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Senin, 21 Juli 2014

Vintage Wedding Dresses in the Movies: What's your favourite?

Dear Reader,

Ask anyone their Top 10 wedding movies, and the same films appear over and over. From My Best Friend's Wedding to Bridesmaids, from Twilight to Sex and the City.
Vintage wedding dresses in the movies: Audrey Hepburn in  Givenchy, for Funny Face
Well, you probably know by now that I'm a fan of old movies. (We know, we know, I hear you cry!) Over the next few days, I'll reveal my Top 10 of fabulous vintage wedding dresses from the movies. The countdown starts here...

10. Emma (starring Gwyneth Paltrow, 1996)
Vintage Wedding Dresses in the movies: Gwyneth Paltrow wears Empire Line as Emma
In the film based on Jane Austen's wonderful novel, Gwyneth Paltrow stars as Emma, in a charming Empire line (high waisted) dress. 
Vintage Wedding Dresses in the movies: Gwyneth Paltrow's original dress for Emma
In 1815 (when the story is set) this would have been the height of fashion. Dresses were made in soft flowing fabrics such as muslin, and corsets were not worn. Instead, long flesh-coloured pantaloons were worn under the dress!

9. Father of the Bride (starring Elizabeth Taylor, 1950)
Vintage Wedding Dresses in the movies: Elizabeth Taylor in 1950s dress for Father of the Bride
In Father of the Bride, Elizabeth Taylor’s magnificent figure is supported as only a 1950s dress can. Her fabulous dress is by famous costume designer Helen Rose.
Vintage Wedding Dresses in the movies: Elizabeth Taylor in 1950s dress for Father of the Bride
Helen Rose also designed Elizabeth Taylor's own wedding gown when she married her first husband Nicky Hilton in 1950.
Vintage Wedding Dresses in the movies: Elizabeth Taylor marries Nicky Hilton
Vintage Wedding Dresses in the movies: Elizabeth Taylor and Nicky Hilton
Some of you may remember that Elizabeth Taylor married a remarkable 9 times, so there are plenty of dresses to choose from! You can see more of her wedding dresses here.

8. The Good Shepherd (starring Angelina Jolie, 2006)
Vintage Wedding Dresses in the movies: Angelina Jolie's 'debutante' dress in The Good Shepherd
In this Skull-and-Bones spy thriller about the birth of the CIA, Angelina plays Clover Russell in an array of fabulous 1930s-inspired dresses. Her ivory lace 'debutante' dress (above and below) would make a wonderful simple wedding gown. 
Vintage Wedding Dresses in the movies: Angelina Jolie wears simple debutante dress, The Good Shepherd
But for Clover's society wedding, Oscar-nominated costume designer Ann Roth created this sumptuous and slinky satin 1930s-style dress. (Ann Roth designed for some truly iconic films such as Midnight Cowboy, Klute and The English Patient).
Vintage Wedding Dresses in the movies: Angelina Jolie in 1930s style wedding dress for The Good Shepherd
So that's just the first taste of my Top 10. More to follow this week! Now, what's yours...? Do check out my facebook page, tell me what I've missed and add your own favourites right here!

Thanks for looking, 
Love
Helena
Heavenly Vintage Brides

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Senin, 02 Juni 2014

How to Accessorise your Vintage Wedding Dress... and the super new-look 'Love My Dress'

Dear Reader

Do you already know Love My Dress? It's a wonderful wedding blog, full of ideas and inspiration by brilliant blogger Annabel. Well, today it's all looking rather new and different... Check out their pretty new design here.

And it reminded me about a post I wrote for Annabel a little while ago, all about accessorising vintage wedding dresses. Just scroll down to see it below. (Some of these beautiful dresses may no longer be available, but do call me to check!) Or visit LoveMyDress to see the original post and admire the lovely redesign at the same time!


