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 

Real Bride Deirdre - Shimmering in a Champagne Gown

Our gorgeous bride, Deirdre chose an elegant, champagne, wedding gown that echoed the style of the 1940's for her recent wedding. She paired it with one of our bespoke, birdcage veils in a perfect shade of nude. We are in love with her whole look!
Photography by I Do Photography
Congratulations to Deirdre and her new hubby!
xxx

Butterfly Beauty!

The gorgeous Carmen came to us with a very specific vision in mind for her bridal headpiece. 

Her love of butterflies inspired her to incoorporate them into her piece. She also wanted the drama of a bird cage veil.

Working with Carmen's preferences, Caroline created a beautiful beaded comb with butterfly embellishment and a separate bird cage veil that Carmen could remove later in the day.

We just love Carmen's fun and super pretty look on her big day.

It was our pleasure to help her complete it!

Real Bride Sarah - Tea Length in Tulle!

How adorable does Dirty Fabulous bride, Sarah and her new hubby look!

Sarah chose one of our 1950's style, tulle and lace, tea length wedding dresses for her special day. For the finishing touch she added a large bespoke rhinestone comb and birdcage veil from Dirty Fabulous.

Total vintage glam!

Congrats to Sarah and her new hubby.

Real Wedding: A Vision in 1940's Vintage

Our bride Ruth, looked like a movie star on her wedding day in one of our original vintage wedding dresses. She chose a stunning, 1940's ivory silk, mid length dress with the cutest pleated shoulders and button details.
To accentuate a real vintage feel she wore one of our bespoke birdcage veils and a gold and pearl comb.
Classic vintage styling at it's best!
Congratulations to Ruth and her new hubby

Real Bride: Totally Adorable!

These wedding photos from our bride, Catherine are absolutely darling! Doesn't she and her hubby just look so sweet, and super stylish.
Catherine chose one of our tea length vintage style wedding dresses, along with a tulle and lace cropped top, which had a super pretty crystal button back.
We added an underskirt for a touch of volume and an original 1960's headpiece with bespoke birdcage veil for a touch of vintage glamour.
We're loving these pics!
Congratulations to Catherine and her new hubby.
Thanks so much for sharing your pictures!

The Allure of Netting

Vintage veiled hats come in many guises from the chic and simple:

To the elaborate and extravagant:

And everything else in between:

There is something endlessly sensual about wearing black net or veiling over the face. It could be the sense of mystery it adds to the wearer. It could be that you feel like your dressing up and playing a part which adds a sense of drama to your outfit. Either way it's an alluring look and I guarantee it'll vamp up any outfit! 

Vintage photography images via Pinterest  

Below are just a few of the glamourous vintage veiled hats that we have available in store and on Open For Vintage

Now all you need is some matching lady like gloves... #siren!!!

Jess's Top 3 Vintage Outfits!

We recently shared Carolines top 3 favourite pieces in Dirty Fabulous and next up is our lovely intern Jess. 

Jess has been learning about all the ins and outs of Dirty Fabulous and what's really involved in running a business. We've also made sure that she's had plenty of opportunities to get to know the clothing and style a few outfits. These are some of her fav's...  

Look 1: Summer Fun

1960's lemon yellow cocktail dress with 60's floral hat, orange gloves and patent bag.

Look 2: Formal Glamour

1950's emerald green taffeta evening gown with ivory bodice with floral embroidery and rhinestones

Look 3: Make way LBD's it's time for the Little Grey Dress!

1950's gorgeous dark slate grey satin prom dress with light grey accents decorated with sequins and beading.

Worn with a 1960s black crystal necklace, silver beaded bag and bespoke birdcage veil.

13 brides who show just how ridiculously cool a vintage wedding dress is!

We've been lucky enough to help out some incredibly cool brides over our many years in business and below is just a snippet of the stylish ladies who have graced our boutique...

1. Floral and fabulous in a 1950's daisy decorated gown.  

2. Mod chic in a 1960's mini dress with veiled headpiece

 

3. Mixing grace and glamour for the whole bridal party!

4. Pin-up beauty in a mint lace 1950's prom dress.

 5. Ethereal boho babe in a 1970's ivory caped gown.

 6. Rockabilly cool in a hi-low, lace 1950's tea length wedding dress.

7. Casually cool in Iceland in a lavender beaded 1960s gown. 

 

8. Chichi in the city in a 1960's chocolate brown lace and pink satin cocktail dress.

 
9. Effortlessly hip in Edwardian embroidery.

 10. Retro babe with 1950's headpiece and birdcage veil

11. Ravishing in an ivory tea length wedding dress.

12. Magnificently knock-out in a vintage black velvet, beaded evening gown.

13. Fringed and fabulous in a 1960's Lilli Diamond caped dress

Old World Romance!

Bride-to-be, Angelika had a beautiful lace wedding dress when she came to Dirty Fabulous in search of the perfect headpiece to compliment her bridal look.

The crystal swirl feather headband and birdcage veil she chose were perfect and added a touch of old world glamour to the big day. 

Rory O'Toole photography captured the wedding day beautifully and we love the shots of Angelika getting ready for the main event!

We've said it before and we'll say it again; wedding photography is so important; who else will capture all the little details whilst the couple and guests get down to the equally important job of enjoying such a romantic day.

Congratulations to Angelika and her new hubby and a big thank you to Rory O'Toole photography for sharing these gorgeous images!

  

Galway Now - Enchanted Elegance January 2016

 Vintage wedding dress and birdcage veil from Dirty Fabulous

 1950's style ivory tulle wedding dress, available to order from Dirty Fabulous

1930's crochet gloves from Dirty Fabulous

Images from Galway Now magazine. Styling by Roza Model Agency

Credits:

Sean McCormack Photography
Kazanoo Hair Studio Galway
Lash And Brow Studio
GK Media

Kilcolgan Castle 

Our Bride Charlotte - Irish Tatler Best Dressed Finalist!

Can you imagine our excitement when we found out that our great friend and Dirty Fabulous bride, Charlotte was a finalist in Tatler's best dressed brides.
She knew she wanted a bridal look that was sophisticated and which echoed the vintage elegance of the 1930's. Charlotte also knew she wanted a dress with a dramatic back and luscious sweeping gown.

With this in mind we sourced the silk bias cut, vintage wedding gown with sheer lace back specifically for Charlotte, so it was amazing to see her wear it on the big day.
Her birdcage veil and headpiece were made by us to complete the look and we added the vintage fan so she could keep cool in the heat of a French summer!

We're proud as punch that our gorgeous gal's bridal look was so loved by others!