TREND: WEDDING FEVER

I must tell you upfront: my irreverence towards tradition is immeasurable. This irreverence, however, does not mean I would prefer a chill-out session by the pool in a bikini, or the seaside romance of drawing circles in the sand, barefoot, in a crinkled white shirt, to a good ol' wedding do. Not this girl, sister. It only means I refuse to carry the weight of how people think things should be done. And even though I would happily escape much of the ceremony, I want to dress the part. I just want to do it my way.

It's not that I don't care what people will think. If that were the case, I might dress like a crazy granny, a 1920s flapper or Marie Antoinette. But that's not it. I want people to understand what I'm wearing (evoking something matrimonial, like, I don't know... a bit of white?), and then, be irreverent with it (shorts? trousers? leather? transparence? contrasts?), because I that's what I want, and because I can.

I have trawled my archives and my memory for images that have meant something special to me, so much that I was at some point truly inspired to add them to my virtual, ready-to-wear-ridden wedding moodboard.

Here's what I'm now tempted to wear on the big day... with a few coats or coloured numbers to change into for the party. You and me, we have the luxury of making it our very own special day. Why spoil it with something proper?

1. RETRO CUTE ONE: A-LINES IN LACE AND BRODERIE ANGLAISE