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2018 photo shoot

Winter wedding dresses from Edwardian to 1950s

Getting round to doing a Photo Shoot always takes me ages because I am a very hands on kind of a person and there are always 110 other things that need may attention. So its been a while, sorry.

For this shoot I wanted to use my home, I like the exoticism and drama we have created and I felt i wanted to make images which where rich and dark as well as whimsical.

Photo shoots are a hugely collabrative process and for this one I asked my daughter Gemma if she would run it for me, she also took the pictures.  Katy of Honeykins Vintage provided invaluable styling advice and was just fantatic to work with.We had very generous support from What Katie Did who supplied the wonderful underwear and Irregular Choice who lent us some fabulous shoes. We had enormous fun doing it.

Gorgeous vintage kimonos and Irregular Choice shoes

1930s Gold Satin Dream Team Wedding

Lizzie and Richard put together what amounts to the Dream Team from an Abigail’s Vintage Bridal point of view, using all of the suppliers recommended in our Black Book and a few more (that we rate highly) for good measure!
Lizzie wore 1930s Gold Satin (and an original vintage Japanese kimono) and they married in the centre of Leicester. Claire Shell of Pincurls and Pompadours was on hand for hair and make-up. Elli Dean was photographer. Shoes were Balboa from Remix Vintage via Retro Revival and What Katie Did supplied the underpinnings.
Elli supplied nearly 400 photos, so choosing a few to illustrate the day was a bit daunting; we did find one of Claire being DJ though.

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