From time to time I collaborate with other wedding professionals on styled wedding photoshoots. This one took place in November?2016 in leafy Surrey with the theme ?Frost on the Leaves?. ?We wanted to explore the underrated beauty of the late English Autumn, a magical time of coloured leaves and silver frost.?You can see photos of the making process and behind the scenes pictures from the shoot in my blog entries about this shoot.

Photography:?Jessica?Jill?Partridge,
Dresses?made?&?designed?by?Felicity?Westmacott
Styling by Jessica of?www.foxandpartridge.com
Models: Katja?Cemic, Keely Simeoni and?Isabella Crighton
Hair?styling?by?Very Bettie
Make up by?www.charlottemuapro.com,
Bespoke Shoes?by Marsha Hall
Jewellery?by?Vicky Forrester
Veil?and?headpieces?by?Jen Levet
Floristry?by?Michelle?Knibbs of?Muscari Whites
Garden wreath by The Girl who Gardens

I designed three dresses for this shoot, a white and silver dress layered that could be worn in three different ways. Lining only (shown here), both layers, or for the daring, the lace layer alone! I also created a dip-dye dress that soaks up the colours of autumn in the hem and a flower-girl dress to compliment them both, in rose-gold silk lame and georgette.

Romantic Ivory shoes with lace and heart shape peep-toe, by?www.marshahall.com

Bespoke jewellery by?www.vicky-forrester.com

Styling by Jessica Jill Partridge of?www.foxandpartridge.com

Flowers?by Muscari Whites

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Garden Wreath by The Girl who Gardens

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Flower girl dress in layered silk georgette in shades of rose-gold with beaded lace detail and long sleeves.

Silk Lily band headdress by Jen Levet

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Hair garland by Muscari Whites

Make-up by?www.charlottemuapro.com

Model Keely Simeoni wears ‘Phoenix’ a silk dupion and tulle dress dip-dyed with the colours of autumn as if the season is creeping up her skirt. Creating this dress, took 7 hours on the colours alone, see more detail of how this was done in my blog entry on the shoot.

Rainbow rose bouquet?by Muscari Whites

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Hair by Alex Sadler of Very Bettie

Silk Lily band headdress by Jen Levet

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Autumn red shoe-boots by?www.marshahall.com

Here is the silver lace dress, worn with all it’s layers. The main dress is beaded antique-silver lace and the lower skirt is silk chiffon.

 

 

Hair?styling?by?Very Bettie

Make-up by?www.charlottemuapro.com

 

Lace edged veil by?Jen Levet

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And here is the lace dress, for the daring only, worn without the lining!

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Lastly some images of the dip-dye dress with a little Bowie-homage: daring make-up and fairytale styling.?Hair?styling?by?Very Bettie?Make-up by?www.charlottemuapro.com

The Leaf Pendant is an ideal choice an Autumn wedding. The green stone is a piece of Moldavite. The rippled texture that gives the leafy appearance is entirely natural. It?s a type of tectonic glass, created in an explosion of energy over 14 million years ago, when an asteroid collided into Earth. This notion of ?heaven-and-earth? makes it a perfect symbol for the magic that marriage inspires.