We’ve started a new year: there are fabulous celebrity weddings ahead and by looking at our Twitter feed a fair few of you have entered your wedding year. If this is you, how exciting!
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Another year is almost over and what a year it has been. The Queen celebrated 60 years on the throne, London hosted a very successful Olympic Games, a Korean pop star has become the most viewed video on YouTube, a man jumped from the edge of space, Obama was re-elected as the President of the United States and there’s a royal baby on the way!
As we prepare to put our ‘out of office’ on and go spend some quality time with friends and family, we thought we’d look back at which of the more famous people on this earth got engaged or tied the knot in the past twelve months…
Have a wonderful holidays dear brides-to-be. It’s been a fantastic year for weddings, we’re still looking at photos of Kate’s wedding to her prince. We’re off now to celebrate the holidays with our families and friends, eat lots of marzipan and attempt to not go online… too much…
Christmas and New Year’s is time when most of us think of family, friends and love – making it a magical time for proposals. If you find yourself one engagement ring and fiancé richer come 2012, first of all congratulations and second, we want to hear all about it! If you become engaged over the festive season and can’t wait to find that perfect dress, here are ten of our favourite wedding dresses for 2012.
We’ll be back in January with more wedding news, stunning dresses, dazzling jewellery and lots of wedding ideas.
Thanks you for your comments and support over the past twelve months!
Get your purses ready ladies, the Bridal Designer Sale is back on Saturday 4th and Sunday 5th June 2011. The venue this time around is The Lancaster Hotel London. Tickets for the event are free, but you need to log on to www.bridaldesignersale.com to register and select a preferred time.
This is your chance to get up to 70% off exquisite designer wedding dresses. We’ve been told there are over 1,000 gowns available from leading designers such as Amanda Wakeley, Amy Michelson, Atelier Aimée and Caroline Castigliano. We could continue but it would take some time…
The sale will take place 10am to 5pm on Saturday and 11am to 3pm on Sunday.
Brides-to-be – here is a sale you don’t want to miss out on (that is unless you bought your dream wedding dress last week and are floating on air): The Wedding Dress Showroom at Selfridges London is selling all of their Vera Wang dresses!
This Saturday 12th and Sunday 13th March, you can bag yourself a Vera Wang design for up to 75% off. Prices start at £495 and go up to £1995.
Remember when we featured the gorgeous bridal shoes by Freya Rose the other day? Well you can now get a pair for your own as Freya Rose is having a shoe sale! On 3 March 2011 from 1pm to 8pm the shoe designer opens the doors for brides, offering up to 70% off bridal shoes – we don’t blame you if you pick up a few extra pairs of shoes just in case.
There’s more. At 20% less than the standard price, the couture shoemakers will personalise your wedding day pumps when you pick up a sale shoe.
For a shoe bonanza, head to Freya Rose, The Business Design Centre, 52 Upper Street, Islington, London N1 0QH. Make sure you book your appointment on 020 7288 6311 or info@freyarose.co.uk
Here is a date for your diary all you thrifty brides!
The London Bridal Designer Sale will be holding a designer sample sale with up to 70% off over 1,000 exquisite designer wedding gowns from leading international designers, including AmandaWakeley, Amy Michelson, Anna Christina, Annabel B, Atelier Aimée, Caroline Castigliano, Christiana Couture, Galit Levi, Lyn Ashworth, Max Chaoul, Oleg Cassini Icon, Sharon Hoey, Toi Creazioni, and many, many more…
The tickets to this event are FREEand the slots are booked very quickly! To take advantage of the sale, please visit bridaldesignersale.com to select your preferred date and time slot.
We know how much you love Facebook, so we’ve set up a new Bridalwave page. Not that we don’t want you to come visit us here at wedding planning HQ, but sometimes it might just be easier keeping up to date on the latest news through Facebook.
We’re also on Twitter if you prefer sub-140 character updates and everyday chit-chat.
With 2010 soon being history, I’ve been filling my 2011 notebook with ideas for articles that might be of interest to you.
