For Becca & Dan, a formal wedding was never on the cards. “We wanted the day to be about our guests not all the attention on us,” the bride wrote. “There were no formalities, just tea & cakes followed by pie & mash then a good all knees up in an east London pub with Billie Holiday playing & a free bar all night!”
Becca got ready at Zetter Townhouse , a really stylish house with quirky vintage decor & stuffed animals. It proved to be the perfect place for some pre-ceremony snaps with her bridesmaid and really set the tone for the rest of the wedding day.
The bride wore an unusual and beautiful Delphine Manivet wedding dress with nude Kurt Geiger shoes and a vintage headpiece. For the couple’s portraits in a local park (with their dog – I love this!) Becca added a fur trimmed coat.
After a ceremony in Hackney town hall, the lucky wedding guests were treated to a good old fashioned party with a nod to the 1940s at The Crown Pub in Victoria Park, East London.
The couple booked Joanna Brown to capture the fun. “Jo was truly brilliant,” Becca continued. “She understood what we wanted and put us at ease straight away. We knew we’d picked the best girl for the job and she captured our day just perfectly. We really feel that if you weren’t there on the day, our photos really tell the story of our wedding.”
Supporting Cast:
Photography Credit: Joanna Brown Photography Delphine Manivet Chris Kerr Belle Bakes Flower Power Pimps & Pin Ups Bella Simonsen Kitty Ward & Groom’s Uni friend in The The Broken Hearts Dan Kimmins & Letterpress printing by A Two Pipe Problem Pretty Vintage Betty Bunting
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