HOW TO ACCESSORISE YOUR VINTAGE WEDDING DRESS…


I often get asked by my lovely brides for my advice regarding accessorising 
their vintage wedding dress. With this in mind I have some images to share – 
all the dresses are vintage and are from my own stock at Heavenly Vintage 
Brides, but the accessories are a mix of old {original vintage} and new.
Shoes…
with a short wedding dress like the first few photographed  here, there is  
great scope for fabulous statement shoes, which don't have to be ivory or 
white.  Lots of my Brides wear coloured shoes, red or pink in various shades 
being the most popular.  Several of my lovely brides have chosen the Melissa 
shoe, by Vivienne Westwood {below right in various shades}, and in the 
photo below {left}, the model is wearing Lady Dragon by Vivienne 
Westwood in red.
Shoes

The sweet little 50s tiered lace dress the model above is wearing is 
unfortunately sold, but I will be making some copies of it in the Spring in 
fabulous French lace – keep an eye on my site for news of my own little 

The shoes that my model Patience is wearing below are very modern 
but go well with the dresses, they are in a great nude pink colour which 
make her legs look super-long.

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The lovely knee length dress here is 1960s Tulip style and has a very 
elegant, couture look and feel. It is approx a size 10 to small 12 and 
priced at £900, and is currently available to try on at the Heavenly 
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When my clients ask me for shoe ideas,  I often suggest a Spanish 
designer called Chie Mihara, her designs manage to look both vintage 
and contemporary at the same time. Take a look at Chie's website – 
her price start from around £240.
Chie Mihara

Another shoe designer I often suggest to my clients is Rachel Simpson 
whose dainty little shoes have a very vintage feel. I particularly like the 
Ginger style, in gold or silver as seen here. This designer has also just 
collaborated on a new range of shoes for dance-wear specialist Freed of 

A more cost effective alternative is to have a look at Next wedding 
shoes. The prices start from £30 and the shoes are really very pretty, 
and fantastic value. 

Vintage Bling…
I do love a bit of bling, so I often add a vintage brooch to a dress, 
the 1940s brooch Patience is wearing goes well as it's the same age 
as the dress and adds a bit of subtle sparkle, and the diamante pattern 
is quite lacy.
A great place to buy affordable vintage jewellery is the Hammersmith 
Town Hall Vintage Fair, run by Paola of P & A Antique Fairs, I get lots 
of great accessories, and petticoats there.
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The little white flower and heart hat is by Cherished Vintage and the 
cocktail ring is from Top Shop and is just added for fun…
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In one shot we have the ultimate accessory -  the 'handbag-sized' dog….! 
In this case JJ, who behaved very well considering she is only a few 
months old!
This dress by the way, is in beautiful cotton lace original vintage number, 
that was worn by a bride in Richmond back in the 1940s. I love the fact 
that I know her name and the year it was worn.  The Bride stored it so 
carefully with a little mother of pearl Bible and a coin dated 1940. It is 
in fantastic condition so it was obviously a treasured possession.
The dress is approximately size 8/10 and priced at £900.
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The next dress is a 1950s tulle prom style dress. I have used a dainty 
little vintage diamante necklace which belonged to my model Cordelia's 
grandmother. I think it's lovely to try and use a family piece of jewellery 
- it doesn't need to be a valuable piece, just go through 'Granny's' 
jewellery box!
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The headdress the model is wearing is made from vintage gold leaves 
and delicate diamante jewellery – a design by Cherished Vintage. The 
dress is priced at £850 and is size 8.
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Headpieces…
The headwear is of course very important an accessory, particularly for 
my photoshoots. I have used a range of styles made by Abby and Debbie 
at the wonderful Cherished Vintage.  They use original vintage jewellery 
to make lovely unique headpieces and bands, and to my delight - great 
little hats, which are a recent addition to their range.  All the headpieces 
I used on my shoot were made by Cherished Vintage.
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The dress here is a 1960s very classic style with a beaded neckline, and 
tulip skirt. The headdress made from vintage pearl jewellery was perfect 
with it – I needed something very simple in shape, to reflect the simplicity 
of the dress and the beaded neckline, and  It had just the right kind of 
beading and just the right 'weight' to it – again, from Cherished Vintage.
I though the style demanded a simple Audrey Hepburn style hairdo, but  
I made it a bit loose, to keep it modern.  The dress size is approximately 
a size 8.
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Hairstyles are of course very important and I feel that they should echo 
the period of the dress but with a modern feel. Hair styles of the past 
were very fixed and lacquered and these days, girls don't want anything 
quite as stiff. 
Here, I again used a cute little hat from Cherished Vintage, and false 
eyelashes, which are great for capturing that vintage feel.
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The dress, again modelled by Cordelia is silk organza from the 1950s 
with French Lace appliques, priced at £1200, it has a long sweeping 
train and a beautiful sash and fits approx a size 8. The little hats are 
hand-made on new bases using vintage flowers and textiles, and will 
be a feature of Cherished's ready to wear collection, or can be made 
bespoke to order.
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The dress shown below is again from the 1950s and is beautifully 
constructed with  many panels forming the skirt.  It almost has a corset-like 
effect to draw attention to a neat waist.  It is approximately a size 8 or 
small size 10, and priced at £1100.
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The final dress is a cute sparkly tulle and lace 1950s prom dress with 
pearls and sequins following the pattern of the lace around the neckline.  
I have used a great headpiece which has a sparkly vintage brooch at its 
centre, as of course the sparkles on the dress demand a bit more sparkle 
in the hair!  The dress is a size 8 and priced at £1000.
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All these dresses are available at Heavenly Vintage Brides, and I love 
to meet Love My Dress brides, so please feel free to contact me to book 
in for an appointment sometime to try some on!
My prices range from £350/400 to around £1250 for an original 
vintage wedding dress. Unfortunately I don't have space to stock many 
accessories,  but I do have some nice original vintage wedding veils, 
and some great cocktail veils – designed by Helena Talbot of HT 
Headwear, that compliment my dresses in the most wonderful way.  
Helena can also create headpiece designs to match your specific ideas.

