Today’s epic elopement is not only perfect for Halloween, bride Nadia wears the most incredible black wedding dress and red bridal shoes!, it is also a reminder that when it comes to your wedding, there are no rules! Whatever society or traditions say, it is your day, to be celebrated however you want. Nadia &…

This dark and decadent Halloween inspiration board has to be my favourite yet (if you missed them, you can take a peek at past years here, here and here) – and there’s not a pumpkin in sight! Because instead of the traditional partners of orange and red for a Halloween palette, I took one of the…

In the prettiest palette of blue and golden yellow, today’s Victorian inspired wedding editorial is the perfect final goodbye to Summer! It is a romantic ode to olde world charm and is just brimming with the most beautiful details – including a fireplace ceremony setting, a painted wedding cake and a flower adorned swing….. Here are…

I love this time of year, especially with all of the dark and moody creative editorials we’ve seen and shared of late. And today we’re celebrating Halloween with another one! An utterly bewitching take on a Fall wedding inspired by Grant Wood’s American Gothic, it mixes Victorian drama, with lush seasonal florals, and all in the…

We’re taking a step back in time with today’s oh-so-romantic bridal shoot. Inspired by the elegance and drama of the Victorian era, it is brimming with lavish details and regal opulence. With a stunning ruby engagement ring, a modest yet alluring vintage wedding dress, and the most stately looking dessert table you will ever set…

With a name like ‘Chic Vintage Brides’ you would be forgiven for thinking these pages are all about the girls. But I know there are just as many vintage loving guys out there and today’s fabulous styled shoot is for you! Inspired by the imaginings of the inimitable Wes Anderson and given a distinctly vintage…

I have always loved vintage jewellery and am more than a little envious of those lucky enough to have beautiful heirloom pieces passed down through generations of their family. It’s not just the style I adore, it is the history that draws me to vintage jewellery – the stories behind them, the love locked in them,…

I am not usually one to follow the latest fashion fads and whims, but it has been hard not to be completely smitten with the trends that flavoured weddings throughout 2015! We saw one of my all time favourite colours Marsala set the wedding world alight with its rich red tones; grooms embraced their inner style maven and ditched the…

Good morning! I don’t know about you, but I can’t quite believe it is Friday again already?! Truly, it only seems like yesterday that I was swooning over the wonderful vintage wedding dresses from last week’s Snippets, Whispers & Ribbons; and yet here we are again. And do I have a treat for you today!…

Eeek, I have such an exciting post for you this morning – so exciting in fact that this post is more than a little unexpected and unplanned (you’ll have to wait until later for the post I actually had planned for today, but believe me it is one inspiration shoot that is worth the wait!)…

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…

When I first started Chic Vintage Brides, all of my thoughts were of swoonworthy wedding dresses, little did I anticipate stationery also setting my heart a racing…. but then Wedding Stationery from Momental Designs are more like works of fine art, true treasures!  Momental Designs offers handmade, custom Wedding invitations and co-ordinating stationery for the day (as well as other…

OK, so other than this, my blog Chic Vintage Brides, I have always been a little backward, or old-fashioned in staying in touch with my friends and family – I am not on Facebook (yet – oops, looks like that didn’t last long :)), don’t use MMS and, now on the other side of the…