Accessories

Leora Moreno, a bridal jewellery designer who set up Leo With Love, advises on the top bridal jewellery trends for 2019…

In 2019 we see brides moving away from the more traditional gowns of old and focusing on pieces of different colours, lengths and styles – capes made of tulle, slashes of skin on show or a plunging neckline are all to be seen on the most blushing of brides. With dresses becoming more extravagant, jewellery is also taken up a notch; more is definitely more in this case. There are three big things to focus on to create your perfect look…

Sarah Zhuang’s beautifully made and versatile Enchanted Pearl collection is the ultimate addition to a contemporary bridal look on your big day.  

The collection sparkles with scores of diamonds and lustrous Akoya pearls in 18ct white gold, with elegant, comfortable designs that are perfect for blushing brides. Choose from ear jackets, earl pendants, interchangeable rings, stud earrings and cocktail rings. The statement chandelier earrings can be worn in four different ways so you can mix and match your look; and the matching necklace can be easily altered to be styled with different necklines. 

Roses may be the most popular wedding flowers, but why not include some poppies in the mix and add that extra bit of ‘feel good factor’ to your special day… The Royal British Legion have launched a unique range of wedding favours and a fascinator to enable you and your guests to help support the important work they carry out, providing care and support to members of the British Armed Forces, veterans and their families. 

Each wedding favour includes a keepsake silver tone Poppy Pin on a stylish white name card, which you can personalize as appropriate. Each pack contains 10 cards and pins and costs just £17.99. 

Pinky Goat newest addition to their ever-growing range of lashes is a sure way to make a style statement. The NEW ‘PARTY COLLECTION’ lashes create fullness and definition, adding a striking effect to your makeup look - perfect for a glamorous evening or special occasion!

These elegant, handcrafted Faux Mink lashes are available in four styles – REEM, soft & wispy for extra length; LULU, for the ultimate curl; SANAfor a full volume effect; and FARAH, combining layers and curl for an ultra-glamorous look!

You can now stock up on your favourite lashes ahead of party season in your local Superdrug store. The lashes are reusable up to 10 times and no mascara is required! Best used with GLUEME Lash Adhesive (sold separately).

In a first for the leading high street jeweller, this year Goldsmiths has launched its ‘Christmas Gift Collection’ offering a range of stylish gifting options from just £20. The gift collection will be easily shoppable both in-store and online with dedicated gifting areas, offering inspiration for those shopping for the women that has everything. Here, we take a look at jewellery trends over the festive period…

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Are you watching the royal wedding of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle? Shropshire Petals are sharing their ideas on how you can have a royal wedding inspired confetti moment on your wedding day.

A traditional moment at any wedding is the confetti throw. Throwing confetti over newly married couples marks the celebration of their marriage. Here are a few confetti mixes we have created inspired by some of the choices Prince Harry and Meghan Markle have made about their big day.

With wedding season in full swing and the Royal Wedding on the horizon, London Designer Outlet (LDO) has a fantastic array of fashion and accessories to make sure you’re best dressed for less this spring and have the wedding look. LDO is the capital’s only fashion and lifestyle outlet centre, based in Wembley Park, and offers year-round savings of up to 70% off RRP in over 50 outlet stores, with a broad choice of styles to suit all tastes.

Special offers are available at a range of stores including: Kurt Geiger, Guess, Chapelle, Ernest Jones, Phase Eight, Suit Direct, Skopes and Fiorelli. So, if you are searching for the perfect wedding look or planning to watch the Royal Wedding in style, LDO has you covered.

Every bride and groom want their guests to have an amazing time at their wedding. However, making sure that such a large mix of people have a fun and memorable time all day long can be tricky. Have you considered creating your own selfie frame to entertain your wedding guests? Fun to use and easy to get online, selfie frames today come in a variety of customised designs to suit individual weddings. If you want something quirky to add excitement for your guests, these are fast becoming a must-have item. But why are they so popular?

As the nation’s excitement for Harry and Meghan’s wedding builds, Aldi is launching a brand new Wedding Essentials range on the 17th May, to show shoppers that weddings don’t have to cost a royal fortune. With lots of great-value accessories for brides and grooms to make their special day perfect, from sending out the invitations to throwing an enviable reception, Aldi has celebrations covered with its beautiful craft-inspired products that shoppers are bound to fall in love with.

The new range will be available to pre-order online from Sunday 13th May and in stores from Thursday 17th May. Lovebirds need to be quick though, as with all Specialbuys once they’re gone, they’re gone.

Macmillan Cancer Support has launched a brand new range of wedding favours ahead of this year’s wedding season.

The beautifully crafted gifts are a great way to thank guests, honour absent friends and raise money for the growing number of people living with cancer in the UK.

From pin badges to place cards, the new collection has products to suit every taste. Each favour includes information about Macmillan, the website address and support line number (0808 808 00 00).  

All money raised will help Macmillan continue to provide emotional, financial, medical and practical support. For information on Macmillan’s wedding favours, visit shop.macmillan.org.uk/wedding. 

Having flower girls on your wedding day is the perfect way to include younger members of your family or close friends and give them a sense of importance on your big day. Traditionally, the significance of having a flower girl was to lead the bride forward and symbolise the innocence fading away, bringing her role as a wife and mother forward. These days, flower girls tend to carry cute wicker baskets scattering natural petal confetti as they proceed down the aisle before the bride enters. If you’re looking for something different, Shropshire Petals have just launched their brand-new range of adorable Flower Girl Wands. Make your flower girls feel like magical princesses as they carry their wands and hold them during your ceremony.

For the bride who favours classy over crass, and loves sharing their wedding journey on social media, The Hen Party Hamper from Team Hen contains everything you need to throw an unforgettable night, that’ll leave you with stylish Instagram worthy hen party photos to remember.

The hamper contains enough for 5 guests including the Bride to Be, but can be made for up to 20 people.

From £45 for 5 people - £165 for 20 people.

Available to buy exclusively online at: www.teamhen.co.uk

Just in time for a new year of beautiful weddings, garden parties and special occasions, the British Heart Foundation (BHF) is launching a gorgeous new stylish and affordable Fascinator collection for Spring/Summer 2018.

This stunning collection will be hard to match from any other high street brand. Fashionable, versatile and affordable; there is a vast choice for every style queen, ensuring you are the best-dressed wedding guest or the most glamorous Mother of the Bride.

Getting married soon or planning to attend a summer wedding? It may only be February, but if you’re a Bride, Mother of the Bride, part of the wedding party or even just a guest, it’s important to start planning your outfit now, including your choice of wedding hat.

Weddings can be expensive so planning in advance should save you both time and effort in the lead up to the big day. 

One of the most important parts of any wedding outfit, of course, is a great hat. 

A beautiful hand-made hat will finish off any wedding look perfectly and with hats set to be a huge trend for 2018, Beverley Edmondson from www.beverleyedmondsonmillinery.co.uk reveals her top tips:

Fragrance experience designers Design In Scent have collaborated with royal milliner Jane Taylor to launch the UK’s first scented wedding hat collection – a beautiful way to mark the big day and continue remembering it long after it’s over…

Looking for a unique way to remember your – or a friend or relative’s - wedding day? Then it could be time to invest in a scented wedding hat. The brainchild of fragrance designers Gemma Hopkins and Meghan Fay – aka Design In Scent – and Kate Middleton’s milliner Jane Taylor this exquisite Winter collection of scented hats is cleverly infused with perfume from the Design In Scent Wedding Collection.