Vintage Tea Party Inspiration Shoot from Kate Romenesko
Oh I have the sweetest inspiration shoot for you today! You may remember the opulent renaissance wedding inspiration shoot from Kate Romenesko a few weeks back, and I confess I rather fell in love with not only the wonderful styling but also Kate’s beautifully romantic photography, and today’s inspiration shoot is equally as lovely…. It [...]
Snippets, Whispers & Ribbons #69
I think its fair to say this week didn’t exactly go to plan – I have been looking forward to seeing The Great Gatsby for absolute months, counting down the days to the 10th of May, only to discover that it isn’t being shown in NZ until next month?! If at all possible it has [...]
Chic Vintage Bride – Natalie Talmadge
Inspired by last week’s release of Baz Luhrman’s Great Gatsby, this week Chic Vintage Brides is celebrating all things flapper fabulous and deco delicious! Yesterday, it was all about the glitz and the glam with the seriously swoon-some Great Gatsby Collection from Tiffany & Co. And today, whilst you may not have heard of the Chic [...]
The Great Gatsby Collection from Tiffany & Co
I don’t know about you but I am so excited about the release of Baz Luhrmans much anticiapted The Great Gatsby! As if I wasn’t already, it has me seriously swooning over all things Jazz Age and Art Deco. And just when I thought I couldn’t be any more excited about this film, I read [...]
Chic Vintage Bride – Norma Shearer
I admire the sassy determination of today’s Chic Vintage Bride, as much as her style and beauty. A true icon of Hollywood, one of cinema’s great feminist pioneers and one of Joan Crawford‘s arch nemesis (any lady who took on Joan deserves respect!) The ‘First Lady of MGM’ Norma Shearer married MGM producer Irving Thalberg on September [...]
Chic Vintage Bride – Princess Maud
It was the name of today’s Chic Vintage Bride that first drew me to her, bringing back fond memories of my fabulous great Aunt (also Maud…obviously) But it was Princess Maud’s seriously swoonworthy 1920s wedding attire that made her a Chic Vintage Bride….. How fabulous is that incredibly elaborate dress, with its drop waist?? And just [...]
Chic Vintage Bride – Princess Astrid of Sweden
I have SO long wanted to post this beautiful royal wedding! Today’s Chic Vintage Bride is Princess Astrid of Sweden…… Astrid married her Prince, Leopold of Belgium, not once but twice (for religious reasons) First in a traditional, civil ceremony on the 4th November 1926 at the Hall of State in the Royal Palace Stockholm, [...]
Exquisite Vintage and Antique Engagement Rings from EraGem
How to brighten up a cold and miserable Spring Tuesday….. how about some bling? ANTIQUE CROWN MOTIF OLD MINE CUT DIAMOND ENGAGEMENT RING Yep, I’m feeling cheerier already! My latest find on my never ending pursuit of vintage perfection is fine Estate Jewellery company EraGem who specialise in the most exquisite Vintage and Antique Engagement Rings. On their website they [...]
Chic Vintage Bride – Elizabeth Bowes Lyon
From the moment I caught sight of Lady Mary Crawley’s wedding dress in Downton Abbey, I knew who had to be my Chic Vintage Bride this week….. Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon (or the Queen Mother) married Prince Albert, the Duke of York on 26 April 1923, at Westminster Abbey. Mary’s dress reminded me a lot of Elizabeth’s – a traditional full-length [...]
Downton Abbey’s Much Anticipated Wedding
Since the beginning of series one, I have been completely enamoured with the delightful characters, glorious sets and decadent costumes of Downton Abbey. Each and every episode with their impeccably written scripts and story lines have been enchanting, sweeping me away to a simpler time and place…. And ever since that Christmas Special ending set my heart racing, I have [...]
Chic Vintage Brides
Oh wow, I can’t quite believe it…. it hardly seems possible…. but today Chic Vintage Brides celebrates its first birthday (Image Source) A whole 12 months old…. so much has happened since its quiet little launch last year that it quite boggles my mind! I can not wait to see what happens over the next [...]
Chic Vintage Bride – Patricia Foley
Today’s Chic Vintage Bride is possibly one of the happiest I have ever seen….. (Image from The National Library of Ireland on Flickr) Patricia Foley married Major Michael Joseph Bishop on April 24, 1924 in Limerick Ireland. Patricia’s veil, with it’s delicate stitching really transforms her outfit, and is balanced perfectly with a quite simple but gorgeous wedding dress. [...]
