Brides UK

Editor’s letter

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• TOTAL SAMPLE SIZE OF 1,839, GENERATING OVER 60,000 RESPONSES. PHOTOGRAPHS: PASCAL CHEVALLIER, ANTHEA SIMMS

Brides has been

busy polling men

nationwide about

their idea of the

ultimate wedding

day. Some 60,000

responses* later,

and we can reveal all;

from how many

guests he’d like to invite (under 50), his

favourite new tradition (you making

a speech); the celebrity couple whose style

he’d most like to emulate on the day (Justin

Timberlake and Jessica Biel); the location

(a luxury hotel or grand stately home) and,

crucially, what style of dress he’d like you

to wear (which, incidentally, he thinks you

should spend more on than you do!).

As the dress results came in, we were all

predicting a body-skimming silhouette that

would show o your curves like nothing else

you’ve worn. How wrong we were! e

shape he actually favoured was a full-length,

o-the-shoulder princess gown in satin, and

heavily embellished with crystals. So we

asked renowned British bridal designer Ian

Stuart, who created the two stunning

dresses on this page, to bring this vision to

life for us. And here is a rst glimpse at the

gown of your man’s dreams (le).

‘e ingredients of the dress are textbook

fairytale, classic and beautiful – the men Jade Beer, EDITOR

have come up with a timeless design that

is the epitome of bridal fashion,’ Ian says.

‘e cleverness of this dress is that it will

suit all sizes and heights, which is not an

easy thing to achieve in one design.

‘I think it’s a clear sign that grooms

imagine their brides to wear a “wedding

dress”, with a more traditional full skirt

and romantic mood.’

What you’re seeing here (bottom le)

are Ian’s initial design sketches but the

£5,000 dress will go on display at Brides

e Show on March 22 and 23. en one

visitor or reader will get the gown in her

size for her own special day.**

For your chance to win, simply visit

bridesmagazine.co.uk/competitions or head

to the Brides stand (bridestheshow.co.uk).

is incredible giveaway is part of our

£40,000+ luxe freebie issue, which includes

a £12,110 hen do (page 340); a £10,000

ailand honeymoon and £1,000 Amanda

Wakeley fashion shopping spree (page 316);

Beaverbrooks wedding bands worth £4,000;

a day at Judith Blacklock’s Flower School for

13 readers, worth £3,120 in total, (page 220),

and £4,840 of groom’s goodies (page 140).

Good luck!

And what better finishing

touch to your dream

wedding dress than a

stunning Beaverbrooks

wedding ring? Thanks to

Beaverbrooks’ generosity,

two couples will both win

their choice of £2,000

worth of wedding bands

from any in the collection.

All you have to do is

tweet an image of your

own engagement ring to

@BridesMagazine, using

the hashtag #Bridesbling

or come along to Brides

The Show on March 22 and

23, where you can grab a

Brides stand. I will then

all the entries. Why not

go online now to

beaverbrooks.co.uk

and start looking

for your favourite –

these are mine!

wedding rings!

WIN your

T&CS FOR BOTH COMPETITIONS: Closing date is 29 May 2014. Entry is restricted to persons aged 18 or older and

resident in the UK or the Republic of Ireland who are not employees of Condé Nast Publications Ltd or in any way

connected with the promotion. **Dress alterations are at winner’s cost. For full T&Cs go to bridesmagazine.co.uk

free manicure and get your

ring photographed on the

choose two winners from

0.2ct diamond and

platinum ring, £1,400

Palladium ring, £550

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