Vintage Wedding Fair, Chiswick – Sunday 19th June
Wondering what to do this weekend, how about taking a little wander to the Vintage Wedding Fair! Here’s a little information to tempt you…
Discover Vintage is hosting a fabulous Vintage Wedding Fair on Sunday 19 June at Chiswick Town Hall from 11am-4pm. The fair promises to be the best yet and brides will be coming from all over the country to see how they can bring a vintage feel to their special day. Exhibitors will be bringing a huge variety of high-quality genuine vintage and vintage-inspired products from gowns, shoes and jewels to bunting and campervans.
If you dream of walking down the aisle in a delicate 1920s silk gown or a tea-length 1950s prom dress just like the one your grandmother wore, this is the place to find it as there will be over 300 genuine vintage wedding dresses from the likes of Heavenly Vintage Brides and The Vintage Emporium. We are lucky enough to have met some of the original brides so ask us about the history of your favourite dress.
How about a bouquet made of jewels? Debbie Carlisle creates unique bouquets, hair-pieces and buttonholes out of jewels and can even wire in a sentimental piece of jewellery of your own. For hair and make-up advice, see Belle of the Ball – they take inspiration from vintage hairstyles in film and want to make you look and feel like a glamour-puss on your special day. Brides can contact them to book a 30 minute hair or make-up demonstration.
For ideas on how to decorate your venue, visit the Bunting Queen who makes handmade cotton bunting in a huge selection of styles and designs. And as for your getaway car? Why not choose a campervan or Morris Minor? Vantastic will be there with Clover, their very special VW.
Throughout the day, vintage DJ Mouthful O’Jam will be playing original records from the 1920s-1960s in one room and the gorgeous Marjorie Belles – who describe themselves as The Andrews Sisters reincarnated – will be entertaining us in the other, whisking us back in time with heavenly harmonies and dazzling jazz and swing arrangements.
After all of the exhibitor excitement it may well be time for a sit down and a cup of tea, so Joyful Food will be serving up a very yummy afternoon tea in our Tea Room.
Creator Keeley Harris says of the event “the vintage wedding fair is something particularly special for Discover Vintage because this kind of event is extremely rare, and we were the first to do it. Brides have responded really well and we’re now getting photographs through from ladies who came 18 months ago and have just gotten married in one of our dresses!”
Entry is just £5, so come along on the day for some inspiration on planning the perfect vintage wedding. For more inside information visit the Vintage Wedding Fair website, follow @vtgweddingfair or search on Facebook.
