About

Hey there cutie! I’m Kat and I live in Reading (just outside of London, UK) with my husband Gareth and our two children Maine Coon cats Henry & Rachel.

I started Rock n Roll Bride in secret as Gareth & I were planning our wedding in 2007. After we were married in April 2008, I realised that I rather loved this wedding malarkey and didn’t want to quit the blog just yet. After much soul searching, I morphed it from my own wedding planning website to a place to collate and share the kind of weddings I loved but didn’t see properly represented in the mainstream wedding media – the offbeat, the alternative and the Rock n Roll.

After six years of hard graft mixed with a huge dose of complete obsession, the site now fully supports myself, Gareth and our two very hungry and rather large kitty cats.

OFFICIAL BIO

Topping ‘influential blogger’ lists throughout the UK and beyond, Rock n Roll Bride is the brainchild of ex-television producer Kat Williams. Launched in 2007 while Kat was planning her own wedding, it has quickly grown from ‘just another bride blog’ to one of the biggest in the world. After becoming jaded by the limited offerings of the UK wedding industry, Kat saw a niche for alternative wedding inspiration and ran with it! Kat now works on the site, and the ever growing Rock n Roll Bride brand, full-time alongside her ever-suffering husband Gareth. She is also editor-in chief of the Rock n Roll Bride print magazine.

As the first ever UK based wedding blog, Rock n Roll Bride has been featured in more magazines and newspapers than can be considered healthy. Wedding publications that have featured Rock n Roll Bride include every major wedding magazine in the UK (Wedding Magazine, Cosmopolitan Bride, Brides, You & Your Wedding, Perfect Wedding, Wedding Ideas, Unique Bride) as well as many smaller, regional and international wedding magazines (inc Southern Weddings Magazine (US), Irish Brides (Ireland), Confetti (Ireland), Wed (Devon & Cornwall) and Bridal Buyer). In other words… she gets around!

Non-wedding press includes major features in Marie Claire Magazine (UK, Australia & India), Cosmopolitan Magazine, Grazia, The British Journal of Photography, Easy Living, Company Magazine, Tattoo Revolution, Things & Ink, The Guardian, The Sunday Times Style Magazine and The Daily Express. Kat has also been interviewed live on BBC Radio Berkshire and the US breakfast show, The Morning Blend. Kat has written regular columns for Cosmopolitan Magazine, Photo Professional Magazine, Vintage Life Magazine, Wedding Magazine, Unique Bride and Perfect Wedding. 

Kat is a competent and enthusiastic public speaker, and is one of the headmistresses at The Blogcademy, a two-day blogging workshop co-founded alongside prolific US bloggers Gala Darling & Nubby Twiglet. Other speaking engagements have included the Unveiled Photography Conference hosted by The British Journal of Photography and sponsored by Hasselblad, The Photography Farm hosted by wedding photographer Lisa Devlin, Cosmopolitan Magazine’s Superbloggers Masterclass and the first ever UK workshop of world-renowned wedding photographer Jasmine Star. 

Rock n Roll Bride has won a multitude of industry awards, the highlight of them being the award for ‘Best Wedding Blog’ by Cosmopolitan Magazine in October 2011.

Kat believes in sparkle, silliness and the excitement of a new day. She is obsessed with her cats, photography (usually at the same time – yep she’s that girl on Instagram) and her permanently cotton candy-coloured bonce is always accessorised with ridiculous head wear.

Mission Statement

Rock n Roll Bride promotes individuality and general awesomeness within a cookie cutter, pastel and often puke-worthy wedding world. Don’t let the wedding industry define your day – let *you* define your day.

My aim with Rock n Roll Bride is to provide a little haven of kick ass weddingness. If you’ve ever picked up a bridal magazine and felt queasy, or trawled the internet and felt disheartened by what you didn’t find, well my friend you are in the right place! Rock n Roll Bride is all about the charm and unique nature of ordinary people’s extraordinary weddings. There is no ideal Rock n Roll Bride. What I love isn’t necessarily what floats your boat and what makes the weddings I feature so amazing is YOU!

I want to share a diverse variety of wedding inspiration and the only thing I ask is that each feature is a perfect representation of the couple and their individuality. Think tattooed punk brides next to eco hippy chic weddings and DIY extravaganzas placed side by side with elaborate Alice in Wonderland themed weddings and you’re half way there.

Being ‘Rock n Roll’ is not about being ‘cool’, being a rebel or even thinking of the most unique idea you can, it’s about planning a wedding that reflects you and your partner and declaring your love in your way. To be featured on this site, you don’t have to be cool, you don’t have to be ‘wacky’ or ‘offbeat’ or intentionally ‘quirky’, you just have to be you.

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Comment Etiquette

I will edit any comments by deleting links that are solely placed to benefit the commenter’s own website and not the discussion of the blog post.

Swearing is not encouraged and comments may be edited to remove profanity.

