Style Icon – Grace Kelly
It is difficult to know where to even begin with today’s Style Icon…. I fear I can never truly do her style, grace and beauty justice. So famous is she as an actress, her films and image so iconic, it is hard to believe she was only active in Hollywood for 6 short years. And yet [...]
Chic Vintage Bride – Ava Gardner
Today’s Chic Vintage Bride was a 1950s starlet considered one of the most beautiful women of her day (…possibly all time) and was something of a femme fatale with her alluring eyes and hourglass figure….. Ava Gardner married Frank Sinatra, her third husband, on the 7th November 1951 not in one of the glamourous gowns you might expect [...]
Chic Vintage Bride – Brigitte Bardot
Today’s Chic Vintage Bride is almost unrecognisable as the sex symbol she became, so fresh faced and angelic does she look here…… An 18 year old Brigitte Bardot married her first husband Roger Vadim at the Church of Passy, Paris on the 21st December 1952. Her wedding dress is remarkably un-1950s, rather more late Victorian [...]
Chic Vintage Bride – Jacqueline Bouvier
Jaqueline Bouvier was a style icon and truly a Chic Vintage Bride…… Marring John F Kennedy on September 12, 1953 at St. Mary’s Church in Newport, Rhode Island Jackie wore a wedding dress by Ann Lowe, a designer chosen by her mother. The gown had a portrait neckline, fitted bodice and a full skirt. It [...]
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 – Mrs Wilkins
You can not beat a Groom in a uniform! Today’s Chic Vintage Bride married Naval Pilot Wilkins in 1955 St Mark’s Church, Darling Point, Sydney.
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 – Joanne Woodward
How could anyone resist today’s Chic Vintage Bride with her adorable braided bun and bangs hair do and super cute collared dress……. And who could resist the groom! Joanne Woodward married the beautiful (yes beautiful) Paul Newman on January 29, 1958 at the El Rancho hotel in Las Vegas, Nevada – though their wedding was anything but flashy.
Chic Vintage Bride – Patricia Kennedy
This week’s Chic Vintage Bride was sister in law to one of the most stylish women on the planet – imagine living in the shadow of the inimitable Jackie Kennedy. Patricia Kennedy, American socialite and sister of John F. Kennedy married Peter Lawford just a year after Jacqueline Bouvier married JFK….. Her wedding dress was designed by famed [...]
Chic Vintage Bride – Elizabeth Ann Kelly
Neither this week’s Chic Vintage Bride or her groom are instantly recognisable, her bridesmaid and sister however is…. Grace Kelly clearly had no monopoly on beauty in the Kelly family, seen here with her two sisters, Margaret Katherine, Elizabeth Ann the bride, and the bridegroom Donald C Levine - less than a year before her own incredible wedding. (All [...]
Chic Vintage Bride – Julie Andrews
This week’s Chic Vintage Bride Dame Julie Andrews married set designer Tony Walton on 10 May 1959 in Weybridge, Surrey, wearing (wait for it) a gown designed by her Groom!! Now my husband is all things wonderful and talented, but I shudder at the thought of getting married in a dress designed by him – sorry Mr E However, [...]
Chic Vintage Bride – Natalie Wood
From the moment I saw this first photo, I just new Natalie Wood had to be this week’s Chic Vintage Bride! Natalie Wood married fellow actor Robert Wagner, the man she described as “my husband, my child, my strength, my weakness, my lover, my life”, (for the first time) on December 28th 1957, in what has [...]
Love Is Sweet – Ideas for a Valentines Inspired Wedding
Valentines Day (already – I can’t believe how quickly this year is flying!) I have high hopes for lots of happy couple and engagements today Of course every Valentines Inspiration board has to include a nice bright Scarlet. I went for a light turquoise and a soft fuschia to go with mine – maybe slightly controversially [...]
Chic 1950s Inspired Melbourne Wedding
There is nothing I don’t love about Marina & Andy’s 1950s inspired nuptials – the bride’s long sleeved and tea length dress, the hand made brooch bouquets, the multi coloured bridesmaids dresses with fur coats, the huge sign of love at the reception and the fabulous photographs from NZ based photographic heroes Bayly & Moore….. the whole shebang is [...]
Chic Vintage Bride – Audrey Hepburn
Today’s Chic Vintage Bride wore not one but two of my favourite bridal fashions – a Floral Crown with which I still have a mini obsession (the more I see of them the more I love them) and a tea length wedding dress! She is the absolute epitome of chic and almost 60 years after she [...]
Fabulously Retro Melbourne Wedding
I first spotted this decidedly funky retro wedding on Ruffled, and following my You Are My Sunshine post last week, featuring some fabulous tea length wedding dresses, I didn’t hesitate in asking the incredibly talented photographer Stewart from S Leishman, if he would kindly allow me to share his gorgeous images on CVB, and well, here they [...]
Sunday Style Icon: Jackie Kennedy Onassis
There are no words to adequately introduce todays Style Icon, so I think I will let the photos do the talking…… Socialite, Wife, Mother, First Lady and a successful Editor, Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, above all of these, is remembered for her style, elegance, and grace.
You Are My Sunshine – Inspiration for a Yellow Summer Wedding
Following my Cranberry Christmas post, I wanted to create a more southern-hemisphere seasonal inspiration board, for brides-to-be planning a Summer wedding. Inspired by the Hawkes Bay sun (which admittedly of late seems to have taken a holiday of its own!) I am loving this vintage yellow…… Bow Clutch – Etsy, Flower Necklace – Etsy, Platform Mary Jane Shoes via Pinterest, [...]
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 [...]
Sunday Style Icon: Elizabeth Taylor
Whilst wandering the wide world of the web last week, I found some simply stunning images of Elizabeth Taylor (some of which I couldn’t resist sharing on the CVB boards on Pinterest) and they reminded me just how beautiful this lady truly was…… Elizabeth Taylor should be seen in colour! In fact I would go [...]
The Finest Vintage Inspired Bridal Gowns from NYC Bridal Fashion Week
If a vintage wedding dress, like the fabulous frocks I featured in Exquisite Vintage Bridal Gowns from The Frock, isn’t for you but you still want a vintage inspired wedding or theme, then despair not! Many of the oh so talented designers of today have been drawing inspiration from eras gone by for their recent collections and 2012 is no exception. Jenny [...]
Exquisite Vintage Bridal Gowns from The Frock
In my sneak peek of posts to come I teased you with the promise of showing where you can find the most fabulous Vintage Wedding Dresses and today I am finally getting round to keeping that promise! I have been so keen to share The Frock with you, but I confess to having been sidetracked by research [...]
Utterly Gorgeous Coloured Gowns for the Unconventional Bride
For me, having a vintage inspired wedding was about trying to create a look personal and unique to me – when I was younger I was adamant I would get married in black, so obviously my wedding was always destined to be unique! When planning our wedding I did consider challenging convention and going with [...]
Forever Holly – Inspiration for a chic Breakfast at Tiffany’s themed Wedding
Following my blissful afternoon of Audrey the other weekend and my subsequent Style Icon post I began to muse on how a bride might channel the great Miss Hepburn and infuse their big day with some Breakfast at Tiffany’s style….. and after a few hours surfing the wide world of the web I pieced together a couple [...]
Luxurious Letterpress Stationery – Bella Figura
Wow, wow and wow! I am not sure where to begin singing the praises of the subject of todays post, Letterpress experts and Wedding Stationery suppliers extraordinaire Bella Figura, there is nothing I don’t love about this company – from their incredible range, that includes a full suite of stationery and stunning designs (of over 200!); to [...]
