Otley Summer Wedding Outfit

Recently attending my boyfriends brothers wedding gave me an excuse to splash some cash on a fancy frock and accessories. Nothing much had caught my eye in the months leading up to the wedding and I began to wonder if I would ever find the perfect dress for the occasion.

One night whilst browsing through various fashion pages on Instagram I found THE one, the hunt was on to find the whereabouts of this dress and after many Google searches I found it. Ready to order the dress that my heart was set on, I found the website was down. However, a quick email over to the Australian company and all was sorted and my dress was on its way to me in England.

The next part of my outfit was a beautiful linen  60's style dress coat I had seen in Zara 2 weeks before which I had decided to hold back from buying until I had decided on a dress, 2 weeks too late and it had sold out. To my advantage the exact same cut of coat came out in a pastel orange which I fell in love with even more and would be able to pair this piece with multipul outfits once the wedding was over. It must have meant to be as online it was sold out but with hope in my heart I visited a store 1 hour from where I live and there it was the last one left in my size and half price. Later that day we where about to leave the shopping outlet when I wanted to pop into Phase Eight, I'd never noticed shoes in this small store before but on a sale wrack stood 4 pairs of shoes one being the perfect shade of orange to go with my outfit and yet again in my size with an awesome price reduction from £120 - £18 for real suede, this really was my day.

The day before the wedding we all traveled down to Otley, by all I mean 7 women, 2 men and a dog along with 9 cakes as the mother of the groom made them, squished into a mini van and hoping the dog wasn't hungry for cake. Arriving there safely we checked into Otley Country Chevin where the wedding was taking place in beautiful woodern cabins. The wedding day came and I had the honour of doing the make up and hair for the bridesmaids who don't usually wear makeup and so I didn't want to overwhelm them or make them uncomfortable on a big day so I did a very natural look for them. After fiddling around with hair and makeup I had 30 minutes to get myself ready and get to the reception. A lovely service, speeches, food and a great band with a night full of dancing the day was over with and I was definitely ready for the outdoor hot tub the next day.

Dress - Xenia Boutique

Coat - ZARA

Shoes - Phase Eight

I have recently got Staircase To Style a Facebook page and Instagram make sure to check them out and follow.

Beth x