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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). [...]

Oxfam wedding dress appeal Don’t Say a Word rip Such is the enthusiasm for ethical weddings that the Eastbourne branch of Oxfam is running out of gowns for the green bride. “It’s great that so many brides are coming to Oxfam for their dresses, but we are desperate for donations to meet this growing demand,” [...]

Hi everyone, this is Rhonda from Our Wedding Plus. I’d like to thank Katie for adding me on as a guest blogger!  For my first post I want to spread the word about how we in the wedding community can support a great cause, helping breast cancer patients and their families.  The Making Memories Foundation [...]

I’m afraid I’m shirking my diamond debating duty once again but I just had to tell you about the lovely evening I had on Wednesday night. A friend (who has a business fashioning furniture from reclaimed wood) and I decided it was about time the ethical businesses of Brighton and its environs got together.  We knew [...]

Watching the developments in fair trade fashion, particularly the increasing numbers of companies selling clothes made from Fairtrade certified cotton has been great, but where do I begin for this Fair Trade Wedding Challenge, with its very ‘woolly’ title? Should I be searching for suits for the groom, best man, or page boy, or for dresses [...]

The Natural History Museum has shrugged off its vegan silk shawl and stepped out of its organic cotton gown but I have not yet forgotten London Fashion Week’s Estethica exhibition that took place there a few weeks ago. I attended with my Ethical Weddings hat on (at a jaunty angle of course!) but was blown [...]

After a bit of a blog block for the last few weeks, Ethical Weddings is back with a guest spot from Joanne Mackin of Wholly-Jo’s. So, over to you, Jo! Hello! My name is Joanne and I am an ethical wedding dress designer. Here is my mini guide to a green wedding dress. 80% of [...]