Crown and Glory On The Road: A Most Curious Wedding Fair

Earlier on this month, we packed up our sparkly suitcases and headed to the Old Truman Brewery in London for arguably the coolest wedding fair in the UK: A Most Curious Wedding Fair. Aimed at the style-savvy couple, a Most Curious showcases some of the most contemporary wedding suppliers around. Our unique, alternative bridal accessory range that we designed with Rock n Roll Bride was comfortably nestled alongside pretty like beautiful hen-do flair from Oh Squirrel (and not a phallic symbol in sight!), incredible floral displays from Vervain and a fresh and modern take on bridalwear from Velvet Johnstone, to name a few. Here's a peek at our stand for the weekend; and yes, we did leave a trail of confetti wherever we stepped.

Stall images by Roberta Matis

Bridal Babes - Weird and Wonderful Wedding World!

Crown and Glory are back on the road again this weekend, this time to the South West's finest alternative wedding fair - the Weird and Wonderful Wedding World. Hosted by Crown and Glory favourite Fishee Designs, the W&WWW sees the best of UK alternative bridal talent showcase in the amazing At-Bristol science centre - which is actually a licensed wedding venue itself!



The show will not only appeal to brides (and grooms!) who want to do their big day a little bit differently, but also to alternative couples who want to dress up, have a cocktail or two, listen to local bands, dance or chill out, whilst surrounded by the weirdest and most wonderful wedding suppliers on one floor, making it a great night out.



You can enjoy a fashion show with most unique wedding dresses, enjoy a star show in the Planetarium and watch jugglers, close-up magicians and living statues.

We'll be there with our Rock n Roll Bride collection, ready to showcase the pieces and tempt you into wearing glittery bunny ears on your big day. Other exhibitors include Craig Dearsley Photography, Black Cherry Cakes, Kaycie Kyle Nails, Ruby and Stardust and Cream Tease.



The Weird and Wonderful Wedding World runs 3-8pm on Saturday 26th April. Get your advance tickets for £3 here.

Bridal Babes - Most Curious Wedding Fair!

This weekend we're back on the road for our second wedding fair of the year, A Most Curious Wedding Fair in the amazing venue of Hackney Downs Studios, London. Without a doubt one of the coolest wedding shows in the UK, A Most Curious Fairs are aimed at the style savvy couple - and anyone that shows brides in leather for their promotional material gets a seriously big thumbs up from us.

A Most Curious fair has picked some of the most innovative, design-led suppliers from around the country to showcase the very latest of bridal fashion; "If it's beautiful, fun, fresh, cool or about to be cool, we'll incorporate it." 

We'll be there with our Rock n Roll Bride collection, and Kat and I will be on hand to convince you that you damn well can wear bunny ears on your wedding day! Need more convincing? Kat wrote five reasons why you need to visit this fair. A Most Curious Wedding Fair runs 4th-5th April 2014 at the Hackney Downs Studio in London. Fancy grabbing yourself a pair of free tickets? Head over to our Facebook page - you've got til midnight tonight to enter!

CAST 

Images: Joanna Millington Photography

Dresses: Delphine Manivet and Topshop

Jewellery: Eclectic Eccentricity

Silver sequin skirt: Lizzie O Boutique

Accessories: Rouge Pony and DC Bouquets

Makeup: Bella Simonsen

Hair: Sophie Morton of Flint Salon Norwich

Flowers: Jo Flowers 

Star Backdrop: La Bicicleta

Stylist: Becky Hoh-Hale

Bridal Babes - Quaint, Queer and Weird!

Gorgeous rainbow-hued bridesmaids - bridal couture by Oh My Honey As bridal season steps up again (already?!) we're looking forward to our events this year and first in the line up is the Quaint, Queer and Weird Wedding Spectacular in Brighton on Saturday, 15th March at the Corn Exchange. What, you didn't think we'd be rocking up at a chintzy vintage inspired wedding show now, did you?!


Creative bridal make-up ideas by Millie Hetherington-Wilkes

Celebrating everything alternative, Retro, LBGT and quirky vintage in the wedding world, this is the second Quaint, Queer and Weird Wedding Spectactular after the first QQW was a rip-roaring success. The brainchild of fellow Blogcadette Lesley Taylor, the 18+ event is themed ‘Bygone to Bondage’, with alternative and daring designers displaying their stunning and most unusual wedding fashion, accessories, photography, cakes and much more. Guests are encouraged to 'dress to impress'. Throughout the day, there will be burlesque dancing and risqué entertainment from Ruby Deshabillé, cabaret entertainment from Brighton's alternative drag troupe; The House of Grand Parade and displays of maddening genius from the Pyromaniac's crew.


