SKIN DEEP MAGAZINE • 31In a new series, Rebecca Givens interviews tattooed women making a mark
on the world. First up, she speaks to magazine editor, writer and role model,
Kat Williams, who is changing the way we think about the most important
days of our lives...
Rebecca: Hello Kat! I’ve followed Rock N
Roll Bride from the very beginning. What
a journey you’ve been on! Does it feel like a
lifetime since you started the blog which has
now gone on to mean so much more than just
a website? How do you feel looking back at
where it all began?
Kat: The short answer is yes! I started the
blog in 2007 as a way to talk about and share
my wedding planning journey, before social
media was really what it is today. I never in a
million years thought it could be something
I’d make a penny from, let alone now be a ca-
reer for myself and my husband, employing
so many incredible freelancers and having
written a damn book. It’s mental really!
R: What have been some of your own per-
sonal highlights so far? The book... tell us
about the new book!
K: The book is definitely way up there. ‘Rock
n Roll Bride: The Ultimate Guide for Alternative Brides’
is everything I know about planning a wedding, extracted
from my brain and beautifully presented in a completely
gorgeous, hardback coffee table book. I’ve answered pret-
ty much every question I've ever been asked about creat-
ing an alternative wedding within 208 full-colour pages.
Also, starting our own print magazine in 2015 was a
massive career highlight and shift in how we run our
business. Although Rock n Roll Bride began online, I’ve
always been such a fan of print. Even in this digital age we
live in, I think brides in particular still really value print
and love the experience of buying their first wedding
magazine. It’s lovely that we can do both. I’m always still
so proud when I see our magazine in the shops next to the
traditional and mainstream wedding magazines. It cer-
tainly stands out and is going from strength to strength.
Some other highlights have got to be launching my own
collection of veils alongside my BFF Sophie of Crown and
Glory, our wedding dress collection with Little Mistress
and getting invited to the Maldives this year on the mostrocknrollbride.com • @rocknrolbride
i want to be able to empower, inspire and motivate our
audience to be the very best version of themselves.