Circa Vintage Brides Olympic style wedding dress

Circa Vintage Brides 1930's Grecian style wedding dress Sri

The Circa Vintage Brides  Boutique in Richmond is where it's happening, today the Queens barge has gone buy with a huge flame on the front down the river Thames with bells rining all over London and tomorrow the cycling race goes through Richmond park and over Richmond Bridge so here is the classis style Grecian wedding dress to celebrate the London Olympics Opening

Charlotte Riley with Tom Hardy at the Batman Premier in London wearing a black silk and floral cocktail dress by Designer Astral Sundholm-Hayes.

Sometimes as a designer exciting opportunities come your way and I was delighted to work with English Actress Charlotte Riley on a couple of special gowns for the Premier of the new Batman in New York and London staring her fiancé Actor Tom Hardy as the Villain.

Charlotte and I discussed ideas and I know she loves vintage and Audrey Hepburn’s style so I followed that path, The second dress was also strapless and boned in a black cord silk set into a silk floral pencil skirt with a high back split and matching floral silk cummerbund with double peplum at the back

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Charlotte Riley with Tom Hardy at the Batman Premier in a beautiful silk blue cocktail dress by Designer Astral Sundholm-Hayes.

Sometimes as a designer exciting opportunities come your way and I was delighted to work with English Actress Charlotte Riley on a couple of special gowns for the Premier of the new Batman in New York and London staring her fiancé Actor Tom Hardy as the Villain.

Charlotte and I discussed ideas and I know she loves vintage and Audrey Hepburn’s style so I followed that path, I decided to use some stunning antique silk blue taffeta with a satin damask floral motif for the first cocktail dress.

The antique fabric comes in a width of 50cm unlike fabric today which is usually a 140cm wide, which meant the fabric was going to dictate the shape of the dress, so my pattern skills kicked in and I went for a 50’s style silhouette with large pleat tucking at the waist which gives the fullness set into a strapless boned corset body with covered buttons down the back.

I though Charlotte looked stunning and the dress was perfect, not over the top or under dressed, just right, so I think I did my job and she was listed on Vogue.co.uk best dressed.

Now for the next one in London?

Designer Astral Sundholm-Hayes for Circa Vintage Brides has a bespoke service for Bridal and red carpet

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The new 2013 silhouette collection by Circa Vintage brides 1960's Lizzie

A step by step introduction to the Vintage inspired wedding dresses influenced by the 1920’s, 1930’s, 1940’s, 1950’s, 1960’s and 1970’s by the designer Astral Sundholm-Hayes.

The 1960’s with all its hipness and coolness brought about a complete change of direction in wedding dresses, never before would you have seen such short wedding gowns along with such a strong emphasis on the A-line silhouettes or princess empire line in both short and long style’s. Dresses of this period seem to favour organza and lace and would be worn with big hair and false eyelashes to complete the look. An Iconic bride of the time would have been Priscilla Presley.

 1960'S Influenced Lizzie wedding dress worn with Emmy Shoes style Stella

1960’s Vintage silk georgette double layer gown from the Hollywood collection, the top of the gown is all-in-one crossover bust and straps adorned with Swarovski crystal elements, the skirt is set into to the empire line with a double bias cut layer of silk georgette, short at the front to above the knees leading to a train set into the back of the gown which cascades and floats out as you walk, perfect to take into an evening dancing.

All dresses by Circa Vintage brides made of silk in England

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The new 2013 silhouette collection by Circa Vintage brides 1950's Martha

A step by step introduction to the Vintage inspired wedding dresses influenced by the 1920’s, 1930’s, 1940’s, 1950’s, 1960’s and 1970’s by the designer Astral Sundholm-Hayes.

Martha worn with Louis Mariette Hayley’s comet and Emmy shoes style Stella.

1950’s Vintage inspired knee length wedding gown from the Hollywood collection with small cap sleeves, a sweetheart neckline with pleated detail down the side of the bust set into a clinching waist band with a full liquid satin skirt with separate three layer petticoat.

Close up of 1950's Marth worn with Louis Mariette Hayley’s comet hair silde

All Circa Vintage Brides wedding dresses made in silk in England