Sometimes you just want what you want. Sometimes you just won’t settle for a compromise. Never is this ever more apparent when you are choosing your wedding dress. I didn’t see Jenna for her original appointments at Miss Bush but was called in to troubleshoot a set of odd requests.
Jenna loved the idea of a JLM Couture dress by Tara Keely – a style 2210 that features a lace mini dress with a fabulous tulle over skirt.However she preferred the lace dress of a JLM Blush dress, style 1202. To add a little more capriciousness the tulle skirt she really, really loved was from the dress 1156 as seen on this epic Miss Bush shoot here on Rock My Wedding
Saying no to a bride can often be hazardous! Only joking… My job in this scenario is work out the how, we, Miss Bush are going to fulfil the Jenna’s dreams and keep an eye on the budget. A call to JLM europe’s most wonderful customer service team enabled to borrow the tiny press sample of the lace dress. Naturally svelte, Jenna was able to rock the extreme plunge back supported by angular spaghetti straps *sigh*. As a girl who is bra-less at bath and bed time only I am girl crushing…
The skirt was the next issue. Another call to JLM to ask whether th US production team could make a skirt like the 1156. Even their usual ‘can-do’ answer became a ‘sorry-can’t’. The next conversations are a combination of a lightbulb moment and a grovel to Janet, our ever fabulous production manager.
Could we sell Jenna the sample of 1156, remove the bodice and reconstruct the bottom half as a skirt on a gorgeous sash waistband? This is clearly not as easy as it sounds, I was given ‘the look’. I like to think my winning smile & engaging personality won the day for Jenna. It actually was that sales/production axis that exists in any company – ‘I said we could do it so you have to make it work.’ I apologise on behalf of all sales people everywhere for the Herculean tasks we set you clever sticks. But doesn’t it look bloody gorgeous?
Jenna married in a unique, bespoke piece; a real one-off dress that channelled this years trends last year. A daringly low back dress and a skirt that could be Olivia Palermo’s. I do love it when bride wants what she wants & I do too 😉
I have loved looking through the photos from Florence, the Fiat 500 and the postcard images. Everything is so stylish but inspirational and achievable, go and have a look
“…it was an amazing day. Thanks for an amazing dress!” Jenna x
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Credits
Photography: tbc
The Dress: JLM Blush at Miss Bush Bridalwear
Emma xxx
Emma Meek, MD of Miss Bush Bridalwear
Miss Bush Bridalwear is Surrey’s leading designer bridal shop
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