First Look

Everyone is talking about ‘the first look’ right now. That moment when your eyes meet for the first time and you see your partners wedding look. These moments are captured by your photographer and posted on social media, it is a definite trend. But we know of another ‘first look’, it happens a lot, and has just this moment happened here.

A bride arrives, as we welcome her and talk through how the appointment will go, she is already scanning the rails at our collection. We offer brides the opportunity to browse our collection, this gives chance to feel fabrics, look at detailing and talk through styles. We select dresses to try and talk through each one, usually adding a wild card here and there. And then it happens, they fall in love and no other dress stands a chance.

Once the celebrating and congratulating calms, they so often say the words

‘You know, I spotted this dress as soon as we arrived and I knew it was the one’ - And there it is, the first look.

Lucy’s ‘YES TO THE DRESS’ moment

Anything but Average

Research says that the average dress size for UK women is now a 16. Research also shows that in 1958 a size 16 would have a 28 inch waist and a 37 inch bust, today those figures are 33 inches and 41. But we all know the numbers mean nothing, they vary from shop to shop and we never know WHAT we are. Wedding Dresses are the same, which is why we never speak in ‘size’, we speak in ‘fit’.

Carlee by Justin Alexander

Over the last 12 months, we made a conscious decision to review our collection by size, and when the time came to choose new dresses we ordered 16’s, 18’s, 20’s, 22’s to ensure our sample dresses are a good fit, for all our brides.

Fleur by Lillian West

Camryn by Justin Alexander

To make your appointment at The Wedding Room, contact us through our website or email mary@theweddingroomnottingham.co.uk

We look forward to seeing you soon.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO US !

We cannot believe that we have been at 169 for ONE WHOLE year today. The time has flown by so fast.

Firstly, we’d like to say thank you for your support this year, we have been so lucky to meet many lovely brides and bride tribes., helping you with not only stunning dresses from Justin Alexander, Lillian West, Modeca and Casablanca, but also wedding flowers, venue styling and bridesmaids dresses from TH&TH

Image by Charlotte Jopling Photography

The venue styling side of The Wedding Room has really taken off, with sustainability and recycling on our minds, it makes perfect sense to hire styling equipment. You have the option of collecting from us to set up yourself, or we can provide a set up service - find out more at @thestylingroom

Our bridesmaids collection is evolving too - we have really homed in on which styles are popular and have expanded on those designs, you can see more on our Instagram - @thebridesmaidsroom

Our diary is looking good and we are already taking enquiries for March onwards. If your wedding is in 2024, time is of the essence. To make your appointment click HERE

We look forward to welcoming you.

Mary & Lucy