Hire this wonderful beardy chap to photography your wedding - Craig Dearsley Photography

We're delighted to announce that we are one of QQW's chosen sponsors for this event, alongside Two Brides Magazine and The Butch Clothing Company. Other exhibitors include; Oh My Honey, Victorian Gothic and Dig for Victory. Other notable exhibitors include Doggy Doodles - who will be exhibiting high end doggie wedding fashion, Sussex Falconry - with their display of live birds of Prey, Moving Pictures Boudoir and Pinup Photography – who will have a Live Boudoir Set and Hollie Shannon from Skin Candy Tattoo Studio in Brighton will be tattooing throughout the day.

The Quaint, Queer Weird Wedding 2014 Spring Spectacular is 18+ and taking place at The Corn Exchange, Brighton. Doors open Saturday 15th March 2014 at 12pm to 4pm. Early bird tickets are £3.50 and £5 on the door. We're also giving away 1 x pair of tickets over at our Facebook page, so do stop by if you'd like to win!

Crown and Glory On The Road!

Exeters' finest vintage and handmade fair, Crikey its' Vintage! is back for 2013 with a bang. We'll be packing up our textbooks and heading back to Uni on Thursday 21st February for Crikey's monthly fair at Exeter university, then joining the gang for a hullabaloo all-dayer at Crikey its a Spring Fling on Saturday 2nd March.


Starting off wedding season in style is the Fabulous Wedding Festival - perfect for all you beautiful boho brides to be! We'll be showcasing our head candy on the Frocks and Rocks catwalk, and setting up our stall for you to try, buy or even have a complimentary bespoke consultation for your big day. The show kicks off on Saturday, 16th March at 11am in the beautiful grounds of Muddifords Court, Cullompton.


I can't tell you how excited I am to be showcasing at the second Eclectic Wedding Extravaganza in Birmingham! With fans like Rock n Roll Bride's Kat Williams and Unique Bride magazine, nestled alongside with the likes of the brilliant Couture Dress Company, Elbie van Eeden and Revive Me Boutique, I know we're gonna slot in just nicely! Come and join the fun on Sunday 24th March in Birmingham


And now for something completely different - the Weird and Wonderful Wedding World in Bristol is going to literally blow your mind! From gorgeous abstract florals and kitsch vintage prop hire (the wonderful) to burlesque crumpeteers and taxidermy bees (the weird) Bristol's first alternative wedding fair is a must for anyone tying the know who wants to break some boundaries! We'll be showcasing both the wonderful and the weird here on Saturday April 13th.

Can I Borrow That?

I think at some point in their lives, every girl who doesn't have one, has always wondered what it would be like to have an older sister. Constant sleepovers, learning from their mistakes, having someone to plait your hair and most importantly, stealing their clothes all seems such fun to those of us that have a smelly boy as a sibling (sorry Bro)


Pink Mothballs founder, Amanda Baker
In the age where almost everything can be performed by an app (did anyone hear on the Xtra Factor that Shirtswinger was playing with a clothes ironing app?! Really?!) the latter of the sisterly duties can now be performed by Pink Mothballs - the new, free, fashion-sharing app for iPhone – and for every girl who loves fashion. The brain child of 25 year old Amanda Baker, users of this app can upload their virtual wardrobes and swap their clothes with friends for nights out, dinner dates or even holidays.


The most amazing cake at the launch party!
Users can add items to their Pink Mothballs wardrobe by either taking a new photo or uploading one from Facebook. They then tag the item to specify its type, brand, colour and size, so friends can easily find something to wear using its refined search functionality.


Two super stylish ladies sporting Crown and Glory at the photobooth
This app, which is available to download now, gives girls a fresh and fun way to borrow and lend clothes with friends.


items from my Pink Mothballs wardrobe
Going through my own wardrobe, I discovered more items than I thought that I'd be happy to lend to friends - I don't know about you girls, but there are a couple of things that I like to keep for special! But dresses, especially, seem to get an airing on a night out and then go back in my wardrobe for good.



If anyone wants to add me, search 'Sophie King' once you've downloaded your app - I'm dying to have a nose at your wardrobes!

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