“I wanted it to not feel like the everyday, but not too formal [either],” the bride tells British Vogue.
), to help her make her gown from scratch. “It was with her hand holding and address book of extraordinary makers that we were able to create something from my medley of inspirations.”designs served as key references for both Flora’s dress – fashioned from gold brocade and embellished with old gold lace from the 1920s and antique sequined stars – and her cape, crafted from heavy wool crepe. “It is such a treat to wear,” the bride says.
Flora chose to keep her make-up low-key and her hair “natural and unfussy”. “I’d always coveted a set of paste diamond stars owned by a friend, who lent them to me for the day to wear as a sort of deconstructed take on the tiara.” A crescent brooch that belonged to the bride’s great grandmother provided the finishing touch.
Flora, who worked with Tattie Rose Studio on the flowers, carried a bunch of hellebores to walk down the aisle at her parents’ local church, where the winter ceremony was held in the late afternoon, “with the church bathed in nothing but candlelight”.
After dinner, she changed into a gold sequined dress by The Vampire’s Wife and a pair of bespoke Converse to dance the night away in the marquee, where Flora set out to create an otherworldly atmosphere of “aged glamour”.
“I fought for a vast glitter ball, a Buddy Holly-esque lamé ruched curtain, and we bedecked the whole marquee ceiling with greenery and candles,” Flora says. “It was hard work for all to pull it off on that scale – especially when largely homespun – but it was worth it for the magical world it transported us all to on the night.”“I sourced various antique embellishments from a dealer I do a lot of work with, not quite knowing what they would be used for,” Flora says.
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