I hope you've enjoyed this post. Do check out Annabel's blog,
LoveMyDressAnd please do visit me later this week when I'll be 
featuring some fabulous 1930s wedding dresses!
Love
Helena 
Heavenly Vintage Brides

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Rabu, 25 Juli 2012

Wedding Wednesday- 31 More Good Ideas for ONE Month Out!

from followpics.net/christmas-cinnamon-roll-wreath/
Alright people! We are exactly one month out today! So rather than just do one great idea, I figured I would do 31. I probably won't have another chance to trot out the fun ideas I come across on my blog hopping (which is almost over too! I mean, I am watching them slowly wane from my interest- once you have made your decisions, it just isn't as fun). I especially love that Offbeat Bride, and there a couple on here that I have left at the side for quite a while. So anyway, drink this in people, because it is almost over!

Ok!  Off we go!

1. This isn't technically only for weddings (It would be awesome for like holidays too) but for a brunch wedding it would be really cool. I can easily explain why we did our wedding the way we did (we want to dance), but if you aren't dancey, I think a brunch wedding would be so cool.

from offbeatbride.com/2012/07/washington-garden-food-wedding
2. Comic book postcards as your guest book. Very cool. I especially love the way they are displaying them. 

from offbeatbride.com/2012/07/unity-sandwich
3. A Unity Sandwich! As opposed to sand or candles or that business. The Boy HATES those, but we would do this if we could. Just amazing. Lifetime commitments do look like sandwiches. 

from kotaku.com/5930485/
 4. A Tetris Invite- This is Genius!! Would be very cool for a gamer wedding.

from indulgy.com/post/u4sqPheVT1/must-take-wedding-photos
5. This picture of guys getting ready. I just think this is pretty sweet. 

from offbeatbride.com/2012/07/nerdy-wedding-invitations
6. Dinosaur bone motif- I just think this is adorable- very tongue and cheek without being overly cutesy. 

from www.examiner.com/slideshow/wedding-activities-for-kids
7. Kids packs- I like this wayyy better than the coloring books that A) they don't use and B) are usually perpetuating a bunch of heteronormative silliness. I mean, if you are at a wedding for a heterosexual couple, some of this business is hard to avoid, but I think there is no reason to treat it like the only option. Or even something they should aspire to? If you just give them notepads, they can use it however they want!

from whengeekswed.com/blog/2012/04/16/hidden-spiderman/
8. This. I am pretty sure this was described as "something for the groom" but I think this could be awesome for anyone! Think of all the weirdness you could have crawling out of your wedding cake! This idea truly has a ton of potential.

from www.mazelmoments.com
9. This is probably the last time I will post a picture of this wedding, the dream one, on the blog. Yet another picture of it has been circulating around the internet, and it seriously has to be the prettiest yet. This is the reception that launched a thousand paper lanterns. Still, come on people! This is amazing!

from www.uncommonplaceblog.com/2012_07_01_archive.html
10. Having a wedding at the cheesy astro turf oasis in the middle of Joshua Tree. Just so creative and bizarre. I love the kind of intentional cheesiness of it all, but Joshua Tree is also so beautiful, so you get a very strange combination. 

