How I designed my favourite dress
Wedding planning is an amazing experience, with some inevitable stress added to the mix. Part of the fun for a couple looking at various wedding venues and for a bride the wedding dress. These two are often linked reflecting the personalities of people. Where? One of...
So excited to be on a magazine cover!
We are super excited to have our wedding dresses featured in a ten-page spread for London Runway magazine https://londonrunway.co.uk/ as well as making the cover! ‘How did we do it’ I hear you ask. Well, some of it was pure luck being at the right place and the...
Victorian wedding romance at the heart of London
We all love weddings. They vary from glorious affairs in palatial venues, to intimate family gatherings in a garden or an informal bohemian-style celebration… Perfect Victorian venue Our latest collection of bespoke wedding...
Cost of a bespoke wedding dress
Over the years I have fully cemented my passion for creating beautiful wedding dresses. If anything, my love for bespoke couture wedding gowns has become even stronger. But like most creative minds, I have always struggled with pricing my products. Or rather;...
8 romantic ideas for staying in on Valentine’s day
Schedule a surprise to arrive at your door with a note from you. It can be a bouquet of flowers and https://www.louisehartleyenglish.uk/ offers a beautiful range. But you can be more creative. A box of cupcakes, a pretty unusual plant or if you really want to push the...
Finding your perfect wedding florist can be a bed of roses!
As a wedding dress designer meeting brides in the thick of planning their own wedding, I know first-hand the double-edged sword that is social media. It's an infinite archive of inspiration at your fingertips. From flowers to cakes and beyond. But it's also a black...
Weddings are back on in summer 2020!
Weddings are back on! Small wedding receptions will be allowed to take place in England from Saturday 15th August, the Government has announced. The easing of lockdown restrictions to include wedding receptions was due to start on 1st August but was postponed just a...
Great tips for wedding dress shopping now.
Wedding dress shopping is often the most exciting part of the bridal experience. Well, we certainly think so. However, the global pandemic might have deprived some of you of the opportunity to do so. A variety of reasons made it difficult or in fact impossible in the...
11 AW19 Couture Looks That Every Bride-To-Be Needs To See
This year has seen some incredible bridal choices from the biggest fashion houses. Couture looks provide some fascinating inspiration. Understandably, these amazing creations are for inspiration purposes entirely as only the bravest ladies would dare to make such a...
Wedding industry collaboration always pays off!
Bridal promotional video showcasing all industry talents Industry collaboration became very sought after in the last couple of years. Our studio was lucky to be asked to collaborate with a big event coordinator. We lent some of our new wedding dresses to a bridal...
Our new 2019 wedding dress collection almost ready to be revealed!
Our new 2019 wedding dress collection almost ready to be revealed! Dear brides to be, we couldn't stop ourselves from sharing our big news. Our studio has been very busy leading up to the festive period creating a new 2019 collection of wedding dresses. We worked with...
Wedding online competitions…can they work? Yes!
A story of a lucky bride You might have seen the following article in the papers this week, one lucky bride spent hours each day entering countless competitions to fund her dream white wedding; A BRIDE has funded the £10,000 white wedding of her childhood dreams by...