Hot Groom Fashion From Bonobos

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Today, it’s all about the guys – I think they can feel left out when it comes to planning the wedding, no? We create all the Pinterest boards and colour schemes, and they (sometimes) have their suits already chosen for them by us. Well, why not let them choose to be comfortable in what they want to wear? It is their wedding day too after al. This is where the Bonobos Groom Service comes in handy..

“Style shouldn’t be complicated. Looking your best doesn’t need to be hard. It’s really about being yourself and finding what fits. We created Bonobos to help with both, offering well-crafted, great-fitting clothing and a top-notch shopping experience that’s simple and painless.”

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Just in time for the spring wedding season, Bonobos are launching a new collection of men’s Seersucker and Cotton suits a great-fitting and lightweight natural complement to warm-weather weddings!

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“The big day is on its way, and with it, a whole lot of planning. Why not make things easy – and stylish – by coming by the Guideshop? From tuxedos to chinos, “I do”s to honeymoons, your own personal Bonobos Guide will make sure you have everything you need to make your wedding extra-special and absolutely spectacular!”

“The foundation of any great wardrobe is fit. It doesn’t matter how great the clothes look if they don’t fit well.”

Love Letters – With True Grit & Amazing Grace

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Today I get to share with you the most beautiful story of Aisling and Jeremiah’s engagement, alongside the stunning photography of Natalie J Weddings

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We met in Vancouver, Canada. I had been living there for nearly a year and Jeremiah there for 3 years.

We met in a bar that I worked in Gastown called the The Metropole Pub “The Met”. Jeremiah would come in after work for a drink or he would come down on his days off with a group of mates for $2 Tuesdays. He and his mates drank a lot of $2 beers, they always tipped the best and the politest customers.

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One night someone had had too many $2 beers and a fight had broken out (a regular occurrence at The Met), somehow this time Jeremiah and his mates had got dragged into it and onto the street, Jeremiah’s jacket got left behind and through the chaos I managed to find him and give it back. That was it that was “the moment”.

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I was intrigued by Jeremiah, he was a big presence, always well dressed with tattoo’s and slick back hair, he was quiet and polite. We talked on Facebook and arranged to go to the movies.. The closer the date got, the more nervous I became.

A couple of nights before our date, I was out with some friends for a birthday and after a few too many drinks and new found courage I called Jeremiah and told him we had to meet right now and he obliged. Being the true gentleman he is , he looked after me gave me water and we talked all night, we were barely apart from that moment on.

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After a few months of being together and doing everything together, my Canadian visa was expiring and I had to go back to England. For us to be together, Jeremiah had to return home to Australia to work and to save. This was a very difficult time for us being worlds apart and both leaving behind friends and the city we loved so much, but after a few months I was granted my Australian Visa and Jeremiah had paid for my flights. I shortly after arrived in Australia where Jeremiah has become the Grit to my Grace and we have began a wonderful new life together with our trusty sidekick and puppy dog Mr Bugsy.

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After two years of living in Australia, we took a trip back to the U.K to introduce Jeremiah to my family (and little did in know, for Jeremiah to ask my dad for his blessing). We spent two weeks in the UK before doing a mini Euro Trip starting in Spain to see my bothers. From La Manga we drove the coast to Barcelona and then we flew to Nice. On the top of Montee Du Chateau over looking the most beautiful view of nice, Jeremiah told me he loved me as I was devouring the juiciest peach of my life I nodded with a approval. And then out of the blue he got down on one knee.. Through tears and beaming smile, (and a mouth full of peach) I said yes.

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Bridal Chic In The City – Made In Manchester Wedding Fair

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“An urban glamour wedding fair for city brides”

Are you a city bride looking for some fabulous inspiration? Then make sure you’re free on Sunday 11th May! (Less than two weeks away). Bridal Chic In The City is bringing their Made In Manchester wedding fair to the super rad Deaf Institute in the centre of the city!

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Bridal Chic in the City is a Facebook Magazine based in Manchester, UK

Our main aims are to promote small businesses and to offer our brides and grooms real affordability and quality so they can create their wedding dreams.

This cool Manchester venue will welcome a variety of exhibitors including cake makers, photographers, dress designer, florists and venue dressers to name a few, all offering bespoke one off services.

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A Yorkshire Wedding Full Of Vintage Heirlooms – Claire & James

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Today on Marry Me Ink is this stunning wedding full of vintage trinkets and heirlooms and of course a gorgeous tattooed bride named Claire and her new husband James from Karen McGowran Photography.

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“James and I met in our local gym. I caught him eyeing up my bum and we both couldn’t help giggling!”

I went over to him and offered him the 1kg dumbbells, I don’t think he was expecting such cheek! We went on our first date a few days later where he thrashed me at pool, bowling and “bop-it” – no letting the lady win!! After that first date he kind of never left and officially moved in three months later! One of the first few times he met my mam, she was at my house with her friends having dinner. My mam (a sweet innocent lady), tripped over and face planted James’s crotch, much to the amusement of everyone! It has been a running joke since that she has a crush on him and James delighted in bringing this up in his speech.

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James and I love hosting our close friends and family so when we found our venue, we were thrilled to find out it had a 20 berth cottage at the back. We invited our friends and family to stay for the two nights before the wedding where we hosted a big party and a pamper day for the ladies. It was fantastic to be able to make a full weekend of it and have our nearest and dearest there in the lead up to our big day.

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James and I are very competitive so we wanted to incorporate that into our wedding day– hence the limbo competition. We also hired a boxing machine, where the pad comes down and you punch it as hard as you can to reveal your score. There were some very competitive guests and it was only at the last hour that someone beat James! Along the competitive line we also had a “guess how many sweets in the jar” competition and the winner won the massive jar of sweets.

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We love playing pranks on each other and on each table we hid a whoopee cushion on a seat. We also wanted to capture lots of silly photographs which our wonderful photographer Karen McGowran did perfectly.

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