STANDOUT SLEEVES I’m newly engaged and about to start wedding dress shopping – what styles are trending? Meet the expert: Christine Kilsby is the director of The Cotswold Frock Shop, a bridal boutique specialising in wedding dresses, bridesmaids’ gowns and outfits for mothers based in Stowon-the-Wold, Gloucestershire. Christine says: Sleeves are back, with many of our brides requesting dresses with sleeves to try on at their fittings. Our talented seamstress has been adding sleeves to dresses when it’s not an option with the designer. The Cotswold Frock Shop | 01451 832 309 | https://thecotswoldfrockshop.co.uk | www.facebook.com/CotswoldFrockShop HOT TOPIC Our experts answer your big-day questions 61 EXPERT ADVICE STEP OUT IN STYLE We’re planning our wedding and want to do something for charity, any ideas? Meet the experts: Cameron Ross Formal Hire is available nationwide with stockists in Wiltshire and Gloucestershire including Chaplins Formal Suit & Kilt Hire in Swindon (https://chaplinsmenswear.co.uk) Grooms and wedding guests looking to do a good deed can hire a bespoke suit package, with proceeds going towards the country’s leading end of life charity. The Marie Curie Blue Slim Fit Package is based on two core principles – a great fit and cutting-edge contemporary fashion. The outfit comprises a blue slim-fit jacket and waistcoat, a pair of blue slim-fit flat-fronted trousers, a shirt, a pair of cufflinks and a lemon-coloured tie and handkerchief – the charity’s corporate colours. It’s available in adult and child sizes and available to buy online and through more than 250 Cameron Ross Formal Hire stockists across the UK. With prices starting at £110, £5 of each hire will go to Marie Curie, which provides care and support to terminally ill people and their families across the UK. Georgina Bushell, partnerships manager at Marie Curie tells us, “Now that we’re learning to live with Covid, many people are getting married this year, or next, and looking forward to tying the knot. We’re so grateful to be receiving a portion of the suit hire. Not only is it a beautiful choice, but for guests who are hiring it, they’re helping Marie Curie to continue being there for terminally ill people and their loved ones throughout the country.” Michael Fallon, business development manager at ACS Clothing, who owns the Cameron Ross Formal Hire brand, says, “Marie Curie is an incredible charity that supports so many families in their time of need and I am delighted that we can support them in our own way. Offering our customers a way to donate to a worthy cause by wearing one of our most popular suits is the next logical step in our partnership. At ACS, we are seeing an increase in suit hire bookings and are proud to be able to offer a donation from every Marie Curie Blue Slim Fit Package. This partnership allows our customers to support Marie Curie by hiring the package online or through any of our partner stockists throughout the UK. Cameron Ross Formal Hire | www.cameronrossformalhire.co.uk Marie Curie | www.mariecurie.org.uk/get-involved/fundraise/fundraise-incelebration/weddings
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