thanks empress, i was wondering the designer.. yeah i was looking at saffire's links which inspired this post.

what kind of flowers did she have?

i have my heart set on peonies/hydrengea/roses etc.,. but need to start exploring different options as well as i have no idea what month we'll marry in. the more options/ideas.. the better

Hi Amy

My dress (well the back anyway) and probably my hair as well was inspired by Jackie O's wedding. I'm fairly short and wanted a dress that would not be too poofy, so more of an a-line style, but still big (thus the train) as it was probably my only opportunity to wear a really big dress:)

Let me know if you would like my dressmaker's details - she works from Brisbane and has done miracles for me.

Did you want to know what flowers jackie 'o had? or myself?

Jackie O's Flowers:

Jackie's flowers were by Sus@n Av3ry. Susan has a lot of photos of Jackie's wedding and her flowers at her studio in Woollahra.

Thanks Caz

The bridesmaids bouquets were stunning - especially against their crimson red dresses:) We were wrapt with how they all turned out

My pleasure Amy

As many here are probably sick of hearing me say, my dressmaker Edyta is fabulous. She worked for over 35 years in the Melbourne wedding couture business and has been headhunted over the years by many prestigous Melbourne bridal boutiques.

She now works from Brisbane and prefers to work from home sewing couture gowns for a fracton of the price you would pay in the boutiques. Edyta charged me $1500 for my gown (although I already had the material which would have been much cheaper if Edyta had sourced it in the first place) and $28 for the veil. This is a fraction of the price the same dress would have cost me in the boutiques (I had been quoted around $6k and upwards)... I can't recommend her enough

I actually had my gown made in the last 3 weeks leading up to the wedding - it was completed in just over 2 weeks. I flew up from Melbourne for the calico fitting and flew back the week before the wedding where we went back once to have the final fitting, and the final time to pick up the dress. So altogether I was there 3 times. It worked out well for me though because I was getting married in Brisbane anyway so I needed to be up there.

Hope you get as much inspiration as you need - these forums are perfect for getting ideas and bouncing them off many of us here

Chloe, I love your flowers

I want orchid and roses for my bouquet but have not found any decent photos of bouquets with both flowers ( until now). I was starting to think the combination of roses and orchids might not look good together but now I know they do.

It looks like Silk Duchess Satin

It was actually a Thai silk (from memory)