TRICIA DESIGNS - BESPOKE BRIDAL HAIR ACCESSORIES

For original, unique and exquisitely detailed designer hair accessories, step forward Tricia Designs.  

Tricia Designs offers bespoke fascinators, hats and clips, all made to order. The 'Bridal Collection' is updated regularly with new pieces that range from 'catwalk glamour' to elegant sophistication, with sleek lines, high quality gems and floating silks.

Whether you’re the bride, mother of the bride, a bridesmaid, flower girl or wedding guest, Tricia Designs has exquisite and charming organza floral belts, hairbands, hairclips, headbands, shoe clips and matching bow ties available.

 
Tricia's latest collection of fascinator accessories are inspired by 150 years of 'Alice in Wonderland'. Think drama, quirky images, splashes of colour and asymmetric patterns. Some pieces of the 'Alice' collection will showcase on her Facebook page in February so do check it out.

Tricia also makes and designs Venetian masks. Add suspense and style to masquerade events and let your imagination be the limit! She has a wide range of traditional masks and can create bespoke silhouettes in quality textiles. Each mask is an artistic explosion of colour and designed to suit the wearer. They're comfortable to wear too. You can wear them with glasses and even have your glasses incorporated into a bespoke design!

           

At the Bristol Vintage Wedding Fair, Tricia will have a selection of her Vintage Bridal Collection on display as well as a portfolio of designs to inspire you. You can try on her samples to give you an idea of shape and size and how these beautiful pieces work. She'll also be on hand to give you advice on colour, style and shape, so catch her while you can.

Excitingly, amongst all her PR, Tricia's recently been featured in Sainsbury's Bank magazine!  

(Thanks to Pete Cranston Photography for Image 1, Feather Swirl and Barclay Photography for Image 2)

Gemma Sangwine

We at Bristol Vintage love hair accessories and so we're delighted to welcome our latest confirmed exhibitor… Gemma Sangwine.

Gemma designs hair accessories with a vintage twist.

From her Costwolds studio she hand makes hairbands and fascinators from antique lace, beadwork, feathers and vintage costume jewellery. Each piece is absolutely unique, made with care for composition and colour.

Part of Gemma's current range is inspired by the carefree and decadent 1920’s, and includes flapper-style headbands made from restructured vintage necklaces, combined with diamante and marcasite jewellery and rosettes of antique lace. She also has 1950’s style fascinators made with a round or tear drop sinamay base covered in feathers, vintage costume jewellery and small net veils.

Gemma's bespoke service was launched in 2011, focusing on creating individual pieces for brides to be. Gemma works with you, your wedding theme, personal style and taste to design and make a unique hair piece for your special day.

Her studio is by appointment only, so come and meet Gemma and her beautiful pieces at our 2014 fair. If you can't wait till then, check our her website for inspiration or you can find her on Facebook and Twitter. And if you need a piece right now, her products are stocked at one of Bristol Vintage's favourite places, Cox & Baloney. (We're biased… our pieces are stocked there too!)

Hermione Harbutt

Bristol Vintage are delighted to present... Hermione Harbutt.

Hermione Harbutt creates exquisite, award-winning wedding hair accessories which take their inspiration from the idea of vintage elegance.

Combining the highest quality pearls, gemstones and Swarovski crystals with skilled craftsmanship, each piece Hermione Harbutt makes is entirely unique and made by hand in her Bristol showroom.

With exceptional service and attention to detail involved in the commission of every item, Hermione Harbutt has become one of the fastest growing luxury accessories brand in the UK, ensuring that your bridal accessories today become your heirloom pieces of tomorrow.

Hermione recently received the Best Wedding Accessories accolade at The Wedding Industry Awards 2013...

…and we're delighted that she'll be joining our 2014 fair, but if you can't wait that long to meet her, take a look at the amazing designs on her website or visit her showroom at 13 The Clifton Arcade, Bristol, BS8 4AA. You can also find her on Twitter and Facebook and for extra inspiration, Pinterest.

PS. Thanks to Catherine Mead for the gorgeous photography above, Becks Simpson of Thairapy for the hair, Amy-Elizabeth for the make-up, Naomi Neoh for the dresses, Harriet Wilde for the shoes, Blanche in the Brambles for the furs, Lily Violet May for the flowers and Goldney Hall for the venue.

Beehive Brides

For the perfect film star wedding treatment, look no further than Beehive Brides.  Professional hair and make up artist Fiona Maynard is a fully qualified hairdresser with over 20 year’s experience, including work published in many British and continental hair magazines. Specialising in colouring and dressing long hair, Fiona decided to boost her training ten years ago to become a fully qualified make-up artist. 

Based in Bristol and covering the South West area, Beehive Brides can offer you vintage bridal hair and make-up from timeless, classic glamour to full on retro styling.

Having worked for years in TV and film, Fiona’s picked up lots of industry insider tips, all of which she uses to bring out your natural beauty and glow on your wedding day. Thoroughly experienced at calming the nerves, Fiona and Beehive Brides will help your wedding day get off to a beautiful start, arriving in plenty of time so you can enjoy the luxury of a professional beauty service in your own home and using a make-up kit that includes ranges from MAC, Clinique, Laura Mercier and Clarins.

Practice makes perfect, so Fiona recommends a trial around four weeks before your wedding day.  She offers a detailed consultation where you can both look at favourite pictures and styles, details of your wedding dress, any matching veil and hair decorations as well as the colour and type of flowers you’re planning.  She’ll work with you to try out various options with hair and make-up until you’re both happy with the chosen look.  With her relaxed professional approach, there’s no need to be nervous about looking dramatically different on your wedding day and if you’re keen on a more natural look, this is exactly what she’ll provide and you can simply relax and enjoy the pampering. 

Need inspiration? Trends this year have included lots of buns, plaits and plenty of feathers and jewelled hair accessories. Eyeliner’s still big and fresh, dewy complexions are all the rage.  Check out the Beehive Brides gallery for more style inspiration. 

If you’d like a little taste of Fiona’s all-star treatment, come and meet her in person at the Fair.  She’ll be styling our models throughout the day with beautiful vintage-style hair and make up. She’s full of tips, wonderfully artistic and can advise you on what styles will suit you so make sure you catch her for a quick chat.

If you can’t wait till March 10^th and you’d like to book a consultation with Fiona, you can call her direct on 07710 415365 or send her a message through Facebook.  You can also get hold of her through her website but I warn you, you’ll be spoilt for choice if you stop by the gallery section.

Britten Bags

Brides and Bridesmaids… for handbags and vintage-inspired accessories, look no further than the Britten boutique, home to all kinds of bags, bouquets and feather fans.  With a cornucopia of 1920s influenced bridal and wedding products, you’ll find everything from hair accessories and button-holes to cake decorations and garters.

Based in England, just outside Bath owner Sarah designs and make each and every one of the products in her studio.  

Believing you should only own things you want to cherish forever and hating the idea of mass-produced items, one thing she’s absolutely passionate about is working with people to create an accessory totally unique to them. A graduate of Cordwainers College at the London College of Fashion, Britten has been a dream of hers since 2002 and was officially launched in 2010.  In 2011 Sarah launched her wedding range and this year she’s been working on a new range of vintage-inspired bridal bags, which she’ll introduce at our fair!

Prices range from £15 for a pearl garter to £88 for a feather fan.  You can shop at her fabulous online boutique with its host of beautiful images or contact Sarah directly about a custom piece.  Don’t forget to stop off to read the lovely Britten blog to find out more about the items for sale and all things vintage and then come along and meet Sarah in February.  It’s her first ever vintage fair and we’re delighted she’ll be joining us.