Rather than pay huge sums of money for a big white creation that would be worn only once I had a local seamstress make me a blue evening dress to get married in.
It had to be all in vegan fabrics of course (no silkworms were boiled alive to make me look pretty!) which took some explaining to the dressmaker. wedding dresses
However, once she understood what I wanted she found me beautiful cotton-based satiny materials and created a fabulous gown which cost I think about a fifth of what the average white wedding dress retails for.
On the day the gown drew a lot of admiring comments. And it will be reworn at every party I attend from now on!
Vegan heels
Finding vegan wedding shoes (that were high enough so that my 5ft 1″ self could stand next to my gorgeous 6ft husband without looking too short, but that I could also salsa dance in!) was a little more of a challenge but eventually Dune in Liverpool One came up trumps with some fabulous cream satin, vintage wedding dresses killer-heeled, ankle-strapped shoes from their standard wedding range - that were entirely free from leather or suede.
The best bits
It was fabulous to see how much our friends and (most of) our family enjoyed the experience of a really unusual meal, trying food that many of them would never usually think of eating.
It was amazing to have such an individual and unique wedding and lovely to hear the positive feedback from our friends and family - some of whom had had reservations previously - about how much they had enjoyed our “funky” and “alternative” wedding. Or in the words of my friend Dave “the most kick-ass ceremony I have ever been to”.
However, the most fun of all came from our decision to save money on unnecessary fussy extras, which gave us a little spare cash to spend on a few private salsa lessons with a family friend - who also happens to be a dance teacher.prom dresses uk Our nightly salsa practice for our first dance in the run-up to our wedding turned out to be one of the best bits of our preparation!