Take inspiration from royalty to the timeless elegance of the fifties film stars to keep you feeling like a million dollars on your big day. Here's just a few ideas to can use to help you make up your mind for YOUR 'BIG' DAY...
In the Victorian language of flowers, lily-of-the-valley translates as 'you've made my life complete', so no wonder it is such a popular choice for the romantically minded celeb! It is only available in April and May, but modern alternatives for year-round sweetly scented blooms are freesia, tuberose and stephanotis. A summer wedding can have gorgeous sweet peas to add a splash of scent, as LeAnn Rimes chose for her pretty wedding posy, mixed in with roses, hydrangea and freesia.
Audrey Hepburn: Audrey chose a simple headdress of large white roses when she married her first husband, Sean Ferrer, and for her second wedding to Andrea Dotti, chose a scented hand tied posy of freesia and lily-of-the-valley.
Marilyn Monroe and Elizabeth Taylor: Marilyn held a simple posy of three white orchids when she wed Joe Di Maggio, and whilst Elizabeth Taylor chose the same flowers, she opted for a larger bouquet when she wed Nicky Hilton, her first husband.
Barbara Streisand: On her wedding day, the star chose gardenias and lily-of-the-valley, which will have smelled gorgeous!
Princess Diana: Diana chose a tear drop shaped 'shower' bouquet of yellow 'Mountbatten' roses, gardenia, stephanotis, orchids, lily-of-the-valley and freesia. It also included myrtle and veronica, cut from Queen Victoria's garden at Osborne House.
Camilla Parker-Bowles: Yellow, purple and white primroses teamed with lily-of-the-valley, offset by myrtle foliage were carried in a posy by Camilla in her marriage to Prince Charles.
Take inspiration from royalty to the timeless elegance of the fifties film stars to keep you feeling like a million dollars on your big day. Here's just a few ideas to can use to help you make up your mind for YOUR 'BIG' DAY...
In the Victorian language of flowers, lily-of-the-valley translates as 'you've made my life complete', so no wonder it is such a popular choice for the romantically minded celeb! It is only available in April and May, but modern alternatives for year-round sweetly scented blooms are freesia, tuberose and stephanotis. A summer wedding can have gorgeous sweet peas to add a splash of scent, as LeAnn Rimes chose for her pretty wedding posy, mixed in with roses, hydrangea and freesia.
Audrey Hepburn: Audrey chose a simple headdress of large white roses when she married her first husband, Sean Ferrer, and for her second wedding to Andrea Dotti, chose a scented hand tied posy of freesia and lily-of-the-valley.
Marilyn Monroe and Elizabeth Taylor: Marilyn held a simple posy of three white orchids when she wed Joe Di Maggio, and whilst Elizabeth Taylor chose the same flowers, she opted for a larger bouquet when she wed Nicky Hilton, her first husband.
Barbara Streisand: On her wedding day, the star chose gardenias and lily-of-the-valley, which will have smelled gorgeous!
Princess Diana: Diana chose a tear drop shaped 'shower' bouquet of yellow 'Mountbatten' roses, gardenia, stephanotis, orchids, lily-of-the-valley and freesia. It also included myrtle and veronica, cut from Queen Victoria's garden at Osborne House.
Camilla Parker-Bowles: Yellow, purple and white primroses teamed with lily-of-the-valley, offset by myrtle foliage were carried in a posy by Camilla in her marriage to Prince Charles.