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Other savvy places to shop are sites such as
‘preloved’ or ‘sell my wedding dress’ where
you can grab yourself a designer wedding
dress at around half the price or less or
find an original vintage piece. If you are
opting to purchase a pre-loved dress, do
ensure that you ask the seller for images
& whether or not the garment has had any
alterations done. Finally, if you are looking
for something truly different, you can ap-
proach a seamstress and arrange to have
a previously full-length wedding dress
shortened to a tea-length design, a friend,
hair & makeup artist Tracy Pallari, did just
that at her own wedding, she had a hal-
ter neck made out of the cut offs and she
looked stunning in her very own creation.
Now you’ve found your perfect dress, you
need to accessorize. Ivory & Co. and Ro-
sie Willett Designs, both offer gorgeous
vintage headpieces, tiaras, and jewelry,
including some beautiful brooches. Mod-
el Lara Clark is wearing a fresh flower
headpiece designed by Caroline Crabb
of Fleurtations Cornwall, the headpiece
compliments the freshly matching brid-
al bouquet and is great if you have a very
specific colour scheme that you want to
show off. You can upscale the look with
matching underskirt and shoes. If you
love keepsakes then you could have your
flowers pressed after your wedding or have
your bouquet and headpiece preserved by
companies such as Flowers Forever, who
preserve and frame your flowers with a 3D
effect for you to hang on your wall.
Other vintage accessories that could com-
pliment your overall look are lace umbrel-
las, perfect for some vintage style wedding
pictures and of course a pair of glamour-
ous lace or satin gloves. If you are wearing
a sleeveless gown, then a fur or feathered
bolero is a must have accessory. Some
brides accessorise with a family air loom,
such as a shrug. Sentimental pieces such
as this add uniqueness to your special day.
If you are looking for something even
more unique, you can approach a special-
ist designer who can create a headpiece
illness. With this in mind, they receive
many donations of dresses, not just sec-
ond hand, but sample dresses sent straight
from the designers that have only ever
been used on the catwalk or in photo
shoots, they have dresses sent in that have
never been worn or some designers send
in brand new designs, so you may well find
your dream vintage styled wedding dress
at an extremely reasonable price.