NEON RUFFLES
Anna says: ‘Tis is super cool – neon and voluminous, really ’80s! It’s a little too over-the-top for me, but would be perfect for someone who wanted to make a statement.’Philip says: ‘Tere is a huge amount going onI am an avid art collector and can see this is a beautiful creation – but it’s kind of like a contemporary installation: you wouldn’t wantit in your house (or on your wedding day!). It’s pretty inspirational, though.’Dayglow is certainly eye-catching. But are this gown’s structured corset and pleated organza skirt – finished with neon detailing– more Moulin Rouge than trad wedding?
Silk Mikado and pleated organza dress with embroidered fluoro trim, from £3,380, maxchaoul couture.com. 0.55ct diamond hair slides, from £4,500 each; 0.20ct diamond necklaces, from £1,750 each; 1ctdiamond bangle, as before; 0.55ct diamond bangle, £6,750; ‘Marry Me’ Love Letter ring, £2,400, and ‘Beautiful’ Love Letter ring, £2,800, jessicamccormack.com. Bouquet (first green roses, cymbidium orchids andpistachio foliage), £95, jamieaston.com. Shoe boots, £260, loveartwearart.comthe playsuitSatin playsuit with embroidered organza dress overlay, from £1,285, davidfielden.co.uk. 1.2ct diamond and rhodium earrings, £8,000; 0.5ct diamond ring, from £5,000, and 0.43ct diamond and gold rings, £3,500 each, jessicamccormack.com. Bouquet (hydrangeas and phalaenopsis orchids), £110, jamieaston.com.
charlotteolympia.comAnna says: ‘Tis is very cute and has a retrovibe to it, but I’m not sure that the hot pantswould be quite right for my wedding! Maybe it would work as a second dress to dance the night away in at the reception.’Philip says: ‘You have to have a fabulous body to carry it of and Anna does. Sexy and striking, but delicate and beautiful at the same time. It’s a bit short to marry in but great for afer-dinner partying.’
THE PLAYSUİT
Mega mini and midi, this dress-meets-one-piece cleverly combines a prim A-line silhouette with sexy diaphanous lace, while the playsuit element echoes a traditional swimsuit from the ’50s.
