Short 'n' Sweet

If I had my time over, I wish I had the guts to go for a short wedding dress. A vintage style probably would have suited me best and would have given the perfect excuse to go all out on the shoes!

More and more wedding dress designers are adding short dresses to their collections and there is a huge range of short styles now available.


This dress by award winning designer Ian Stuart has a really cute bubble hem and has great crystal detailing under the bustline which draws the eye in to the smallest part of the figure, making it really flattering.


This David Fielden dress is really sexy and glamourous and is less about structure and more about the movement and draping of the fabric. It has gorgeous sequin detail and is working the shoulder detail look that is very now.


Alan Hannah's dresses are all about structure and sculpture and this sexy number is no different! The bodices of these dresses are nothing short of amazing and can create a miracle waist on anyone-the tulle and crystal detailing along the top of the bodice is brought down to the skirt which flows with flamenco fabulousness!!


And finally to my most favourite short dress designer-Candy Anthony. Her designs are just the most amazing vintage style, feminine and pretty dresses! They immediately whisk you off to a bygone era, one where every girl is graceful, elegant and fun. There are also so many ways to accessorise these dresses-vines, cuff bracelets, huge flower combs, bird cage veils and of course pearls, pearls, pearls!

Each Candy Anthony dress is made to measure and she has a beautiful range of fabrics and colours. For the very brave she's even made a magnificent leopard print dress with a gorgeous bright red tulle underskirt-defintely not for the faint hearted!!

Vera Fokina

Vera Fokina was a Russina ballet dancer of the early 1900s. I love her Eastern-style costumes designed by Léon Bakst, they are just so fablous with strings and strings of pearls draped across the bodices and huge sweeping feathers! So very opulent! This piece below is inspired by Vera and her fantastic costumes. It can be worn either as a hair comb or as a decorative brooch for a dress and is made of a central raw silk Cambodian rose with strings of freshwater pearls and Swarovski crystals, these are balanced by a sweeping ostrich feather at the top.