REAL BIJOU BRIDE – CLAIRE’S BIG DECISION

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Every Bride has a story and today’s Bride Claire made the difficult choice to run to the sun and exchange vows with her Groom.  Well it was Mexico, so I think we’ll let her off. “Going to Mexico alone to get married was a hard decision to make as we are so close to our [...]

THURSDAY THREADS – SALLY LACOCK

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Bijou girls let me introduce you to the charming Sally Lacock and her collection of romantic, Vintage inspired Wedding dresses. Isadora Launched at the beginning of 2011 Sally Lacock is bringing vintage design and thoroughly modern sensibility to the Wedding industry.  Before taking the plunge into full time Bridal design Sally had worked for numerous [...]

1930′s LESSONS IN BEAUTY

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Having turned 30 a couple of months back I have found myself a little obsessed with all things 1930′s, Santa even brought me a collection of vintage 1930′s Champagne coupe glasses.  This was the decade of the femme fatale –  Greta Garbo, Marlene Dietrich, Mae West, Joan Crawford with the advent of the talkies these beautiful [...]

2011 – A BIJOU YEAR

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Hello my Bijou darlings I trust you all had a magnificent Christmas, before we step into 2012 I wanted to take a moment to look back at the first year of The Bijou Bride’s blog.  What a thrill it has been and thanks to you I’ll be back ready to face the New Year with [...]

THURSDAY THREADS – PAN AM STYLE

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If you missed it the first episodes of Pan Am which aired in the UK on BBC Two last night (set a reminder in your diary now) and guess what there was a wedding!  The plot  ”Welcome to 1963: a time when only a lucky few could take flight, experience a global adventure or gain a front-row [...]

SUNDAY LOVES – GO GLITTER GIRL

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I recently celebrated my 30th birthday and as my friends will tell you I’m a little obsessed with stars and sparkle so of course my celebrations could only have one theme – ‘All That Glitters.’  I thought I would share some of the details with you dear readers in the hope it ignites some wedding or [...]

THURSDAY THREADS – VINTAGE STYLE ADVICE

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It is a bit of a vintage love affair on the blog this week, after Tuesday’s gorgeous 1930′s styled bride I wanted to share my advice for Bijou brides who want to recreate a vintage look for their wedding day. SHOP TIL YOU DROP Just like bride Christina earlier this week you may have a passion [...]

BIJOU BRIDE – CHRISTINA’S VINTAGE HEAVEN

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I am honoured to be featuring the work of Los Angeles based photographer Jessica Sterling on the blog today and a beautiful bride who strived for an authentic vintage look. Bride Christina did not have a particular theme in mind when she began to plan her wedding to Brian but she did know one thing,  that as [...]