Photographer? Check. Wedding invitations? Check. Marquee? Check. These are the companies you need in your notebook to make sure your big day is effortlessly stylish – and utterly unforgettable
The photographer
Serena Bolton‘s professional but friendly nature makes it easy for any bride to invite her into the wedding celebrations. Taking beautiful, classical photographs in an elegant and spontaneous way, Serena creates everlasting memories that will leave the happy couple with a distinctive collection of images to treasure for ever.
The invitations
Wedding invitations from Armorial are nothing short of exquisite. Using copperplate techniques to create elegantly scripted invitations, and letterpress to add stylish definition to RSVP cards, Armorial will ensure that when your guests open the envelope they’ll not only find an invitation that looks beautiful but feels sumptuously tactile too.
The marquee
There’s a good reason why the word ‘stunning’ is in the title – the modular nature of the tipis from The Stunning Tents Company means that any number of guests can be accommodated, from 50 or 500 in this most inspiring of structures. Weddings and parties with around 150 guests tend to use three Giant Hats, often with a linked Kungsörnen as a chill-out or bar area.
The food
Few caterers can cook for 500 people and consistently deliver the freshest and most immaculately presented culinary creations but Caroline Gent Catering has been doing just that for 20 years, producing some of the most memorable wedding menus in the West Country.
The music
From Baroque to Broadway, Romantic to Ragtime, Grieg to Gershwin, the Abbott O’Gorman Duo is just the thing to make your wedding go with a swing. As world-renowned pianists and Steinway artists, Jocelyn Abbott and Laura O’Gorman form a truly amazing team – two performers, four hands and one piano!
The driver
Making sure you get to the aisle in style is Capstar Chauffeurs, with its fleet of Jaguar XJLs. The chauffeurs and operations team are ex-British armed forces personnel, drawn from all three services. Let’s just say, you’re in good hands.
The dress
Echoing the same clean lines as its glamorous evening dresses, the wedding dresses in the Catherine Walker & Co wedding collection are simply breathtaking, and the mother-of-the-bride outfits equally show-stopping (Carole Middleton wore a sky-blue outfit to universal fashion praise at the Royal Wedding).
The Shoes
Emmy London uses vintage-inspired lasts, heels and the best Italian leathers to craft her classic collection of wedding shoes. They can even be hand-finished with a blue Swarovski crystal on the sole for brides in search of that ‘something blue’.
The Introducer
Being confronted by a room full of strangers at a wedding can be a difficult experience for your guests but Rachel Fay gets people engaging with each other so that everyone meets the people they want to meet. She brings a touch of glamour and “Wow! We’ve never experienced that before” to your event, and gets them talking about it long after it’s over.
Main image: Lillingston
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