Miss Bush Sample Sale - Style Tips

Sample sales are not the best places to shop if you want this season's best seller. I am so wedded to my bestsellers they are not going anywhere. Like the story of The Velveteen Rabbit they have been loved to scruffiness and would not survive a dry clean without disintegrating.


One of the best type of dress to buy is something cool and different. These are the kind of dresses for brides who are actively looking for a slightly left field look whilst remaining emphatically bridal. Miss Bush loves a niche dress and fresh looks at a classic styles,  hence we have a lot of love for Jesus Peiro.


Jesus Peiro Style 2017  is just such a dress - twisting expectations of a strapless dress into a chic minimal gown with plenty of wow factor. A detachable train also means it is great for a wedding that is going to change quickly from formal to fun.

Jesus Peiro 2017 SRP £1895 Sale Price £995

Detachable train for pretty and practical reasons...

Our specialist cleaners will have no problem with fine details like these...

Bush Telegraph SALE

Two retail phrases get me hot and bothered and reaching for the plastic, 'New Season' and more thrillingly 'SALE'.

The Miss Bush summer sale starts on Saturday 2nd June and will be spectacular! Sample dresses from stellar names like Jenny Packham, Jesus Peiro, Suzanne Neville and Cymbeline will be reduced by between 30% and 70% and will be offered with our usual after sales service.

Buy the sample dress on a full service basis and benefit from inclusive dry cleaning, storage and remedial work within the price. Keep the dress hidden from prying eyes by using our storage and take advantage of our expert fitting service should the bootcamp regime pay dividends.

On an a strict budget? Take a further 10% off the dress and take it away!

Jenny Packham Foxglove Size 12 Ivory. Perfect Condition Sample Reduced from £2010 to £1500

Cymbeline Frime Size 12 Ivory Perfect Condition Reduced from £1810 to £800

There will also be a massive stock clearance of shoes from Benjamin Adams, Belle and Pink as I may well be buried under an avalanche of surplus sizes soon. Full list coming soon!

Benjamin Adams Clara  Sample Size 38  £169 recuced to £50

Jesus Peiro as worn by Melanie Jenkins

As I was sat at my computer resizing Melanie's pictures I kept trying to simplify and reduce to a soundbite/blogbite a sentence that describes why and what makes Melanie 'very Miss Bush.' I know that sounds terribly presumptive - but I think we are all agreed that buying a wedding dress has far greater emotional investment than any other dress. Therefore - in an ideal dress buying heaven the bride and designer/retailer should connect over more than just the exchange of plastic.

Casting my eye over Melanie's 'thank you' card one sentence has suddenly jumped out at me

" My dress was perfect ...unusual but classic at the same time"

I think, simply put, this is what I and my fellow 'Bush, be they colleagues or customers,  are striving for. Utter classicism with total individuality.

I think the other Miss Bush characteristic, which in me is quite marked, to say the least, is a very direct and honest approach to our brides and customers. Melanie has also written that she "appreciated the honst opinions (she) needed..." I promise you this doesn't mean we're all Trinny and Susannah - there are no toe curling investigations of your psyche whilst stripped to your pants surrounded  by mirrors. My aim, and that of my lovely band of Miss Bush girls, is to create a fun, unpretentious environment where a bride can experiment with dresses that are as individual and get opinions that are truly independant.

Melanie looks gorgeous of course. She is very beautiful and husband Nick is one lucky boy. I think her beauty is enhanced by the sharp tailoring, precise cut and structure of a classic Jesus Peiro shape. I caution pretty blondes about wandering down 'Barbie Boulevard' with the over use of tiaras and sparkles. What can look ironic or kitsch on a  size 16 brunette like myself can just look too saccherine on the pocket-sized blonde.

Many thanks to Melanie and Nick for sharing some of their favourite images - I think I can spot they quite like Rugby...

Credits:

Photographer- Simon J Coulson http://www.simonjcoulson.com/

Bridesmaids dresses- this is my friend India's company called Maids to Measure http://www.maidstomeasure.com

Church: St Stephen's Church Sparsholt, Winchester 

Venue: Lainston House Hotel, Sparsholt, Winchester http://www.lainstonhouse.com/EXCLUSIVE_HOTELS/the_hotel.aspx

"Our cake was excellent- so tasty. It was made by a family friend and she kept saying 'are you sure you just want it white and no flowers on top' -I'm so glad I kept it simple, it looked beautiful and was exactly what I'd hoped for. Flowers were also excellent- another friend of a friend Fabienne Egger – she is a florist in london and again kept it simple with all white but lots of different types of flowers. All so stunning. I'm trying to get numbers for both ladies but waiting to hear back. 

RE the rugby shot! Well Nick's ushers all played rugby at medical school at University of Cardiff (all doctors like Nick expect best man). The shot came about when a couple of the girls asked me to throw the bouquet but the boys jumped in first and demanded I throw it at them! The poor bouquet was absolutely ruined by the end!" Melanie's own words!

Jesus Peiro unique dress for Jenna Wilson

I'd like to get Jenna's DNA replicated on the basis of her being an ideal customer.

I'd like to replicate the can-do philosophy of Jesus Peiro across all bridal suppliers.

Jenna looks like an ideal bride - petite, fabulous cheekbones, sparkling eyes and a well honed sense of style. Her choice of Jesus Peiro and one of their signature, crisp Mikado gowns makes my heart very glad indeed.

What makes Jenna so ideal, for me, and Jesus Peiro so fabulous, for all brides, is their dedication to making bridalwear fresh and exciting whilst maintaining the dignity and appropriateness of style for a church wedding dress. Jesus Peiro don't throw designer hissy fits, their answer is generally 'yes' to any requests, they really do make their dresses in Barcelona and they are very happy to mix and match their styles and details creating, for my brides, truly unique dresses

Jenna's dress is a hybrid design of two styles the dress is style 1011 and the majestic detachable train is from style 165. Both styles come with a belt but Jenna and I decided to eschew these options for a bespoke, cummerbund-style sash waist. The choice of platinum slipper satin was a perfect foil for Jenna's peacock bridesmaids dresses. During a styling appointment I wrapped the slip layer of Jenny Packham's platinum Eden round Jenna's waist to create the effect and then I sourced the perfect match from Bennett's Silks! Always good to wrap a £2.5 k dress into a belt! The belt was then made at Miss Bush by Elizabeth who also sourced tiny beaded buttons for a couture level of detail.

The effect is one of icy glamour and drama, topped with Eve one of my favourite Polly Edwards headpieces.

Just to add to Jenna's all round Olympic standard fabulousness she has also directed many friends to me to buy frocks and gave me her photos on a memory stick - allowing my junior IT skills scope to add them easily to my libraries and Blog.

Many thanks to Jenna and Simon, the new Mr and Mrs Hewitt, for sharing some of their lovely photos - I am so delighted to be able to feature them.

David Pullum Photography [mailto:info@dpphotography.co.uk]