HOUSE OF LATIBEAU - Responsible Bridalwear

An ethical and sustainable alternative to traditional bridalwear. Follow the journey of Latibeau as we prepare to launch.

Tuesday, 1 February 2011

Latibeau in the Press!

2010 Bride Tola rocks the front cover of magazine Families First wearing a creation made by House of Latibeau.



Turn inside to find out a bit more from the article on her wedding.



Looking good!

Thursday, 17 June 2010

house of latibeau - bridesmaids

Check out www.wix.com/latibeau/latibeau to view bridesmaid dresses and past brides we have worked with.

We are now preparing for the 2011 collection where 'the house of latibeau' will venture into new realms....its all exciting!

Conflict diamonds

We love what this Canadian company are doing and will be contacting them for jewellery pieces myself

Brilliant Earth
are campaigning against the use of blood diamonds. The commit to providing conflict free diamonds, 5% of profits are donated to Africa and use Canadian Diamonds and recycled gold.

We likey!

Thursday, 20 May 2010

Bubble Wrap Wedding Dress

MMh I like the idea of recycling....BUT not quite sure on this one


(pics and words from http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1279113/The-bubble-wrap-bride-knew-exactly-wear-fiance-popped-question.html)


30-year-old primary school deputy headteacher wore a dress made of bubble wrap when she tied the knot with Duncan Turner, 32.



The dress used up 13ft of the packing material and was put together last month by pupils and parents at her school for a fashion show featuring recyclable materials.


He said: 'She looked incredible. It's an amazing dress and just goes to show what can be done with unusual materials.
'We're both very keen on the environment and wildlife, and this felt the right thing to do to show our appreciation of important they are.'

The eco-friendly couple walked down an aisle of grass matting with planted flowers in front of 120 guests with Rachael wearing a more traditional dress.
But even that didn't last long as it has now been chopped up and recycled into a cocktail dress.

Bridal shows i am attending

Its time to research ahead of my design process and for this i need to see what the competition  is saying.

So im off to a few shows

Next weekend will find me at...

http://www.whitegallery.com/

This one is BIG!
For the first time ever, the very finest international bridal wear designers will come together to stage what will be the most prestigious and authoritative event in the bridal buying calendar. White Gallery will be presented 23-25 May 2010, at the capital’s coolest art venue, the Saatchi Gallery in London, Chelsea.

 After this will be
http://www.bridesofculture.com/

BoC's first bridal exhibition will be taking place 23rd May 2010, at the height of the wedding season!

The expo will be jam packed full of a wide variety of exhibitors, from cake makers, to make up artists. It will be a great place for you to look for services that will make your wedding day a special one.

Entry is FREE:

happening at the lovely RichMix

may be a little awkward getting betweeen Saatchi Gallery and Rich Mix but i will work it out some way or another
and then the

national wedding show in October is also a must to go to ... researching as a event to showcase at in a years time

exciting!

BRIDES AT WORK DAY

National wedding show

The National Wedding Show is calling on all Brides to wear their wedding dress to work on the 17th September 2010 to raise vital funds for Breakthrough Breast Cancer. It doesn’t matter if you were married in 2010, 1970 or even if it’s still a work in progress… if you can find a dress (and fit into it!) we need you to get sponsored for wearing it.
For those women who would love to get involved but are not able to wear their wedding dress for the day, why not use a memento from your big day such as a tiara, veil or even your garter. All that is needed is a willingness to raise awareness and funds for the fight against this devastating disease.
Visit www.breakthrough.org.uk/bridesatwork for further information on how to get involved and take part



Breakthrough Breast Cancer

The National Wedding Show supports Breakthrough Breast Cancer -- a registered charity -- and is donating 50p from the sale of each ticket purchased for the autumn National Wedding Shows to help win the battle against this disease.

Sunday, 9 May 2010

Wedding on BEN TV

Abigail and Kunle wedding is on tv right now!

The dress I made her is out there for the world to see!

This is fantastic!!!!

Will upload a video of this asap