Hey, thank you so much for being here today, I appreciate it. I’m also delighted to be sharing this particular wedding with you today because it is just so beautiful and swoon-worthy with a dress to die for.
Clarissa and Oli tied the knot on 23rd December 2023 with a breathtakingly beautiful winter wedding at Elmore Court in Gloucestershire. This divine countryside home set a candlelit scene for this glamorous couple to exchange their vows in front of their loved ones, before celebrating with a champagne tower and a packed dance floor, where all their guests joined in the celebrations until the early hours.
Clarissa looked out of this world gorgeous in her Milla Nova gown, a fantastic discovery at Mirror Mirror London – who we are so very proud to recommend to all Love My Dress readers. Mirror Mirror is one of the oldest, most respected couture bridal boutiques in the country and Clarissa truly raves about her experience there.
I’m going to leave it to this sweet bride to share her story from here on (thank you so much for your wonderful enthusiasm Clarissa!). Get your Pinterest boards at the ready my loves – this wedding is jaw-droppingly fabulous. My sincere love and thanks to photographer Emily Robinson for sharing her glorious work.
The Venue
Elmore Court was one of the first venues we came across and loved the vibe and everything it had to offer; however, it was completely fully booked for 2023 so we had disappointingly ruled it out. After visiting many other venues, we were struggling to find the one.
After months of searching, we saw on Elmore’s Instagram they had a cancellation come up for a winter solstice date. Before this, we had only been considering a summer wedding, but actually, there was something about the Christmas-long Thursday date that aligned to everything we wanted and we thought it could be magical. We ended up reserving the date without even viewing Elmore in person!
We were so glad we just went for it.
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Bridal Beauty & Accessories
I was so happy with the Hair and Make-up team – they were so calm and experienced and worked together a lot. I had Juta Zorubiene for my Hair – her style is romantic, modern, and elegant. She just worked so effortlessly and completely got what I wanted. I couldn’t believe how well my hair stayed in place even at the end of the night and through all the wind it didn’t budget. Then I had Amy Rose for make-up who was incredible.
I have a lot of skin issues and she made it look great and created a look I was so happy and confident with.
I opted for a bow in my hair as they are romantic, feminine and fun – very the vibe. I bought about 5 in the end as I couldn’t decide! My plan was to go with one from TK Maxx, but on the day, my hair stylist Juta and I decided to go quite rogue and use the one my bridesmaids had bought me for my Hen party. It actually worked really well as it was quite delicate. It was also very very reasonable!
