RUBY

WHEN ONE OF THE TRIBE GETS MARRIED, YOU MAKE THE EFFORT.

YOU TREK ON THE TRAIN TO THE COUNTRY, SMELLING NICE WITH CLEAN NAILS AND YOU SIT QUIETLY IN CHURCH AND TRY NOT TO SPILL ON YOURSELF AT THE RECEPTION.

AND YOU MAKE A NEW DRESS TO CELEBRATE THE DAY.

INSPIRED BY THE BLUSHING BRIDE, THE INIMITABLE MRS. MANN,

WE OPTED FOR A SHADE OF ROUGE:

THIS IS THE ALIX OF BOHEMIA RUBY IN CLARET DOTS

(ONE OF THE MANY BENEFITS OF A MAXI DRESS? SMOOTH LEGS ARE NOT REQUIRED. WHICH IS EXCELLENT, BECAUSE IF YOU WOKE UP LATE AND ALMOST MISSED THE TRAIN TO GLOUCESTER, YOU'RE PROBABLY TOO BUSY RUBBING SLEEP MARKS OFF YOUR FACE, DRINKING COFFEE AND RACING AROUND LOOKING FOR YOUR HOUSE KEYS TO DEAL WITH THE TEDIUM OF HAIR REMOVAL)

THOSE TINY INDIAN SPOTTY DOTS WE LOVE, OFFSET WITH SOME BANDS OF FRENCH LACE TO BREAK IT UP AND REMIND US WHERE WE COME FROM

WHAT A SWEET DAY WITH DEAR FRIENDS

(FLAVIA GOT MARRIED! AMAZING.)

ALIX OF BOHEMIA RUBY DRESS, MADE FROM HAND SPOTTED INDIAN COTTON, WITH BANDS OF FRENCH WOVEN LACE. HAND FINISHED THROUGHOUT WITH RUFFLE FROM THE KNEE SO YOU CAN KICK UP YOUR HEELS AT THE WEDDING.

FANCY A MERMAID MAXI OF YOUR OWN? SAY HEY SISTER! HERE.

THANK YOU TO LOVELY ALICE FOR IMAGES OF RUBY AND DETAILS.

SHE LIVES OVER HERE.

LE MARIAGE

MANY MONTHS AGO WE SHARED THE INCREDIBLE SILK CHIFFON WE HAD UNEARTHED FROM A VINTAGE ARCHIVE TO MAKE OUR COUSIN GOOSEY'S WEDDING DRESS. AND THE BLESSED DAY FINALLY CAME, WHERE ERIN MARRIED HER JOHN ON THE FARM. SPECTACULAR BOHEMIAN BLONDIE SEALED THE DEAL! FELICITATIONS MES CHERIS, ALL THE PEACE LOVE AND JOY. 

TRUE TO FORM, THIS WAS A FAMILY AFFAIR; THE AMAZING BENEDICTE WHO SHOT US TENENBAUMS STYLE TOOK THE PICS. SHE LIVES HERE. 


GOOSEY WEARS A CUSTOM MADE ALIX OF BOHEMIA GOOSEY GOWN, HAND MADE FROM 1940'S SILK CHIFFON, WITH SILK TIE SASH. THAT AMAZING HEADGEAR IS NANCY SPIRITO, GO SEE HER HERE. 

SOMETHING OLD

OUR BELLA COUSIN GOOSEY IS GETTING MARRIED (HOORAY!)SHE HAS OPTED TO HAVE AN ALIX OF BOHEMIA WEDDING DRESS FOR HER UPCOMING SUMMER NUPTIALS (WE ARE HONORED).

HOURS AND HOURS SPENT DISCUSSING SOMETHING SIMPLE AND FLOWING AND REMINISCENT OF JULIETTE'S NIGHTGOWN. 

FOR INSPIRATION, WE TURN TO OUR SHARED GRANDPARENTS ON THEIR WEDDING DAY MANY YEARS AGO IN PARIS.

                LE 20 OCTOBER, 1945 IN NEUILLY, PARIS.

IT WAS DECIDED THAT THE FABRIC COULD BE NOTHING SHORT OF SPECTACULAR.

AND SO, WE UNEARTHED FROM A VINTAGE ARCHIVE THIS SWATH OF SILK CHIFFON, MADE IN FRANCE NO LESS, IN THE SAME DECADE AS THE MARRIAGE ABOVE, (IT WILL BE GOOSEY'S 'SOMETHING OLD').

REGARD, THE FRENCHIE SILK CHIFFON GOLDEN BEAUTY WE  HAVE SETTLED ON FOR HER DRESS:

WE LOVE THE LATTICE PATTERN OF THIS; FOR SOON GOOSEY AND HER MAN WILL BE INTRICATELY INTERTWINED FOREVER.