Chic Vintage Bride – Barbara Cushing
Barbara Cushing was known as ‘Babe’ for almost her entire life. An American Socialite, model and style icon, still referenced today by designers and interior decorators today, she was a tres Chic Vintage Bride….. (Image Source Bunky Cushing) Treman Capote once said of her “Babe Paley had only one fault, she was perfect. Otherwise, she was perfect.” Time [...]
Chic Vintage Bride – Goan Wedding
There is not much I love more than looking at vintage wedding photos – all the romance, glamour and grace of a bygone era, the beginning of a new life in a time when it couldn’t have been more different…. I love to lose myself a little in each Chic Vintage Bride post I write imagining the fate [...]
An Elegant Vintage Wedding Inspiration Shoot from Sarah McEvoy & Jenn Hadley
Eeek….is it terrible to love Mondays??? But how can I not when every week I get to share the most gorgeous Wedding inspiration? Be it the latest beautiful bridal collection or, like today the most exquisite inspiration shoot, it is impossible for me not to love Mondays and the excitement they bring! I have been simply bursting about sharing today’s elegant inspiration shoot with you ever [...]
Breathtaking Belle & Bunty Wedding Dresses
I don’t know about you but there are few dresses that have set my heart racing as much as THAT dress in Atonement. Now if like me some 6 years later (that’s right, 6 already!?!) it continues to be your idea of glamorous vintage perfection then you are just going to L O V E [...]
Chic Vintage Bride – Miss Ena Squire-Brown
Today’s Chic Vintage Bride is a little reminder that all you need on your wedding day is your future husband and a big smile….. (Image Source Corbis Images) Miss Ena Squire-Brown, an international dancer (famed for her Dove Dance) leaving her recently bombed London home for St. George’s Church in Forest Hill, to marry Royal [...]
Johanna Johnson’s Exquisite ‘Still Is The Night, Not So My Heart’ Bridal Collection
Oh where to even find the adjectives and superlatives to describe Johanna Johnson‘s latest collection?! So unforgettable was her last collection The Luxor that it hardly seems possible a year has passed since its launch. And if you thought, as I did then, that nothing could surpass it – just wait until you see ‘Still [...]
Chic Vintage Bride – Queen Elizabeth II
Given that yesterday marked her 65th Wedding Anniversary how could anyone else but Elizabeth II be today’s Chic Vintage Bride…… Queen Elizabeth II married Philip Mountbatten, Duke of Edinburgh on 20 November 1947 in Westminster Abbey. The stories go that the future queen lost her heart to the dashing Prince Philip upon just their second meeting [...]
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 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 – Catherine Murray
Today’s Chic Vintage Bride is no royal, however her bridal gown was certainly fit for a princess!….. (Image from Corbis Images) Catherine Murray married William H McManus in November 1948 in the most gorgeous Ceil Chapman wedding dress. With elegant long sleeves, a beautiful wide almost cowl neckline and an exquisite lace skirt under a layer [...]
‘Love Notes’ – a 1940s Inspired Love Shoot with a Surprise Proposal
The countdown to Chic Vintage Bride‘s official birthday has started – just 10 days to go! I am super excited about what we (Mr E and I) have planned to celebrate the occasion….. but am a little nervous about sharing too much at the moment (just in case) I may sneak peek a few things on [...]
Chic Vintage Bride – 1940s Bride
I love my weekly Chic Vintage Bride posts - a glimpse of the life, loves and fashion of a bygone era. As much as I love the stories that emerge from behind the images, I prefer the intrigue of unnamed faces and the opportunity it gives me to write my own story for them. Today’s Chic Vintage Bride [...]
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 [...]
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 – Linda Christian
Today’s Chic Vintage Bride is a screen siren from the 1940s and 1950s, famed for being the first Bond Girl and for marrying one of the most popular actors, and eligible bachelors of the time. (Image from New York Social Diary) The beautiful Linda Christian married the dashingly dishy Tyrone Power (my first crush) in Rome [...]
Sunday Style Icon – Vivien Leigh
Gosh I can’t believe how long it has been since the last Sunday Style Icon, please don’t look, I’m actually more than a little embarrassed! Especially as they are actually one of my favourite posts… of course that may possibly be the problem, as I all too easily become engrossed in finding beautiful images befitting [...]
Chic Vintage Bride – Joan Dowden
Today’s Chic Vintage Bride is the glamorous lady solely responsible for my obsession with all things vintage, is my inspiration, my hero and quite simply the most beautiful bride I have ever seen. She wasn’t a starlet of the big screen (although with those looks I am sure she could have been) or a member of any royal family and you [...]
Chic Vintage Bride – Marion Stein
I do love a Royal Wedding! Especially old Royal Weddings and today’s Chic Vintage Bride dates back to 1949…. Attended by the King, Queen and Princess Mary Countess of Harewood Marion Stein (I was inspired by last week’s groom!) married George Lascelles, 7th Earl of Harewood on 29 September 1949 in a suitably lavish ceremony at St. [...]
Chic Vintage Bride – Gloria Vanderbilt
Gloria Vanderbilt was an actress, American solcialite, millionaire heiress and in December 1941, when she married Hollywood Agent Pasquale DiCicco, a Chic Vintage Bride……
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 [...]
Chic Vintage Bride – Carole Landis
Carole Landis was an American screen and stage actress in the 1940s, as well as a popular pin up girl with servicemen in WWII. Her life was tragic and incredibly short, marrying 4 times in her 29 years it is this, her 3rd wedding to Army Air Corps captain Thomas Wallace in London in 1943, that really captures my imagination – [...]
Copacabana Wedding with a Dash of Vintage
When I stumbled across the chic and understated wedding of Alex and Ryan on Australian Wedding blog Love Wed Bliss I was instantly drawn to it by the bride’s perfectly vintage birdcage veil, then I swooned over her lovely modern-with-a-hint-of-vintage wedding dress and gasped with joy at her choice of gorgeous green shoes! So of course I had [...]
Stylish and Sophisticated Bridal Gowns from Karen Willis Holmes
I continue to be astonished at the no end of incredibly talented Bridal designers coming out of Australia and New Zealand. As one of the first I came across when I began CVB, I have long been promising, and looking forward to, a post dedicated to today’s designer – Karen Willis Holmes. Some, with a [...]
Introducing ‘The Luxor’ – Johanna Johnson’s decadent 2012 Collection
Happy 2012 to one and all! And oh what better way for CVB to begin the new year than by introducing the incredible latest collection of one of Australia’s greatest designers – Johanna Johnson! Johanna Johnson has established a reputation for creating gowns revered for their unique mix of old Hollywood glamour and modern sophistication and [...]
Cranberry Christmas – Inspiration for a Cranberry Red Wedding
I am feeling festive following a jolly fab, first Kiwi Christmas! And for me, Christmas will always be about deep, rich, warm colours, my favourite being Cranberry Red…… Cranberry Embroidery, Cranberry Table Setting, Get Your Cranberry On, Vintage Christmas Card, Red Trees, Glamourous Dress + 40s Hair, Hat & Lipstick Image, Love is Patient (embracing my [...]
