Your North West Wedding - Jun/Jul 2019 (Issue 56)

We chose a wonderful table plan with Hollywood lighting around the edges from Qube Events & Productions. Robyn visited a wedding fair and came across a shop called Bridal Wear By Esmé. She visited the store and fell in love with an ivory gown, accessorising with a veil, hairpiece, small droplet pearl earrings and a silver bracelet. For my dress, I also visited Bridal Wear By Esmé to ensure I didn’t accidentally choose the same design as Robyn. I tried on around 10 gowns before picking a style. It turned out that the dress I chose was one Robyn had originally fallen in love with. I completed the look with a headpiece, pearl earrings and a necklace. As I didn’t do the morris dance correctly while proposing, the chief bridesmaid secretly arranged for some pompoms to be brought in during the speeches. Unknown to me, I had to perform the dance in front of all our guests. For the bridesmaids’ dresses, we chose long, dusky pink gowns from Debenhams. We hired a pianist for the ceremony and to play throughout the meal. REAL WEDDINGS 33 