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Bridesmaids

Elegant & Romantic Bridesmaid Dresses from Jenny Yoo

If you loved last week’s post packed full of beautiful bridesmaids looks, then what I am sharing with you today will definitely have you swooning! Because the latest collection of bridesmaids, and bridal, dresses from Jenny Yoo is absolutely breathtaking. Created with the refined elegance that Jenny has become renowned for, each and every design screams romance….. With a…

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Chic Vintage Bride

Chic Vintage Bride – Eleanor Wilson

Whilst perhaps not what we would consider conventionally beautiful by today’s standards, today’s Chic Vintage Bride has nonetheless utterly bewitched me!….. I think its those big beautiful blue eyes! Eleanor Wilson, daughter of President Woodrow Wilson, married William Gibbs McAdoo (the Secretary of Treasury), in the Blue Room of the White House on May the 7th,…

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Chic Vintage Bride – Shirley Schiff

Good morning lovelies! My Chic Vintage Brides are always some of my favourite posts, but even more so when they are the much cherished family photos from you the reader. And so today I feel incredibly chuffed and honoured to be sharing with you the beautiful wedding of Shirley Schiff and Lawrence Weiner – the grandparents of lovely CVB regular Allison…… They…

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Chic Vintage Bride

Chic Vintage Bride – Carolyn Dubrin

It seems us brides have always had a penchant for splurging on the perfect wedding dress, just ask today’s Chic Vintage Bride….. (Image Source – My Vintage Vogue) Beautiful bride Carolyn Dubrin married in 1948, wearing this stunning liquid silk satin gown – don’t you just love those long sleeves and that gorgeous neckline? (actually…

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Chic Vintage Bride

Chic Vintage Bride – Molly Wesley Clemesha

You may remember Florence Savage’s gorgeous Edwardian wedding from a few weeks back, and how chuffed and excited I was to be sharing the first Chic Vintage Bride submitted by a you, the readers and followers of my little blog. Well today, I would like to share with you the wedding of the lovely Lesley Smith’s parents…… On…

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Chic Vintage Bride

Chic Vintage Bride – Vinka Lucas

Today’s Chic Vintage Bride not only designed her own incredible wedding dress, but she also (unsurprisingly) went on to become one of New Zealand’s top Bridal Couturiers. Just wait until you see her dress…..and her bridesmaids!….. (Image Source – Courtesy of Vinka Design) Vinka Lucas is the charismatic owner of Auckland based Vinka Design, which was established…

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Chic Vintage Bride – Joan

Of all the eras, I always find wedding photos from the 1940s most poignant because they so rarely reveal the hardships endured at the time (I think that’s why I love this chic vintage bride so much) Their smiling faces never betray the feeling that their joy and happiness could end all too soon. There is…

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Chic Vintage Bride – Mary Nanton

Today’s Chic Vintage Bride is really more of a Chic Edwardian Wedding, but it is so fabulous I just had to share it with you….. (Image Source) Mary Georgina Nanton married Douglas Cameron on September 5th 1912 in Winnipeg. But whilst the bride does look beautiful, I especially love her veil, I confess it is…

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Chic Vintage Bride

Chic Vintage Bride – Nancy Wieting

All too often my Chic Vintage Brides are celebrities, members of the aristocracy or royalty. But whilst I confess to a penchant for their sparkling tiaras and glorious gowns, the brides and weddings I love most are those of the every day folk. Those that would have been celebrated with friends and family, where the bride would likely have…

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Chic Vintage Bride – Daphne Nixon

Today’s Chic Vintage Bride is no royal, screen siren or style icon (like the brides in yesterday’s post), but she sure made a beautiful bride….. (Image Source) Daphne Nixon married George Hamilton Brown on 18 April 1942 wearing a beautiful v-neck gown of ethereal lace ~ isn’t it lovely? Her bridesmaid, the groom’s sister, Edith Brown is wearing…

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Chic Vintage Bride – Betty Lou Fuller

Today’s Chic Vintage Bride is sure to capture your heart….. (Image Source – The Fuller View) Betty Lou Fuller (the Mum of David from  The Fuller View) looks like a movie star in her beautiful, long sleeved, ballgown wedding dress with its romantic sweetheart neckline. There is something about her smile and the movement captured in…

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Chic Vintage Christmas Bride

Merry Christmas! I hope you are having a wonderful day, rejoicing with your nearest and dearest. I have a suitably fitting and extra special Chic Vintage Bride for you today….. (Image Source) Irene Reynolds was a Christmas day bride marrying William Wallace in St John’s Church, Newbury Park on December 25th, 1952. Still married to this day,…

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