Sheerluxe - June 2010
Sheerluxe - Bridesmaids Gifts
Bridezilla is a bride on a mission, stopping at nothing – not even laws that forbid you from dressing live swans in pearls and having them parade around the grounds, and no one – her husband-to-be (HTB), namely.
In her opinion, buying something new and blue (sapphires in Tiffany boxes specifically) is much more fun than something old and borrowed, and she’s already fired three wedding planners, in favour of her own unique mode of party organising – running around the city in four inch heels with her laptop and wedding journal in tow.
Stay tuned and watch how a perfectly sane woman, when proposed to, can turn into a fabric swatch-wielding, bouquet-throwing (at the florist, not the bridesmaids), Bridezilla.
In between having meltdowns over ribbons, crying down the phone to the tailor and moaning to HTB about getting a haircut before the big day, brides-to-be must always remember their long-suffering bridesmaids, who have accompanied them to dress-fittings, had a hanky ready for those tears and a valium for those tantrums. And of course those little darlings/terrors – think of it as a bribe…
If your bridesmaids are anything like mine, something sparkly always goes down well. Alex Monroe’s adorable bumblebee necklace makes a modern alternative to your average pendant and for older bridesmaids, takes the sting (geddit?!) out of being trussed up in matching dresses.
For those trendy teens (who slip into those bridesmaids dresses without so much as a broken zip – don’t you just hate them), I just love these Fiji friendship bracelets from Astley Clarke.
Little terrors – ahem, I mean darlings - will love you forever if you present them with one of Molly Brown’s heavenly jelly bean bracelets. Adding a touch of sweetness to even the most tantrum-prone of little girls…
There’s nothing wrong with buying the same thing for each of your bridesmaids, but a touch of personalisation never goes amiss. Take these gorgeous diamond initial pendants – they make an extra special gift for a head bridesmaid. Alternatively, get personal with one of Anya Hindmarch’s loose pockets – these can be stamped with the words ‘Beautiful Bridesmaid’ or even their names, at any Anya Hindmarch boutique.
Or for something personalised with a price tag that won’t make HTB wince, a monogram candle makes a perfect present (and, being scented, will help relax after a day of putting up with all those bridezilla tantrums – who, moi?)…
smythson-card-case-mimosa-bridezilla.jpg I’m still trying to persuade HTB to agree to the Smythson full wedding service, but what he doesn’t know is that I’m planning on gifting my bridesmaids with these oh-so-luxe card cases from the zingy Mimosa collection. I say, what he doesn’t know won’t hurt him…
If you’re blessed with a bevy of fashionable friends, bestow them each with a different Charlie clutch from Wilbur & Gussie. And why not pick up one for yourself? After all, you deserve it after all that tireless present-picking…
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