I reserve the right to delete or edit any rude, hurtful or defamatory comments. I will not tolerate bullying or bitchiness on my blog. Comments that I feel are vicious or are a direct attack at someone featured here are not permitted. No question.

This is my house. You are all more than welcome to come in and join in the party, just play by the rules.

All Photography Credit: Made U Look Photography

210 comments

  1. angela

    i just adore your blog…. its is so inspiring and really, a breath of fresh air! Just freshly engaged and currently planning my own wedding, which i hope will be featured on your blog too :) but seriously, I am a fan! I luv the photographers you feature, I just wish they were in Toronto so I can use them.

  2. Kat Post author

    Thanks hun, That’s so sweet! I would love to feature your wedding when you’re wed..just send it my way!

  7. Nikki McLeod

    I came across your blog via my webamte Rosie Parsons; wow what a great blog!! Love it!

    Gotta ask, where did you get your hattopper fascinator?! We are having a 10th anniversary “do” this august and I am needing something “different” to go along with my purple dress!

  12. Jeremy

    Thanks so much for posting ‘I want to lick your face’. Ha! I really appreciate. Let me know if you ever need any other images!!!

  13. Troy Kingman

    Hello! I have to say first of all, my fiance and I love your blog and your amazing style! In fact, you posted our engagement photos taken by Jonathan Canlas ( http://www.rocknrollbride.com/?p=4336 ).

    We are are in the process of getting ready for our wedding during late July. My fiance has found a beautiful dress ( from what I hear ) from Pricilla of Boston and now she is looking for a veil… and may I saw, what a challenge!!! She is looking for a Birdcage or French veil, many of which I have seen posted on your blog, but we are having a difficult actually purchasing one. Of all the websites that we visit, none are actually capable of selling their veils. Can you recommend anyone? If you know of any site or store that carries Birdcage or French veils, would you please let us know.

    Thanks so much for your time.

    Best Regards, Troy

  14. Kat Post author

    Hi Troy, I will fo a bit of research for you and get abck to you….you looking for a short net veil like this yeah?

  15. Kat Post author

    I have had a quick look and I’ve found these places…any good?
    here
    here
    here

    also etsy is a fab resource for homemade custom stuff, veils included…i have done a quick search and ll these sellers came up…here!

  16. Troy Kingman

    THANKS so much Kat!!! These links are a HUGE help. Keep up the great work and I can’t wait to send you our wedding photos ( which will be shot by Canlas… so you know they will be good. HAHA). Our theme is Dia de los Muertos…Should be lots of fun.

    Thanks again!

    -Troy

  18. Molly

    Hi Kat! I am SO FLATTERED that you found and posted the photos from Sharine & Carolyn’s wedding here, thanks muchly for the shout-out :) I’m happy you liked them!

  19. Jenn

    Just found your blog and I love it! I appreciate people that stick to posting stuff like this. Every post has been fantastic.

  21. Megan*

    Kat:

    Check out this incredible Russian photog who works out of New York, Gulnara, at http://www.gulnarablog.com...

    She is shooting my Indian wedding this summer (July 25) in New Jersey. I am Irish and my fiance is Indian, and tattooed, so I can bet you’re going to want our pictures!!!

  22. eva

    I love your blog. you have given me so many great ideas for my upcoming wedding.

  23. Kat Post author

    wow, I bet I am too! You better send them to me and good luck with all your planning!

  24. Kat Post author

    had a look on her site & her photos look fab! Really want to feature some more of her work!

  27. Trixi

    Just love your blog – am going to take the time to read it all one day. Loved getting married too – so much so, I started my own website – its contagious isn’t it?

  29. Camie

    Ooh, found you just in time! I’m a SoCal girl marrying my Essex sweetie, and this blog is the BEST!! We’re a couple of horror/80s nerds, so we want our wedding to be fun and original. I’m inspired by the ideas featured here, and btw, your sense of style is to die for.

  30. Kat Post author

    why thank you lady. your wedding sounds fab. cant wait to see the results! hope i can inspire you!

  31. Heather

    This is going to sound cliche with the plethora of other comments saying the same thing…but, I gotta put in my TWO CENTS or three or four as I LOVE THIS SITE!! it’s so completely up my alley! one, as a photographer that is hungrily searching to find what I want to shoot…and this is it! I want to seek out the unusual, the funky, the fun, the people just being themselves and having a damn good time doing it. Secondly, I am also planning my own wedding and want it to express who I am. So, I am having my favorite punk band play at my wedding…during Halloween, with a haunted house nearby in an old Victorian mansion with a candy bar and apple bobbing and general Halloween and Samhein festivities goodness! So, I sincerely hope to share my story on your blog in the near future as well. not to mention returning here time and time again to seek out ideas and savor everyone else’s happiness and uniqueness. Wow..again, this site is superb!

