an 18th century colour palette, statement socks and classic pocket watches!

Their stunning wedding was beautifully captured by ‘The Bridal Photographer,’ David Bostock who has recently joined the ranks of The Wedding Vine’s exclusive, invitation only Premier Portfolio.

These stunning images of Elodie and Vianney’s enchanted French forest wedding were taken by one of the UKs most talented photographers - the hugely talented Marianne Taylor. I love how Marianne seems to capture nature perfectly. How can you improve on nature? Marianne simply does. Her work has a beautiful organic quality, and the use of colour and light gives this amazing wedding the unique and unmistakable Marianne Taylor style - breathtaking!

What struck me about the wedding of Sarah and James is how effortlessly stylish everything looked, though hardly surprising given Sarah’s glamourous career in fashion. I love the simple but stunning colour palette of midnight blue and ivory and the sleek silhouette of Sarah’s gown paired with her wonderful Cathedral length veil – she looked simply stunning!

Sarah and James chose Premier Portfolio member Brett Harkness Photography to capture their special day. Brett is know for his unique and refreshing fashion influenced style.

Following on from their wonderful wedding ceremony at St Cuthberts Church, and their intimate photo shoot by the sea at Lytham St Annes, fun and games were had by all with a lavish marquee wedding reception at Vanessa’s parents beautiful home. Marquees, bunting, fair ground rides and a rainbow of amazing Cath Kidson inspired flowers, Part 2 of this summer fete inspired wedding has it all…

The attention to detail in Vanessa and Pats beautiful summer fete inspired wedding is truly amazing. The floral styling is so lush and perfectly met Vanessa brief of ‘a complete riot of colour, fun, joy and happiness. The brief for the styling set the tone for the rest of their fun filled wedding by the sea. Photographed by David Burgess of Blink Photography and styled by Jane Thompson of Flower Design, the vibrancy of the day is brought to life in such a way that you can almost smell the sweet peas!

Sarah and David had a Jewish wedding, with the ceremony and the reception both at The Dorchester. They wanted as warm and relaxed a party as possible in this elegant central London venue. Sarah's mother took the role of wedding planner, and her style and attention to detail was evident everywhere.

It’s no secret that carefully chosen wedding accessories complete and “finish” a luxury look. But, as with all things fashion, wedding accessory trends are ever-changing. Styles, colours, materials, adornments and other facets of bridal accessory design change with each season, which makes ensemble engineering a challenge when the big event is many months away.

We talk to Magpie Vintage, Polly Edwards, Katzi, Vivien Sherif and Peter Lang to bring you the latest on upcoming trends for luxury designer wedding accessories.

Get ready for your red carpet debut in style with a romantic luxury spa break at Mayfair’s leading luxury wedding venue, Claridges.

Planning a wedding is not without it’s stresses and strains, so what better way to unwind and restore your vitality in preparation for your red carpet debut than to take a last minute romantic luxury spa break with your leading man?

We are delighted to announce the winner of the competition to win a bespoke Caroline Castigliano bridal gown valued at up to £5,000!

The lucky winner, Laura May, will be blogging about her Castigliano experience over the next year - from initial consultation with a Castigliano expert all the way through to her final fitting and her big day

It’s the biggest day of your life and you want it to be perfect and memorable. So just how do you begin to plan your perfect wedding? Some couples love the excitement of planning their wedding, but others prefer to hand over the reigns to a professional wedding planner. Award winning Wedding Planner Julie Tooby of Essentially You, is a valued member of TheWeddingVine.com’s Premier Portfolio, here she gives her top ten tips for planning the wedding of your dreams and also gives her expert opinion on how to hire the right wedding planner for you if you decide to hire a professional wedding planner.

Today we bring you part 2 of Wendy and Greg’s spectacular 'Out of Africa' Wedding at Tala, Durban’s finest Private Game Reserve. The stunning images were submitted by the extremely talented Segerius Bruce Photography.

Wendy and Greg’s spectacular Wedding at Tala, Durban’s finest Private Game Reserve, reminds me of the spectacular cinematography in the award winning Hollywood epic, Out of Africa. The stunning images were submitted by the extremely talented Segerius Bruce Photography.

Following a dramatic proposal on a snow capped mountain in Courchevelle, Wendy and Greg set their heart on a somewhere a little warmer for their wedding day and decided on the romantic backdrop of South Africa.

If someone asked you to imagine what an Eco wedding would be like, I’m pretty sure that it wouldn’t be the same as Tania and Bert’s dream for their amazing wedding. Stunning, stylish, whimsical and elegant are in fact adjectives that can be used alongside ‘Eco’ and Tania and Bert’s beautiful wedding certainly proved that!