from www.pinterest.com/cocobeancoco/updos-low/
11. Bride with each bridesmaid pictures- I really love these, because they turn out so much sweeter than the big group pictures. Melissa did these for her wedding, and I really thought they were great. 

from tiedbowblog.wordpress.com/tag/wedding-chair-signs/
12. Pictures on the back of the bride and groom's chairs. I saw another one in a magazine wherre the pictures were of the bride and groom as kids. I thought that was such a sentimental idea without being saccharine or overly agressive in its cuteness.

from www.pinterest.com/demomorty0/
13. Engagement pictures that prominently feature pets (and maybe nothing else)- this engagement pic is so cool because it isn't trying to hard. But putting them in a studio-like space, the photographer avoids some overly domesticated , Beidermeier style intimacy- but it is still intimate!

from offbeatbride.com/2010/08/guestbook-alternatives
14. A Blue French Horn as your Guest Book- Perfect for the exceptionally avid How I Met Your Mother enthusiast (or french horn players, I guess). 

from www.pinterest.com/vanityscare/engagement-pix-to-copy/
15. Another great engagement picture- God Bless Neon shoe laces- also, couples which are not equally matched in their eccentricity- I totally get that!

from www.geekosystem.com/eye-of-sauron-cake-always-watching/
16. Eye of Sauron groom's cake- Wow I wish I had thought of this! THis cake is AMAZING. Now I just think we need to have a Lord of the Ring's themed party so I can make this cake. Just about the most evil cake ever, in a good way. Seriously, one of my girlfriends with babies needs to have a Lord of the Rings themed 1st birthday party so their kid can eat the eye of Sauron!

from offbeatbride.com/2012/07/jenga-guest-book
17. Jenga block guest book- Just, cute. I would prefer a settlers of Cattan Guest Book. Maybe Uno. Or Pirateer.


18. Cookie Bouquet! Another genius sweets-related Idea- It is so sweet and they look delicious!

from www.pettipond.com/image_bf4.htm
 19. Ok, I am not a hot pink person, but I will happily respect any person's commitment to color. The inside of this skirt is just so cute. A great way to spice up a boring white dress.


from weddinggawker.com/?s=harry+potter
20. Harry Potter Engagement Pictures. This is sooooo good. This is why you can't spend too much time on blogs after a decision is done and over with. How do you live with yourself when you realize that you didn't think of a Harry Potter themed engagement shoot? 

from www.pinterest.com/ugotj/baby-shower-ideas/
21. Fruit Monster-  I love this guy. Way better than your regular fruit display. The three eyes and strawberry ears are my favorite part.


from www.pinterest.com/coffeehit/wood/
22. These signs. I like the mix of fonts and colors on this particular one. 


from www.pinterest.com/smorey10/late-night-wedding-snacks/
23. I know I used these before, but they are so cute! You have to appreciate cinammon roll lollipops! (its funny that cinamon rolls came up twice in one post!)

from ruffledblog.com/handcrafted-saskatchewan-wedding/
24. A beautiful Prego bridesmaid! I mean, I have a couple pregos in the mix, and i love the look they did for this girl! I just want them to feel cute too!

from www.chicagoillinoisweddingphotography.com/
25. I go back and forth on loving this and thinking like it looks like a sea of hung up used tissues.My Dad's dog would love it! 

from indulgy.com/post/FKWaFJZFT1/up-fingerprint-guestbook
26. These guestbooks- Probably the Boy's favorite thing we got for the whole wedding. It's very cute!

from etsy.com
27. Brides with Bettie Page bangs. I miss my blunt bangs, but I hear having them for your wedding leads to all kinds of annoyances and such.  Still, this girl looks adorable.


from www.pinterest.com/nannasoozanna/the-groom-and-his-men/
28. Suspenders!  I love them, I love this picture, and I love the commitment of the two guys on the left.


from ruffledblog.com/coral-savannah-wedding/
29. Polka dot bridesmaid dresses- I love some pattern. In Pam and Carlo's wedding, we wore black and white patterned dresses and they were so cute. People shouldn't be afraid of patterns!

from www.pinterest.com/duvadesigns/
30. Quilting details. So pretty!

from www.etsy.com/blog/en/2012/featured-shop-sibo-designs/
 31. This veil. Just beautiful!

Alright people!! We only have 31 days to go!! It's almost the end of Wedding Wednesday!

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