.andi + jarrett, i love you

.Love is a funny thing. Sometimes it grows gradually and sometimes it is instant. When I saw Andi + Jarrett's wedding on 100 Layer Cake this week my heart skipped a massive beat. It was total and utter love in an instant. Let me take you though the reasons why:

.Bride wearing the same wedding dress as me, 'Faun' by Temperley London (mine is dove gray) - check!

.Bride, like me, opting for vintage fur bolero at summer wedding - check!

.Vintage sparkly bag (I am not even sure when I am going to carry mine but I have one anyway) - check!

.Hip, non-ugly bridally, shoes (she wore YSL, I have silver Louboutins) - check!

.Super chilled getting ready vibe - check!

.The amazingly talented one and only Max Wanger, my absolute favourite US based wedding snapper, to cover the day - check!

.Attention to detail - check!
Note: the fur stole doing its thing on a hot summers day. I am feeling less silly about mine now - it is going to look chic like Andi's (*crosses fingers and hopes!)

.Groomsmen in bow ties! I would so do this if I was in charge of our boys - alas I am not.

.Beautifully mis-matched, yet matching bridesmaids - check!

.Personalised wedding ceremony - check!

.Sartorially exceptional guests - check!

.1920s diamond ring (mine is 1920s Viennese Art Deco) - check!

.Famous friends to play music at your reception - check!

.Bride changing into amazing dress for the reception/dancing - check!

.To my dismay, this seems to have been deemed my most controversial wedding decision so far. I don't care how silly it sounds, I am having two dresses!

.Initially it was going to be a gorgeous Kenzo dress from work but I was not in the office on the sample sale day and lost out (I speak of samples because I am a fashion PR - I figured one of you MIGHT have been interested). So now it is going to be an original 1950s dress I found in Vienna for 2 Euros - yes, really, TWO Euros!

.Dancing the night away to great (non-cheesy) music - check!

.Seriously, this wedding, what's not to love?

For better details of what really went down at Andi + Jarrett's wedding please check out 100 Layer Cake, Max Wanger blog and the Flashdance blog. All photos by Max Wanger.

.ear lobes

.When it comes to jewellery I am an earrings girl, through and through. No doubt about it. This means that choosing earrings for my two wedding dresses (Yep! Two) has been far more tortuous for me than picking dresses.

.For my grey Temperley London dress, which I plan to wear during our ceremony and wedding breakfast, I would love to have these Adriana Orsini earrings. The art deco shapes match the perspex pieces on the back and front of my dress perfectly.

.The only problem is, these earrings are over £150. Why oh why Ms Orsini do your beautiful sparkly creations (which I might add, are not even made from precious metals) have to be so expensive?!

.The second pair of earrings I would love to have, to wear with my 1950s ivory and gold gown and Vivienne Westwood Melissa shoes or Mui Mui sandles (for an evening of drinking & dancing) are these crazy 1980s Swarovski and pearl beauties from etsy.

.I think they are rather joli laide, which is partly why I love them so much. I also think that a bride should be able to have a bit of fun with her outfit on her wedding day - well, I should be able to anyway.

.acacia II

.I am developing a major obsession with Jenny Packham's Acacia II crystal headband. Unsurprisingly for a Jenny Packham piece (although it is designed by Polly Edwards) it has the perfect modern vintage art deco style. Brides who have worn it also say that it is very light and comfortable. It is set on an elastic headband which comes in 5 different colours so it can be made to camouflage with one's hair perfectly.

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.This is the same headband which is worn in the Samantha Capitano wedding I featured a while ago. Unfortunately Acacia II costs £350.00 so I am still in two minds about whether or not to go for it. It is way over my initial £100.00 'veil' budget. I did make an amazing saving on my gorgeous Temperley London wedding dress though (which by the way looks even better in person - but more about that later!).

Louis Mariette has this far cheaper alternative at £55.00 which is also pretty, but perhaps it just isn't the same?

.A few weeks ago Cheryl Cole wore the Acacia II on X Factor (you can see it in glistening action here) and since then everyone I know has been talking about it, even friends who are not getting married have wanted to know who it is by. This is good and bad. On the one hand it confirms that I do indeed have excellent taste (even if I do say so myself!) as other people love it too. On the other hand, will it mean that by the time my summer 2011 wedding comes around it will have been done to death?

.temperley london

.Oh no! Rather than concentrating on my dissertation during this long blogging hiatus I have instead become a two dresses/two shoes bride. Help me people! First I bought a fabulous pair of gold Mui Mui heels from Outnet.com (fashion sale heaven), even though I already have a pair of Westwoods AND I was supposed to be looking for flats. Then today I bought this art deco inspired Temperley London dress. Yes it is light grey but it was 76% off and it is divine!!! In case you are not convinced, here it is in ivory and in black. See, it is lovely.

It should arrive in the post in a few days. Once it arrives I will try it on, compare it to my current dress and then some serious DECISIONS need to be made (decisions are not my strong point, in case you hadn't noticed). I could get away with grey on my wedding day right? This bride did and looked super.