Real Bride - Samantha & Jay

What a journey!

Although The Ivory Room was only Samantha’s second Bridal Shopping appointment, she made quite the journey coming all the way from Hull with her Mum.

Thanks to the stockist finder at Justin Alexander, she knew that we had the exact dress she wanted… or so she thought. When Samantha tried on the gown she thought would be ‘the one’, she did love it but the drop shoulder just wasn’t quite right. Which is exactly why it’s important to try on a few different styles and not get too hung up on one you’ve seen pictures of!

After pulling 6 or 7 more dresses, we found one in Blush Pink that was perfect - but we had to get creative so that Samantha could see how it would look once she’d ordered it in Ivory. It can be hard to picture your dress finished when it’s not quite how you’d order it in store, but luckily Samantha could use her imagination.

We said ‘Goodbye’, they left to go home and have a long think… until they came back just over an hour later! Samantha and her Mum just couldn’t leave without it!

As with many of our gowns, it took 6 months to come in, and when her actual gown was here and she was stood in front of the mirror - she just knew she’d made the right decision, it was a wonderful moment!

We popped some detachable sleeves on to make the dress 100% unique for Samantha, and luckily for us Samantha chose The Ivory Room for her veil, tiara and all of her jewellery. The look really came together and even then in the boutique, Samantha looked stunning.

Her dress then lived at Mum’s until the big day, when Samantha married her new husband at Dunedin Country Manor, her beautiful photographs are by the ever talented James Green Studio.

I asked Samantha what the best part of her day was, and after some thought she landed on her sparkler send off. I actually got emotional listening to her describe how all of her hard work had paid off by this point, the day had come together beautifully and everything that was pre-planned had happened - so from this moment on she could breathe and just enjoy dancing the night away as a newly married woman!

Thank you so much for making the journey to us, Samantha - we wish you a wonderful marriage and life together!