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The Love My Dress Podcast: Weddings, Business & Life#10: Lucy White of Wiskow & White on Planning Luxury Italian Weddings, Trusting Her Intuition, Living With Colitis & Cardiomyopathy and Setting Boundaries Without ApologyLOVEMYDRESS.NET // Lucy White is co-founder of Wiskow & White, an Italian wedding planning company based in the UK and Italy. Wiskow & White have also recently co-founded La Lista, a membership community catering to couples planning Italian weddings.Lucy is a passionate creative entrepreneur, obsessed with beautiful design and impeccable customer service. Lucy and her team have worked hard to transform and redefine the landscape of Italian wedding planning, with a philosophy that seeks to truly understand couples and foster authentic relationships. Lucy's dedication, expertise, and love for Italy has led to...
2023-11-281h 23
The Love My Dress Podcast: Weddings, Business & Life#9: Jessie Westwood of Studios Sorores on Planning Luxury Weddings, Why Wedding Professionals Charge What They Do, Commission, Sustainability and The Shift Away From PerfectionLOVEMYDRESS.NET // Jessie Westwood is founder of Studio Sorores, a leading UK wedding and event planning and design company. Jessie lives in the Cotswolds with her daughter Flora, her son Augustus, her husband Henry - and their Fox Red Labrador, Jupiter. Jessie’s work is highly sought after by discerning couples around the globe, who seek exceptional talent to create the most luxurious and beautiful wedding day experiences.Jessie is a force to be reckoned with, as anyone lucky enough to know her will contest. She lives and brea...
2023-11-211h 35
The Love My Dress Podcast: Weddings, Business & Life#8: Assumpta Vitcu on Planning Multicultural Weddings, Being a Black Women in the Wedding Industry, Copying, and Leading Change Through KindnessLOVEMYDRESS.NET // Assumpta Vitcu is founder of Ave Creations, a multi-cultural wedding planning company that creates luxury experiences for couples from diverse backgrounds.Assumpta is also a writer, a flower enthusiast, a poet, and a talented spoken word artist. She is co-founder of Our Owambe - a blog and podcast created with the goal of redefining Black Love and celebration. She is also the creative talent behind Ave Blooms, a side-endeavour to deliver beautiful bouquets to clients across London and Essex.As a Black woman making her mark in the U...
2023-11-141h 39
The Love My Dress Podcast: Weddings, Business & Life#7: Benjamin Wheeler on Self Care & Mental Health, Charging More to Work Less, Trusting your Instinct, Staying Relevant & Advice for Couples Looking for a Wedding PhotographerLOVEMYDRESS.NET // Benjamin Wheeler is an extraordinarily talented, popular and highly sought after British wedding photographer.Based in London, but sought after by couples with discerning style all over the world, Benjamin's work has taken him to some of the most breathtakingly beautiful destinations far and wide.Benjamin had the incredible honour of photographing the wedding of Her Royal Highness, Princess Beatrice of York, in 2020. His work is also regularly published in Vogue and featured by all the top digital wedding platforms, including, of course, Love My Dres...
2023-11-071h 51
The Love My Dress Podcast: Weddings, Business & LifeSpecial Edition For Addiction Awareness Week: A 10 Minute Personal, Raw & Uncut EpisodeI’m sharing a short, unplanned and personal 10 minute podcast episode in light of Addiction Awareness week. This is a completely uncut episode, 100% raw, real and unedited - so please forgive the sound quality.For a list of helpful addiction support resources, please visit lovemydress.net/addicitonsupport.Love Annabel x
2023-11-0410 min
The Love My Dress Podcast: Weddings, Business & Life#6: Zena Birch, Humanist Celebrant, on The Power of Forgiveness, The Role of Storytelling, Creating Personal & Enjoyable Wedding Ceremonies & Finding Love & Grace in Darker TimesLOVEMYDRESS.NET // Zena Birch is a Humanist wedding celebrant whose life mission is to inspire others to chose love in every aspect of their lives. Zena's path to becoming a celebrant was forged through deeply personal experiences. In moments of profound tragedy, unimaginable loss, and the power of forgiveness, she discovered firsthand the transformative nature of love. Through these experiences, she witnessed love's ability to heal wounds, forge connections, and imbue our lives with indescribable joy and treasured memories.As a Humanist celebrant, Zena treasures the belief that love tran...
2023-10-311h 36
The Love My Dress Podcast: Weddings, Business & Life#5: Emma Marshall of Miss Bush, on Body Confidence & Size Diversity, Empowering Women Through Bridal Fashion & Feminism, and Success in Bridal RetailLOVEMYDRESS.NET // Emma Marshall is the Managing Director of Miss Bush, a bridal boutique located in the town of Ripley in Surrey in South East England. Emma is an authority on bridal fashion - a trail blazer, disruptor and true pioneer. She is a gifted stylist who is passionate about empowering other women through fashion and style.This year, Miss Bush celebrated 35 years in business - but don’t for a hot second think this means that Emma or her brand are in any way past the...
2023-10-241h 52
The Love My Dress Podcast: Weddings, Business & Life#4: Philip White, on The Role of A.I. in Wedding Photography & Videography, Social Media & Attention Spans, Family & Staying Grounded & How To Cope When Business is QuietLOVEMYDRESS.NET // Philip White is a British wedding photographer and filmmaker, renowned for his breathtakingly beautiful documentation of luxury weddings and events all around the world. With a clientele whose guest lists often include royalty, Hollywood A-listers and the occasional Spice Girl, Philip's 15-year career has seen him quietly capturing the private moments of some of the world's most famous faces. Philip's rise to prominence in wedding photography and filmmaking isn't just a testament to his creative talent but also reflects the influence of his personal life. He l...
