Making your wedding a little brighter…
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The past week in Vietnam has been Tet- meaning the celebration of the new Lunar New Year and the ringing in of the New Year of the Goat. It has meant that the city where our tailors are based, Ho Chi Minh City (sometimes known as Saigon), has been transformed. The streets are quiet, there are yellow blossom trees and plants lining every street and the women are wearing the most beautiful traditional vivid colour dresses you have ever seen. We won’t go into the traditions of Tet too much but it’s all about celebrating family, health and happiness –...
Read MoreThe romance of the prom....
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Here at Matchimony we love the romance of the prom and truly believe it is one of the best exports from the US since Reese’s peanut butter cups! The prom is a chance to let your hair down after months of intense revision and exams. It is a celebration of freedom, summertime and in most cases the end of an era with everyone going off to University or future plans. The prom concept is still seen as relatively new in the UK, elbowing out “end of year discos” in the school hall with a soggy buffet and a last dance...
Read MoreThe ethical side of our business and how we will never, ever use a factory
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This week we wanted to talk to everyone about the ethical side of Matchimony as a company. It was really important to us when we set the business up that we gave back to the very communities who were making our items and find the most ethical way to have our items made. As you know we source all of our fabrics direct from the silk makers in Vietnam and use local tailors based in and around Ho Chi Minh City. What you probably didn’t know is that we have hand selected these tailors to work for Matchiony based on...
Read MoreThe World of Wedding Colours
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Tash and I can confess, we are colours obsessed! Seriously we now have conversations about masala, lavender and moss - aka red, purple and green to normal people! This syndrome was only something that developed since our own weddings and launching Matchimony. Before you start planning your wedding, colours seem quite straight forward with just 3 primary colours, white and black. It was only once we started trying to match champagne dresses with champagne tie and waistcoats that we realised there was a whole spectrum of champagne – brilliant when in liquid variety but not so good for wedding photos!...
Read MoreIntroducing Matchimony
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Congratulations! You are about to embark on probably the most exciting time of your life, planning a wedding! Just think how much fun you can have choosing everything; flowers, food, your dress, your bridesmaid dresses…..or so you think….well that is exactly where Vicky and I (the founders of Matchimony) got to then we realized how much of a nightmare it was be to find a bridesmaid dress in the colour, fabric, style and price rage that you want, couple that with the fact you want to match your groom/usher accessories and you are done for! I remember searching online and...
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