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To round off our week with Conscious Elegance as our featured supplier, why not have a listen to an interview with Lori as recorded for the BBC last October about her experiences as an ethical dressmaker… Conscious Elegance interview – eco-friendly wedding dresses Have a great weekend! Journey to the Center of the Earth psp Katie [...]

Following Earth Day yesterday (oops, forgot to mention it in my excitement over the eco-friendly toilets post!), we are thrilled to have for you today an interview with our current featured supplier and winner of the 2007 Environmental Business Award, Conscious Elegance – eco-dressmaker extraordinaire! Click on the image below to roll the tape… Happy anniversary [...]

We’re delighted that Ethical Weddings bridalwear supplier, Conscious Elegance is featured on New Consumer today. Lori del Genis, who founded her beautiful bridalwear business with a conscience just over 2 years ago, has already – in 2007 - scooped the Environmental Business of the Year Award! Find out more about Lori and her gorgeous gowns in the New [...]

I was reading a little book about weddings the other day (yep, approaching our third wedding anniversary and I still can’t tear myself away from them. Incidentally, in case you were wondering, year 3 is celebrated with leather – or leather equivalent!), and I came across this quote by Oliver Goldsmith (1728-1774) ‘I…chose my wife, [...]

There was a recent discussion on one of my favorite wedding blogs regarding the wastefulness of the trendy “Trash the Dress” photos. I completely agree, except for the notion that sealing up and saving your dress is equally wasteful. I proudly wore my Mother’s dress from 1978 and it made for an eco-friendly, and meaningful [...]

Three trailer I’ve been seriously debating what to do with my wedding dress over the last few weeks.  Yep, as founder of Ethical Weddings I put my hand on my heart and confess my guilty secret – I have not worn it since the big day in 2005! (Well, I’ve put it on and twirled [...]

Weddings can be an expensive business, can’t they? So it would seem a welcome turn of events when major retailers announce, as they did recently, that they can kit out you and your partner for under £200 with The Dress coming in at as little as £60. Some designers of course were up in arms [...]

For today’s post, I am very pleased to welcome Liz O’Neill, Head of Communications for The Vegetarian Society, to tell us a little bit about her wedding and her thoughts on veggie weddings in general.  Over to Liz: Being vegetarian is a big part of most veggies’ lives so naturally it is also important to any [...]

As you may have gathered, my betrothed and I are keen on the idea of a unique nuptial celebration… Not least when it comes to our attire. Neither of us is comfortable in a dress or skirt, so it seems daft to wear one on our special day. And we are carefully avoiding anything reminiscent [...]

It’s been a little while since my last post. My fiance and I went on a short vacation down to my hometown where our wedding will take place, and it was very productive! The first exciting thing we did was buy the fabric for my wedding dress with my mom (who will be making it). [...]