purple and white flower dress Iris Floral Print Strapless oversized purple floral print with a contemporary White Dresses With Purple Flowers

Those Were The Days Bridal in Edinburgh specialises in a vintage wedding dress collection that has been hand-selected and expertly curated from around the world and spans the Edwardian era to the 1990s

Its a way to spark up a blue or black suit

Her wedding dress, designed as we all know by David and Elizabeth Emanuel, was made of ivory silk taffeta, and old lace hand embroidered with tiny mother of pearl sequins and pearls

Take a cue from the model and keep things relaxed with flat flip-flops and a woven straw clutch for a warm-weather, off-duty look

No doubt this writer was not the only Victorian male to resent dressing up in a formal uniform six nights a week