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Your wedding day will only be as special as the team who you bring on to help make it all happen. For the single most important day of your life yet, you want to ensure that you love your team of wedding suppliers and trust them implicitly. This is without a doubt one of the most important factors in being able to enjoy your day (and of course the lead up) and ensure that both you and your guests have a day you won’t forget.

Wedding suppliers who are unreliable, uncommunicative or simply unclear can be a high source of anxiety for couples, particularly when you are relying on them to pull your day together. Hiring a wedding planner and having someone who is entirely responsible for managing your suppliers can really help to lift this weight off your shoulders. And exactly the same rules apply when it comes to hiring a wedding planner as with all your other suppliers.

There is such a huge choice out there these days when it comes to wedding suppliers and it can feel a little overwhelming. Most wedding suppliers are extremely helpful, reliable and flexible, but just sometimes, you might end up with one that isn’t. So, being a bit savvy in your choices will protect you from any disasters and ensure that the planning, and of course the day itself, go as smoothly as possible! Here are some of my top tips and the questions you need to be asking to help you assemble your dream team.

Being part of the close family of the bride and groom is one of the most exciting roles to have on a wedding day – with VIP access to all the joyous memories in the making, and with such an emotional part to play in this chapter of their love story. Alongside this, however, may also come worries about making sure you’re looking your best for the couple – and for all your friends and loved ones gathering together, which, as families and geographical distances grow, can be an increasingly rare occasion. As mother of the bride or groom, a traditionally “hosting” role, it can be daunting to shop for a look that balances glamour with occasion-appropriateness.

On a cold spring day with the snow lingering amongst the trees and footpaths of Trent Park, a group of creative’s collaborated to create the wedding series below.

The inspiration behind the shoot was the Scandinavian forest featuring a natural, effortlessly-chic, bohemian bride. We wanted to keep it visually simple, pretty, fresh and whimsical, full of life and love, just like a real wedding!

Hello from the Galia Lahav Team!

We are thrilled beyond reason to announce our new GALA campaign. This is a collection we hold very dear to our hearts, one which represents the music and tones of marriage and the bride.

Take a journey into the movement, soul, and flow of walking down the aisle, the first dance, and falling in love again. Welcome to GALA No. V, a collection that has a beat of its own.

The latest GALA collection combines an ease and flow to allow for expressive movement with high quality and a fashion-forward bend, inspired by music’s many genres and icons.

Santorini was our first ‘Greek trip’ together 7 years ago. We were in awe of its beauty and knew this would be where we would get married. Crawford fell for Greece instantly and every year we plan a new summer adventure on her islands.

As the little blue arrow on my phone navigated me through the heart of Mayfair, with glimpses of the avant-garde in every studio window, I couldn’t have known what awaited me in the 19th century building I was headed to, a Jessica McCormack flag dancing gently in the morning wind. I know of her internationally famous designs, of course, and I know how my heart jumps when I see diamonds up close (is it just me?) – and yet, I couldn’t possibly have been prepared for the feelings I experienced that morning.

Glam boho-brides will absolutely adore today’s villa wedding on the glorious Isle of Ibiza. Interior designer Nicola styled her boho-luxe wedding to perfection, combining elegant ostrich feathers with a statement chandelier and all set against the background of Es Vedra, an islet steeped in mythical magic.

Words by Nicola. Images by Gypsy Westwood Photography.

Today’s pretty pastel wedding was held in a venue Chris and I had the pleasure of visiting a few years ago when we spent the weekend up in Whitby. We loved staying at Ox Pasture Hall and were given a tour of the barn venue as well as being treated to a scrumptious afternoon tea, which will forever be known as the bumblebee incident!

If pretty pastels – think fresh mint, pretty peach and sugar pink are your faves, then this outdoor with subtle floral detailing will totally inspire.

Words by Laura. Images by 83 Photography.

If you are a newbie bride-to-be you have undoubtedly started pinning ideas for how you want your wedding to look. Initially, it can feel incredibly overwhelming, particularly if you have opted for a blank canvas venue and need to source a lot of the decor items yourself, in which case this ultimate wedding decor checklist could come in rather handy!

Living in the French Alps serves as an epic landscape inspiration. Every bend and turn in the road reveals another valley opening up into the distance; mist settling into the mountains and snowy topped peaks.

I spent my entire Winter dreaming up my ideal elopement with this backdrop and landed on something relaxed, young and edgy. Something which felt like my life out here.

Words and images by Gemma of The Wardette Studio.