Glamorous Bridal Shoes from Rachel Simpson
Shoes are like the cherry on the wedding dress pie! They’re not your first thought when you get engaged (well not for most brides anyway – I am sure there are a few exceptions ) but they complete your look. And I for one really struggled to find something I felt represented a modern twist on [...]
Chic Vintage Bride – Mae Murray
This weeks Chic Vintage Bride was a Ziegfeld Follies dancer and star of the silver screen (before the talkies), renowned for her beauty and her incredible film wardrobes she was known as “The Gardenia of the Screen”…. (how cute is the bride’s cloche hat?)
Gorgeous Gwendolynne Gowns
I am a little ashamed it has taken me so long to post about ‘Gwendolynne’, particuarly as I fell in love with her designs the moment I saw them. It is no surprise that through her beautiful bridal gowns Gwendolynne Burkin has established herself as one of Australia’s fashion purists; she works with intuition, avoids [...]
Fine Antique Vintage Rings from Erstwhile Jewelry Co
It’s official, much to Mr E’s dismay I have a new favourite Etsy store and my oh my is it pretty – before sharing, I should warn you that reading this post could seriously affect your bank balance! Erstwhile Jewelry Co is a fine Antique & Vintage jewellery shop on Etsy. Founded by Jared and Alisa, newly [...]
Chic Vintage Bride – Pola Negri
As a winter bride myself (and a pasty pom) I adore winter wedding fashion – sleeves, boleros, coats, there’s just something so stylish about them all! Not to mention they create such fabulous silhouettes. My Chic Vintage Bride today wore the most wonderful winter bridal outfit, just perfect for the current cold snap here at the moment….. and [...]
Delectably Deco Johanna Johnson’s Luxor Collection
It’s impossible to keep my adoration of everything that is Johanna Johnson secret – you don’t have to go far on CVB before you find a post featuring one of her real brides, veils, accessories or decadent bridal gowns, or inspired by them! I have long loved the simplicity, grace and style of her timelessly elegant and [...]
Chic Vintage Bride – Rosamund Lumsdaine
Today’s beautiful Chic Vintage Bride Rosamund Lumsdaine married Allan Spowers in April 1922 (so this year would have been their 90th wedding anniversary) in St Mark’s Church, Darling Point, NSW. I love that image of her, with delicate veil covering her face, you can only imagine the nerves and anticipation etched on her face as she steps into [...]
Deco Decadence – Inspiration for an Art Deco Gold, Black & Ivory Wedding
Teasing and tempting little peeks of the new Baz Luhrman Great Gatsby film, being made next door in Australia, have started to appear on the world wide web and I for one can not wait! Carey Mulligan, the with her ever chic hair in a bob, as the effervescent Daisy Buchanan and Leonardo Dicaprio in the dapper lead….. [...]
Chic Vintage Bride – Princess Mary, Countess of Harewood
Princess Mary, Countess of Harewood, the only daughter of King George V and Queen Mary, married Henry Charles George, Viscount Lascelles on the 28th February 1922 – and what a beautiful, stylish bride she was!
Chic Vintage Bride – Hazel Mary Cox
Today’s Chic Vintage Bride is one of my absolute favourites! Wearing a beautiful 1920s satin and lace bridal gown and the most exquisite veil Hazel Mary Cox married Captain Ronald Streeter Lambert on the 15th April 1920 at The Guard’s Chapel, Wellington Barracks, London…… (Image source The Bride Her Wedding) Isn’t it beautiful?…. and how sweet are her [...]
The ‘Ophelia’ Temperley’s Tempting 2012 Collection
I am so excited about todays post I can hardly stop my fingers from trembling enough for me to type! Thanks to Helen Rodrigues, who is soon to be stocking the London based fashion house, Australian and New Zealand brides can join the long list of admirers of Alice Temperley‘s delicate and feminine designs (a list [...]
One of a Kind from Doloris Petunia
Incredibly, considering their success story, I only recently discovered Doloris Petunia - stumbling across their Aladdin’s Cave of a store on Etsy, via a post of one of their pieces on Pinterest. Since discovering them however I have completely fallen in love with their wonderful one of a kind, statement sashes, cuffs, necklaces and bandeaux…… Aren’t their bandeaux exquisite?! Each [...]
Chic Vintage Bride – Edwina Ashley
What better time to begin a new regular post, than at the start of a New Year! I love, adore, simply can not get enough of real vintage wedding images – ever since I saw the photo of my grandparents glamorous war time wedding, a copy of which I have treasured for the last 20 years. [...]