  32. Kirsty-Abu Dhabi

    I love your blog – I love people who make their wedding’s about them! My mum just couldn’t understand why I didn’t just want to go to the Hilton and have their standard roll it out wedding do – but it was OUR day and we wanted OUR way of doing things! If only your blog had been around back in 2004 – it might have helped her get over what an “awkward madam” I was being! Now I just hope that one day I get some wedding clients cool enough to feature on your blog instead!
    Fab, xx

  33. cameron

    I love your blog! I only wish I had found it sooner, as we are only 5 weeks out. I am always happy to see people promoting individuality and diversity of thought that extends beyond the mores of the wedding industry.
    I only have one thing to say:
    Rock on!

  34. Fiona

    Hi there, Just found your wonderful blog via Wedding Chicks. It’s such a refreshing take on weddings and I wish I’d found it sooner! I’ll have to get you some pics of my 1940′s styled wedding from October 2009. I love the unique, individual and especially vintage flair that you clearly have a knack of bringing out in the weddings and products that you feature on your site. Can’t wait to have more time to go back through old posts and check them out!

  36. Cait

    Awesome blog! Came across it a few hours ago and haven’t been able to llok away. I’m getting married in 4 months and this is perfect!

  37. Caroline Ghetes Photography

    I just wanted to say that I really truly love your enthusiasm. We’ve never met, but from our few emails back and forth, I can tell you write like you talk and I just love you already! Keep up this zest for life, love, and weddings! It’s something unique that you have that many other wedding inspirations blogs don’t seem to possess. Have a wonderful night!!

  38. aneta mak

    what a great website…. totally random how i found your site, and with a name like yours for your blog, how i could resist… im constantly looking for sources of inspiration for my photography and different ideas that arent just the dull norm.. keep up the fab work. i will be visiting you again for sure!
    aneta

  39. loulou

    I want to thank you 1000 times over for the time and dedication you put into this blog. When I first stumbled upon it I was amazed and still am. I recently started contacting photographers for my wedding and I put rockandrollbrides.com directly in my inquiry emails. It perfectly embodies what I’m going for. One of my prospective photographers called back and said he adored your website the the images. He may be a keeper. lol

  40. Kat Post author

    yey! so glad you are loving the site and all the wonderful photography! i would love to know which photographer you’ve gone for…

  42. Troy Kingman

    Hello Kat!

    So the pictures from our wedding, shot by Jonathan Canlas, are now up on his blog…

    http://canlasphotography.blogspot.com/2009/08/clare-troy-7262009-san-diego-ca.html

    You might recall that we were having issues finding the correct Birdcage Vail and you were kind enough to help, thanks. Well my wife actually found hers at David’s Bridal ( of all places) and she took her clippers to it and made it her own style. I hope you enjoy the pictures!!!

    Best Wishes, Troy & Clare Kingman

  44. Melanie

    Kat,

    I would LOVE to blog about your site. Can you contact me and send me an e-mail so I can give you a little info? Thanks a million.

    p.s. Love the pink wig.

  45. steph

    i just wanted to say thank you for posting some of my wedding work back earlier this year. i just saw today that you had and really it made my whole flippin day. so thank you. i could kiss you. xoxox steph

  46. teng

    hi! i love your blog, you feature really great and unique weddings.
    i’d just want to ask a few questions because I’m writing an article about Blogging Weddings, and I would like to hear a few of your insights regarding the matter.
    please email me as soon as possible at writerforhizons@gmail.com

    thanks! XOXOX

  47. Marina Favato

    Hi Kat,

    I’m the photographer that tou linked on your blog about the wedding dress. That really was a great dress! And the place of the wedding was awesome too, in a Museum.
    Well, nice to know from you and your blog. Is has great tips. I imagine it really helps the brides.
    XOXOXO
    Marina Favato

  48. Lorraine Daley

    I love your blog!
    I am a Philadelphia-based wedding photographer who is interested in advertising on your blog. I was wondering if you could send me your rates?

    Thank you,
    Lorraine Daley

  49. Stevie

    This site is utterly amazing! I recently started a blogging site for brides and industry professionals of the bohemian/hippy kind, like me, and I am also planning my wedding for this coming May 2010, so I love to view the awesomeness your site has to offer for people like me who love something different than the usual foo-foo pink wedding.

  50. Meg

    Hi

    We are casting for a second series of the hit TV show for LIVING, called “Four Weddings”. We are looking for more UK brides-to-be to attend and score each others big days, scoring the venue, the dress, the food and the overall presentation. The scores are not disclosed amongst the other brides until after all the weddings when it will be revealed whose wedding has been judged the best! The winning bride will win a LUXURY Honeymoon.

    We would love a real variety of weddings in the series so if you know of anyone getting married in the UK between Now (October 2009) and March 2010, please could they contact me on meg.barnard@itv.com

    Please let me know if you have any questions.

    Many thanks
    Meg

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