2023-10-171h 42
The Love My Dress Podcast: Weddings, Business & Life#3: Emmy Scarterfield of Emmy London, on Creative Design, Parenthood, Building a Luxury Brand With Her Husband and The Secret To Comfortable Wedding ShoesLOVEMYDRESS.NET // Emmy Scarterfield is Founder and Creative Director of Emmy London, a luxury lifestyle brand that creates the most beautiful bridal and event shoes and accessories. The Emmy London brand exemplifies beauty and comfort and Emmy is renowned for her immaculate and intricate attention to detail, bespoke craftsmanship and quintessential British style.As well as her hugely successful online store and beautiful boutique on the Fulham Road in South Kensington, Emmy has also designed a line of jewellery that is exclusively available at British Jeweller's, H Samuel.After gradu...
2023-10-101h 59
The Love My Dress Podcast: Weddings, Business & Life#2: Joanna Brown on Authenticity in Wedding Photography, Redefining How Women Are Visually Represented, Being a Bride and Balancing Motherhood with EntrepreneurshipLOVEMYDRESS.NET // Joanna Brown is a gifted British wedding photographer who resides in Brighton in the South East of England, and Normandy in France, where she's renovating a beautiful property, alongside her young son, Fox, and fiancé, Andrew.Joanna has been photographing for the past 30 years and shooting weddings for the last 13 of these. We met online, shortly after Joanna entered the wedding scene, and then went on to meet in person and get to know each other better when we attended the wedding of a mutual friend and colleague. Eventually, we wo...
2023-10-031h 32
The Love My Dress Podcast: Weddings, Business & Life#1: Andrea Hawkes - 10 Years of Business Success Creating Sustainable Bridal Fashion and A Journey of Personal Resilience and RecoveryLOVEMYDRESS.NET // Andrea Hawkes a British bridal designer based in London, who is renowned for creating contemporary, sustainable, minimalist wedding dresses for modern brides. Andrea Hawkes Bridal is stocked at multiple British and European bridal boutiques. As well as her gowns, Andrea has also created a collection of wedding veils and luxury sustainable pyjamas and nightwear. This conversation is with designer Andrea and her husband Dan, her business co-founder. Andrea talks about how she found herself designing wedding dresses and her career trajectory. She discusses her commitment to sustainability in bu...
2023-09-261h 25The Love My Dress Podcast: Weddings, Business & LifeSeason 1 TrailerLOVEMYDRESS.NET // Love My Dress is a popular Wedding Blog, Wedding Directory, Shop and now, Podcast. Every week, we share real weddings and beautiful editorial content with a focus on bridal fashion, suppliers and venues. We also share some great thought provoking insights and opinion pieces and I'm passionate about shining a spotlight on the many small creative businesses who work within the wedding industry.The Love My Dress podcast has been created for anyone planning their wedding, for all wedding business owners and everyone interested in the world of creative busi...
2023-09-1709 min
Formidable Over FortyFollowing your intuition with Annabel Beeforth In episode 11 of the Formidable Over Forty podcast, host Sarah Pittendrigh is joined by Annabel Beeforth. Annabel is a leading digital publisher in the wedding industry and founder of Love My Dress, an online platform for weddings that is one of the world’s most popular wedding blogs and directories.In this episode, Annabel opens up about her journey to sobriety, tips to help prioritise your own health and wellbeing, and why following your intuition is key to making progress. You'll hear how Annabel inspires others to live authentic lives, after overcoming challenges to find magic wherever sh...
2023-01-051h 11
Sugar Plum Bakes Wedding Business PodcastHow to Go at Your Own Pace, Stay Authentic & Be Genuine in a Busy World, with Annabel Beeforth, Founder of Love My Dress - a Wedding Blog that’s a Gentle Home of Beautiful Love StoriesWelcome to episode 9 of Season 2 of the Sugar Plum Bakes Wedding Business Podcast. On this episode, I am chatting to the soulful Annabel Beeforth, who is the owner and founder of UK wedding blog, Love My Dress. During 2020, Annabel also established What About Weddings, a UK-based political campaign, with Jessie Westwood and Tamryn Settle to help support wedding suppliers with the challenges that the pandemic was causing for the UK wedding industry. Although the UK wedding industry has resumed work, the What About Weddings also brought people together and provided a community for wedding creatives. Annabel, Tamryn and Jessie...
2022-11-0254 min
Mindset & Action: Grow and Streamline Your Business039 - Tamryn Settle #whataboutweddingsSend me a Text MessageIf you are in the wedding industry you would have heard about the #whataboutweddings campaign. On today's episode, I was lucky enough to interview one of the initiators of the movement Tamryn Settle.Tamryn has been part of the wedding industry for 18 years starting as a wedding planning, only leaving to spend more quality time with her young son. The call of the wedding industry was too strong to resist though and Tamryn came back to work with Annabel Beeforth at Love My Dress as a senior writer and also...
2021-01-2143 min
FreelanceMumLove My DressAnnabel Beeforth, founder of the wedding blog, Love My Dress, shares her story about how a love of vintage nostalgia & weddings led to a whole new lifestyle and career.
2014-03-2211 min
Freelance Bristol MumEpisode 28: Love My DressAnnabel Beeforth, founder of the wedding blog, Love My Dress, shares her story about how a love of vintage nostalgia & weddings led to a whole new lifestyle and career.
2013-10-2911 min