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1. What are the first things we should consider when looking for occasion wear?

Firstly, colours, for weddings if you are a main guest find out if you have to work to a colour theme. The mother of the bride traditionally has first choice. If you are not colour restricted look at what colour works best with your skin tone.

Secondly, dress code. For some events – races, black tie, award ceremonies, there may be dress codes so do check first before parting with your money.   Our stylists are extremely talented at finding the right outfit to meet the dress code requirements.

It is customary for the bride and groom to buy thank you gifts for the wedding party. Traditionally, the groom would buy his new bride a gift and his new wife would buy a gift for him.  It is also common that they would both buy gifts for her bridesmaids.  A small step away from tradition, although we see it happening more and more often, is offering the mother of the bride and groom’s mother a gift as well.

The wedding cake is possibly one of the most established elements of a wedding day. From choosing the cake maker, design and flavour choice, to the ritual of cutting the cake together, it is undoubtedly an essential part of culinary planning. Traditionally, the wedding cake takes the form of a tiered masterpiece covered in thick white fondant icing and perhaps a few fondant roses.

This year however, the vintage inspired wedding cake is set to be huge! Sammi-Jo Gascoyne, established chef and owner of Blushing Cook, gives us her thoughts on what we can expect to see in 2016.

There has been an indisputable rise in vintage bridal inspiration, with bridal magazines, websites, blogs and even social media websites such as Pinterest becoming full of stunning vintage gown designs, whimsical and rustic venues and classic flower arrangements.

In collaboration with Bride: The Wedding Show at Ascot Racecourse, 12th-13th March 2016, we asked three amazing exhibitors to give us their expert thoughts on upcoming vintage bridal trends that we can expect to see in 2016, as well as what we can look forward to seeing at the show.

Every four years comes a day when women are traditionally encouraged to take the plunge and ask their other half… “Will you marry me”?

We don’t believe that we women are restrained to popping the question just twice  decade; it should be when the time is right! But the leap year does give us a great opportunity to think about dream proposals and how we would go about it if we were the ones planning to put a ring on it.