Real Bride: Sandra - Beautiful in Beaded Champagne

Our fabulous bride Sandra, chose a delicate champagne beaded, vintage mid-length dress for her recent wedding. We paired it with a matte gold headpiece and birdcage veil that worked beautifully with Sandra's sparkly heels. We just adore her whole look!

Congratulations to Sandra and her new hubby!

xxx 

Vintage Winter Wedding Inspiration!

It's possible by now that you're beginning to plan your Winter wedding for next year. There's a lot to think about between now and then but we all know one of the most important aspects for any bride is what she's going to wear. For Winter brides this can be even trickier as many slinky, low cut dresses and flimsy fabrics available to brides just don't say "Winter wedding".

A vintage wedding dress could offer you everything you've been searching for.

They are often made of heavier, sumptuous fabrics like lace, brocade and rayon. Add to this details such as high, illusion top necklines and long sleeves allowing elegant coverage for those cold Winter Months.

Even if you have a modern wedding dress you can add a touch of vintage glamour and vital warmth with a 1940's stole or 1950's beaded cardigan. The right accessories will enhance your beautiful dress to Winter princess heights!

Take some inspiration from these original vintage photographs followed by a some of our own Dirty Fabulous Winter worthy dresses....

Vintage Bridal Images:  

December Vogue 1955

Dior 1953

House Blamain

September Vogue 1957

                   

Balmain Fur photo by Tom Kubin 1959

 Dior

Jean Patou 1962

Dirty Fabulous Vintage Bridal:

1960's ivory satin sheath dress with beading

1950's ivory tulle and lace wedding gown worn with 1940's wide brim hat and tippet

1960's ivory beaded wedding gown with 1930's feather cape

1950's style tea length wedding dress with illusion top, crystal belt and stole

1950's tulle wedding gown with sparkly polka dots and stole

A Pop Of Splendour: Part 1

We are so unbelievably proud and happy to finally be able to share these pictures with you. If they look familiar, you may have seen them on One Fab Day last week, where they gave us a fantastic mention!

But now we can tell you all about them! The shoot was a labour of love between myself and Caroline from Dirty Fabulous and Aga from White Tea.

Caroline and I wanted to create a vintage shoot that was true to our style and the individuality that Dirty Fabulous vintage can offer. We wanted a pop of contrasting colour to be the focus of each look and this was carried through to the make-up and headpieces.

I did the hair and make-up. The make-up was a total contradiction of all those tips you've read about. I contrasted and clashed every colour imaginable: pink shadows with coral lips, yellow shadows with red lips, blues with fuchsia's, coppers and berries. I had a lot of fun with it!

Caroline created all of the turbans and headpieces specifically for this shoot but rest assured she can pretty much imagine up any headpiece you might have in mind for your wedding!

 The grand location was Annesbrook, an elegant dame of a Georgian country house in Meath. The space there was amazing and colour palate totally inspiring. We would have loved to have shot some images in their wonderful, rambling gardens but it was such a sunny day that we couldn't get the light right for outside shots. Annesbrook is a really special venue that you can hire for your wedding. Go meet them, have a chat and be won over by the charm and beauty of a country house wedding and the lovely family who own it.

Now on to the photographer....Aga from White Tea Photography

Aga is a good friend of Dirty Fabulous and any time she wants to collaborate we jump at the chance as even though we might be biased we absolutely adore her work! She did Caroline's own engagement shoot which was stunning! Aga would be a wonderful addition to your wedding as she will capture the most stunning, romantic and joyful moments of your big day. 

As the title suggests, there's another part to follow full of glamour and cheeky, fun so stay tuned. We hope our much loved pictures brighten up your day!

Credits:
Clothing and Accesories by Dirty Fabulous 
Photography: Aga from White Tea white Tea
Styling, hair, make-up: Kathy Sherry & Caroline Quinn, Dirty Fabulous 
Models: Aisling, Claire, Sile & Ally 
Venue: Annesbrook 

A Dazzling Bride!

How incredible does Edel look in her Dirty Fabulous fully beaded, cream 1950's wiggle dress. 

The bead-work on this dress was to die for, it was so intricate and must have taken forever to complete!

The great thing about this dress is that it can be worn again and again for other special occasions.

Edel topped off her look with one of our bespoke headpieces.

Gorgeous gorgeous gorgeous!