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I was recently asked by the British Library to talk at a special launch event to help other London entrepreneurs to start businesses through a special new initiative, 'Start-ups in London Libraries' (SiLL) to provide free business support through our libraries in different boroughs. It’s a such great idea for start-ups, it will help more businesses to develop ideas. I wish this support was available in my borough when I first started.

We are excited to announce we now have Freya Rose shoes available for brides to try on for their exclusive appointments at our Islington bridal boutique. A match made in heaven. All our own Sabina Motasem brides will also get an exclusive special VIP 10% discount too. Freya Rose is one of the UK's leading shoe couturiers, and known for exquisite shoes including heels adorned with mother of pearl, and jewelled shoe clips and luxury satin. The perfect shoes to wear with your Sabina Motasem dress.

One of the most chicest trends at the moment, are beautiful dried flowers. We have completely fallen in love with the beautiful flowers from Botanique Workshop, on Exmouth Market and they also have a boutique in Stoke Newington. We've just added some flowers to our studio, and I think you would agree that they're such a perfect fit for our dresses, don't you think? Botanique Workshop also do a range of custom made hair accessories made from the dried flowers too. Such a lovely way to be kinder to the planet, and rock boho french chic.

Picking a wedding dress for your big day can be equally exciting and daunting. We build such big expectations of not only finding the perfect dress, but the experience of doing so, that you can very easily fall not the trap of not enjoying the ride.

We'll be launching our exciting new 2020 collecting in June this year, but as our new gorgeous pieces start to come in, we can't help but adore them already! Here are our new Mariana dress - a corseted angular pointer dress with an A-line dress, inspired by the Sex and the City dress that Carrie wore on her wedding day. It will be soon joined by a lace version, the same new applique style lace of our new Celine dress, available with a slip inside. We're completely in love with this lace, its so pretty, soon to be joined by a long sleeved version too. And there's Hanya, which is an updated sleeker version of our Anna dress, with a shallow high V neck and a super sexy low back. This will be joined with a full ivory sequinned version. 

Brides take note! We asked Freya Rose, a multi-award winning bridal shoe designer, what her all-important bridal shoe tips were... Here's a video to take you through those nine points as a summary. Freya Rose shoes are hand-crafted in Spain and hand finished in London using the most exquisite embellishments and is fast becoming regarded as one of the UK’s leading shoe couturiers and loved by press, celebrities and influencers including Kate Moss, Pixie Lott and Millie Mackintosh. Read on to help you find those perfect heels for your Sabina Motasem dress.

by Sass and Grace

Here are five all important top tips to help brides choose the right dress for their special day, from our lovely stockist, Sass and Grace. Read the full article here: FINDING THE RIGHT DRESS 

Photo credits: Zach & Grace Erin Hannum Marshal Gray Photography Chase Wild Photos Albatross & Marine

Our stockist has won Best Bridal Retailer at the British Wedding Awards!! Beyond thrilled they have won this National prestigious award and be crowned Best Bridal Retailer in the UK! They have a great selection of some of our favourite styles: Helena – a softly cowl slip dress, Bonni – an off-the-shoulder elegant dress with a slit, Elsa – a gold or ivory slip dress, a firm favourite with our brides and Josephine – another classic style with a cowl neck and plunging back.

Delighted to spot our Bonni dress in the current issue of You and Your Wedding Magazine looking stunning. Bonni is an elegant off-the-shoulder dress with a split bias cut skirt. Photo taken by Dan Wild. We love the Dune shoes with the Bonni, and how soft the curls are in the perfectly styled hair, reminds of the elegance of Veronica Lake from a bygone age. Look out for our blog post on Dune's new bridal range soon... The Bonni dress is available to try on at our London bridal boudoir, and at our stockists Detroit Bridal House in Michigan (US), Bella Bleu in Cork (Ireland) and Sass and Grace (Winchester UK). 

We're featured in this month's Wedding Ideas magazine where Sabina offers much needed advice to a reader who's keen on a simple elegant gown but saying 'I do' in a grand traditional wedding venue. Here are Sabina's tips on how to style a Sabina Motasem dress for a large wedding with lots of guests.

We're so excited to spot our Helena dress featured in a gorgeously styled shoot on one of the US's most popular bridal blogs, Wedding Chicks, through our lovely exclusive US stockist Detroit Bridal House.

This styled shoot, curated by Modernly Events and photographed by the talented Erin Schmidt Photography - plays with simple and slick with the vintage feel of a bygone age.This is vintage minimalist at its best. To read the full article go to Wedding Chicks - Have Your Modern Spring Wedding In A Vintage Spaces. A little excerpt in the full blog post on the shoot. Enjoy!