Western Australia Wedding & Bride

Explore 300 pages of incredible advice from Western Australia’s top wedding suppliers. Bridal consultants weigh in on the roaring 2020s decade of bridal fashion ahead, alongside more than forty pages of stellar gowns from picturesque fashion shoots. Get to know the catalyst for a career in weddings for four trusted suppliers, and immerse yourself in a heart-warming chapter of Real Weddings – each couple with a unique love story and wedding to inspire. From putting a pop-up wedding together to a sublime destination wedding, it’s the perfect read before those all important words, ‘I do’.

EDITOR’S Letter

Western Australia Wedding & Bride

BRIDAL NEWS • From upcoming events to much-anticipated store openings, here’s an insight into the happenings of the local wedding industry.

SOMETHING Borrowed • There’s nothing quite like the magic of a wedding, where two lovers commit to sharing their lives together. The stardust behind this special day, however, is lovingly and deliberately crafted by a team of experts. Sharing their pearls of wisdom and career inspiration with Bethany Hayes, this selection of wedding experts offers each reader their own day-in-the-life tales and favourite wedding moments in the apt form of something old and something borrowed.

Sophie Linardopoulos • OWNER & DIRECTOR OF ZOLOTAS AUSTRALIA BRIDAL COUTURE

Alice Heydon • FOUNDER OF ALICE HEYDON EVENTS

Robyn Allott • DIRECTOR OF ROBYN’S CREATIVE CAKES

Kevin McGinn • OWNER OF KEVIN MCGINN PHOTOGRAPHER

RIGHT HERE, RIGHT NOW • The events of last year have held a looking glass to our society, and never has our inherent need for social connection been more acutely apparent. Our delicate sentience is what makes us human, we live because we feel, we laugh, we cry, and we love. Despite being fortunate in Australia, the impacts of the pandemic are still reverberating across the globe, and many of us have been forced to confront what we hold close to our hearts. In a landscape where marriages have at times been restricted, the desire to formalise the love we hold for our partners remains the same. Pop-up weddings have become a popular choice for those seeking to be wed without the hassle of extensive planning. Here, Emma Warner Allen discusses the merits of pop-up weddings with the experts: Jane Field, director of Ferguson Valley Pop Up Weddings, and Paul Hurford, owner of Peel Manor House.

Honeymoon Happiness • AFTER A BUSTLING WEDDING DAY SURROUNDED BY THE FACES OF FAMILY, FRIENDS, DISTANT RELATIVES AND PLUS-ONES, THE HONEYMOON SERVES AS THE PERFECT OPPORTUNITY FOR YOU AND YOUR NEW SPOUSE TO RETREAT AND SPEND SOME QUALITY TIME TOGETHER. WESTERN AUSTRALIA WEDDING & BRIDE MAGAZINE’S KIRRILY IRELAND SPEAKS WITH DEBORAH FUNNEKOTTER, PROPRIETOR OF LOSARI RETREAT, TO DISCUSS HOW COUPLES CAN PLAN THE ULTIMATE HONEYMOON, FROM FUN ACTIVITIES TO ACCOMMODATION, AND THE MYRIAD WAYS TO RELAX AND UNWIND AFTER THE WEDDING.

Real WEDDINGS • Each one unique, seventeen newlywed couples share their love stories and reveal their planning secrets

TOOLS OF THE TRADE • AS THE SAYING GOES, A MAN IS ONLY AS GOOD AS HIS TOOLS – AND A BRIDE NEEDS HERS AS WELL! THIS WONDERFUL ARRAY OF BEAUTY NECESSITIES WILL ENSURE YOU ARE PERFECTLY POLISHED AND LOOK RADIANT FROM DUSK ‘TIL DAWN.

The Roaring 2020s • Few days in one’s life are characterised by such majestic grandeur, unbridled joy, and overwhelming love as your wedding day; a day that is often the result of months, years, and in some cases, lifetimes of meticulous planning. On a day as pivotal as your wedding, it is only natural that you want to look as gorgeous as your partner makes you feel, and your bridal gown should be just as beautiful. Forgetting the challenges of the previous year, as we stride into 2021 with feelings of hope and optimism for...