If you read my earlier blog post you’ll know that I have ordered a pair of original Victorian boots for wedding. They arrived in the post today! If you’re looking for vintage items I’d highly recommend 1860-1960 a website run from America. A great selection of items and my boots arrived perfectly packaged and including [...]
Archive for February, 2009
The History of My Wedding Boots
Posted in shoes, Uncategorized, Wedding, tagged american flag, birdal wear, boots, bride, department store, detroit, shoes, store, toytown, Victorian, vintage, vintage clothing, Wedding, winter wedding on February 28, 2009 | 2 Comments »
The Girl With The Pearl Earring
Posted in Uncategorized, Wedding, tagged bridal, bridal wear, bride, earrings, fiance, hate, japan, love, mikimoto, pearl, south sea, Wedding on February 27, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
My fiance HATES earrings. I mean he really hates them. He says women are beautiful enough as they are and so why should they have to cover their skin with metal? He didn’t tell me this until we’d been dating for a while. I am someone who will wear nothing in my ears one day [...]
Groom Shoes
Posted in shoes, Wedding, tagged bally, bride, british designers, clothes, footwear, groom, groom shoes, men, menswear, shoe, shoes, Wedding, winter wedding on February 26, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Got a glossy leaflet for Bally through the post and these black mens shoes with cream detail are really great and would be perfect footwear for a groom.
Vintage Save-the-Dates
Posted in Uncategorized, Wedding, tagged bride, church, handkercheif, invitations, invites, kentwell hall, long melford, postcards, save the date, stationary, suffolk, vintage, Wedding, winter wedding on February 26, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I came across some super-cute ideas for vintage inspired save the dates. credits: article from in style weddings, photos by: charles schiller Firstly, how about sending vintage postcards as save-the-date cards. They could be based on the theme or the place you’re going to get married. I love the idea and had a little look [...]
Inspiration Comes From The Strangest Places
Posted in Film, music, playlist, Wedding, tagged bride, deer hunter, disco, feel good, Film, first dance, frankie valli, movie, playlist, reception, songs, Wedding, wedding reception, winter wedding on February 25, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
And the most unlikeliest films! I was watching The Deer Hunter (1978) and there’s an excellent bar scene where the drinkers start singing to ‘Can’t take my eyes off of you’ (the version by Frankie Valli) playing over the jukebox. It occurred to me what a brilliant song it would make for a First Dance. [...]
