A Complete Guide To Sticking To Your Budget As The Wedding Season Madness Ramps Up

Farnoosh Torabi was fulfilling her bridesmaid duties, planning a memorable bachelorette party, when she received a very welcome note.

How to get hitched cheap

I have planned my daughters' weddings for them. As the father of the bride, I claim that prerogative. I get stuck with the bill.

Alice Temperley's new adventures

British, bohemian and beaded, Alice Temperley's clothes are instantly recognisable – and now the designer is taking her brand to the high-street, in a collaboration with John Lewis Associations with the Alice Temperley name, in no particular order: the royal wedding ( Pippa Middleton's green evening dress was by Temperley.) Barbour (Temperley designs a capsule collection for the brand.) Cider ...

Big days out

WEDDINGS, WEDDINGS, weddings – that old adage, “it never rains, but it pours” is never so applicable as it is between the months of May and September. If we have one wedding invitation on the mantelpiece, we have seven – meaning seven brides to coo over on their hen night (or, more likely, hen weekend), seven gifts to buy (or cheques to write) and seven outfits to assemble.

Mission: make your own wedding cake

My big brother is getting married soon, hurrah! But instead of posh cutlery or a new teapot, my gift to him and his bride-to-be will be… the cake.