Musings

Francesca was one of our first brides who came to visit us at our Islington based bridal boutique when we opened 1.5 years ago. I completely fell in love with her bright yellow floral patterned Dolce and Gabbana sandals heels.

Working from home is a bit of a minefield at the mo during lockdown. In amongst all the scrub-making we've been doing, I have absolutely loved answering the Q&A for Bridal Editor , talking about at how we're managing our way through this. Thank you so much for featuring us!

2020 has been a very difficult time for small businesses. Red Magazine have shown their support for all the brilliant independent enterprises out there, including ours!

Hannah was one of the lucky ones who got married before lockdown. She fell in love with our Valetti dress in liquid gold. Here's her interview provides some inspiration. 

The wedding industry has been on pause since lockdown, so I thought about ways I could use our collective expertise and network of cutters, factories and seamstresses to help medical staff during the Coronavirus crisis. Seeing an opportunity to do more, we have raised over £5,000. Long the way, I have seen the life-affirming generosity of strangers

Thrilled to see Aimee Lou Wood star of Netflix's Sex Education as Aimee Gibbs styled in our new Misty dress in fashion mag, Vingt Sept. The series has been dominating headlines and social media all over the world. Aimee's look in our Misty dress is a modern take on a 60's retro theme with vintage Chanel glasses from Vintz Eyewear and shoes from GCDS. Love this!

Helping to support our the NHS staff during this crisis. We have swapped sewing wedding dresses in silk by day for NHS scrubs in cotton drill and poly/cotton by lockdown, using our special skills in a new way. We are stitching scrubs to help protect our NHS, we all want to do as much as we can. There's a huge shortage we need more - many of our own brides are doctors and have asked us to help them create scrubs as they don't have enough at the hospitals they are at. 

Its Fiona here, I want to say I totally understand choosing your wedding photographer can be the most confusing and daunting task when planning your wedding. Most people have never had to find or hire a photographer before. Where do you start? What do you look for? How do you know how much to spend? Before you get overwhelmed with the options, there are a few simple pointers that I often share with couples who I meet, and I'm happy to pass this information on regardless of whether they book me as I believe that finding the right photographer for you for your wedding is really important.

For our recent Nouveau shoot, we asked Birute to create beautiful make-up looks on our gorgeous model Marta. We recommend Birute to all our brides, her work is simply flawless. The right make-up look can really polish off the perfect wedding look. We decided to go for shades of gold and a really natural and dewy look, that's really current in fashion and bridal trends at the moment.

Over the years we've had recognition to the commitment to quality in ensuring our brides are dressed in the most beautiful dresses, and have a wonderful time with us. If our google reviews are anything to go by, we're proud of what we've worked really hard to achieve since 2007.

Freya Rose London is launching her first capsule collection of luxurious and contemporary demi-fine jewellery. Hakuro by Freya Rose will showcase sleek sterling silver and gold-plated designs with her signature materials of shimmering freshwater and Tahitian pearls, sparkling crystals and opulent silks.