While counting down the days until the Royal Wedding and learning how Victoria’s Italian wedding planning is going, I thought it would be interesting to do a weekly series where we look at all the details that goes into planning a wedding – big or small – from start to finish.
So starting from the New Year, I will do my best to provide you with info and tips on every little aspect of planning a wedding. It will also hopefully work as a checklist for all new brides-to-be and future brides who check in with Bridalwave for the latest and greatest.
I’d love to hear any suggestions you may have so please get in touch by using the comment box or find me on Twitter.
We’re buzzing with excitement here at Bridalwave today, and it’s not just because we’ve got that Friday feeling.
From tomorrow morning we’ll be going live with a new Bridalwave redesign. The make-over means you’ll be able to read the articles you’ve in the past expressed an interest in, and it’ll also be more user friendly meaning you’ll be able to find and browse through wedding dress galleries to find that perfect frock.
And it’s all happened just in time for Valentine’s Day too. So if you have a feeling your other half will be popping that special question to you on Sunday, you’ll be able to check out the new features, after you’ve called your mum, aunt, best friend, local restaurant and favourite taxi driver to tell them the news that is.
Take a look at the site tomorrow and tell us what you think by leaving your comments below.
If your looking for something with an extra bit of sparkle for your wedding pictures then you’ll love this new range by Jay Rowden Wedding Photography.
The photographer has teamed up with designer jewellers EC One to offer bespoke, diamond encrusted initials that can be inset into the cover of your wedding album.
Each initial in the *luxe range is said to be hand crafted with ethical, conflict-free diamonds. They are set on solid 18 carat white gold letters and then mounted on the cover of the leather bound hard back albums. Each album is claimed to be individually designed by Jay Rowden, with each photograph mounted by hand in New Zealand.
We know it may not be to everyone’s taste but the blingtastic brides-to-be amongst us will love this.
For further information on Jay Rowden and his services, check out the website.
We think a big congratulations is in order for Robbie Williams who has now officially proposed to his girlfriend Ayda Field.
The former Take That singer broke hundreds of hearts when he proposed to the actress live on the Kyle and Jackie O breakfast show on Sydney’s 2DayFM.
“I love you so much. Would you be my betrothed until the end of time?” Robbie declared, to which Ayda replied: ‘I would love to be your betrothed until the end of time’.
Awww.
Although the news wasn’t unexpected (we reported on rumours a few weeks ago) it’s still come as a major blow to us here at Bridalwave. However we’re sure the event itself will be worthy of a mention.
If you’re getting married this Christmas and want to add a DIY touch your day then register for Peggy Porschen’s masterclass.
The cake and wedding favour creator is holding an exclusive Winter Wonderland day on 30th November, where she will be teaching brides-to-be how to make delicious Christmas themed cookies and treats.
And we think it’s a perfect way to add a special DIY theme to your day.
The class costs £250 and includes lunch, tea and cake. For more information visit Peggy’s website.
We may still be licking our wedding dress wounds after our last piece of news, but London is fighting back when it comes to wedding dress shops.
British designer Bruce Oldfield, has just opened a new boutique store in London’s Beauchamp Place, and we can’t wait to pop in and see this designers creations.
Bruce, who created wedding frocks for Samantha Cameron, Queen Rania of Jordan, and Jemima Khan has said this store will be a “one-stop-shop” and include mother of the bride, bridesmaids, shoes and bags as well as the all important wedding dresses and accessories.
Visit the Bruce Oldfield website for more details and to book an appointment.
We’re a bit envious of brides to be up in the North of England today.
We’ve just heard that vintage-inspired bridal boutique, The White Closet, is due to open next month in Manchester.
The store, which is situated in the boho district of West Didsbury, is said to be aimed at “more arsty, creative brides-to-be, who are after something a little bit different.”
It is also said to stock dresses from a range of eras including fifties-inspired dresses to slinky Art Deco frocks. And if this wasn’t enough, we’re even greener with envy to hear that the store will be creating its own vintage line next year.
Lucky brides also get vintage afternoon tea with cupcakes and Champagne at appointments, we know where we’ll be travelling to when we need a wedding dress.
To book your appointment call 0161 445 5678.
www.thewhitecloset.co.uk
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