With my obvious love of bows I HAD to include some kind of bow reference in the wedding. I had fallen in love with the shorter vintage style dresses (as being short and chubby it didn't drown me) and stumbled across Candy Anthony. The first picture I saw became my dream dress!
http://www.candyanthony.com/collections_bridal.htm
I knew I would never look like that picture due to my size, but it was the style that I wanted. I went to the store and regardless of how beautiful the dresses were, the price was rather off-putting. I instead opted to have my dress made for me in a similar style! Plus this way it was completely made to measure.
Having the dress made meant I could also add a different bodice to the dress I had seen at Candy Anthony. However.... as soon as I have the money.... I would LOVE to buy a Candy Anthony dress..... if only I had some occasion to wear it!
The bow was made by a lovely lady called Katie who works with Broadwick Silks (Broadwick Street, Soho) and was made out of a lovely two tone silk dupion. The staff at Broadwick silk were so helpful, explaining the different materials and helping me to contact someone to make the sash at such short notice (one week before the wedding!)
http://www.broadwicksilks.com/
It was a fabulous day, I loved every minute of it! We spent the whole day laughing! I hope we will spend the rest of our lives like this together!
G xxx
