pink weddings magazine » 13
Emma and KErry
make-up advice session. my shoes were Vivienne
Westwood – need I say more?!
my beautful bride had her own traumas, but
four commited, absolute superstar bridesmaids
helped her overcome each one. They dutfully took
her round all the regular bridal shops, putng no
pressure on her, but encouraging her to learn a litle
from each of the experiences. Kerry came danger-
ously close to investng in a small fortune’s worth of
dress, but some wise words from bridesmaid Lisa
told her to go back to basics – they hit the high street
and focused on what shape would suit her.
Kerry’s gut instncts were worth listening to as
she had set her mind on a Grecian style flowing gown
from the beginning, and there one was – the last
dress that was brought into the changing room. an
epiphany, a small miracle, here was the dress from
Kerry’s mind, ready to take away from high street
shop monsoon. Kerry’s long blond flowing curly locks
and make-up duty were given to the bridesmaids on
the day, and they were delighted to be ‘girly-ing’
Kerry up – their very own Kerry-doll.
•••••••
WE fElT so nErvous on ThE mornIng
, yet it
was the most natural thing in the world that we
could be doing. I walked down the aisle first, and I
remember the gasps as Kerry entered the room
with her entourage. They saw what I see everyday,
the most captvatng, beautful woman, making her
way towards the biggest commitment of her life.
When she reached me, we clung to each other, all
at once soothed by each other’s presence.
music is so important to us, so it topped and
tailed our simple, short ceremony. We were both
walked down the aisle by our respectve fathers,
bridesmaids and our nieces – the beautful litle
flower girls – to the song ‘Sweet dispositon’ from
our engagement, and we walked out as mrs & mrs
to the deliriously cheerful ‘Let’s Go Surfing’ by The
drums. as we signed the register, our mothers as
witnesses, yeah yeah yeah’s ‘Hysteric’ played sofly
in the background.
We went with some suggested vows, but I did