White Gallery Opens its Doors to New Talent 2012

The UK’s only designer bridal exhibition, White Gallery  London, was staged over the last 3 days, Sunday to today, at Battersea Evolution.  White Gallery has a reputation for delivering the best names in the business. With an audience of leading retailers from as far as Japan and attracting a high level of international media attention, this is the show that positions British bridal design at the forefront.
Important British names such as Amanda Wakeley, David Fielden, Ian Stuart, Sassi Holford, Matthew Williamson, Stephanie Allin and Stewart Parvin are among the global players who regard White Gallery London as key to their business interests. It is an elegant and exclusive show which facilitates the coming together of the top designers and their customers, the top bridal wear stores.

This year, White Gallery London introduced a small group of talented UK designers who are poised for critical and commercial acclaim.

According to Event Director Alejandra Campos: “it is important that the industry recognises the names that will shape bridal in the years ahead. The high-voltage talents we have on board for White Gallery London are every bit as individual as they are exciting. It is thrilling that White Gallery London will help them on the next stage of the journey”.

At 2pm yesterday, the New Talent Preview wowed visitors and buyers alike. Retailers, on the look-out for bright new names made appointments to see the hand-picked young labels.  Coming soon to a boutique, near you!


Watch out for...

The Vintage Wedding Dress Company

Renowned Stylist Charlie Brear has brought together her years of experience in fashion to create The Vintage Wedding Dress Company, showcasing the Decades Collection which is a new range of vintage-inspired dresses, each capturing the essence of an era, from the 1900s through to the 1970s. With an unrivalled knowledge of vintage dresses Charlie has created a beautiful capsule collection of gowns each elegantly constructed using the silhouettes of past decades.


Tobi Hannah

London-based designer Tobi Hannah is rapidly developing a reputation for well-crafted little dresses that make women feel effortlessly sexy – her best-selling dress to date, Rosales, a blooming rose number, sold out within 24 hours of reaching retailers around the UK. This capsule dress-only collection of intricately-detailed short and tea-length wedding dresses is going places. Tobi’s passion for modern art is evident in her work and she is uncompromising when it comes to production. It is an unconvential look, and one which young, adventurous brides will love.

Terry Fox

She debuts her 2012 collection, a set of designs for the style conscious bride. The collection encompasses a new direction for the Bridal designer. While maintaining her signature avant-garde style, Terry has incorporated vintage design influences, taking inspirations from Madeleine Vionnet-style fabric draping, Mad Men skirts and glamorous swing jackets, all in luxurious white chocolate-inspired shades.With Terry’s eye for detail and perfection each dress has been lovingly handmade in the UK using only the finest tulle, chiffon and duchesse satin in pure silk with rich embellishments of original vintage pearls and crystals.

Sanyukta Shrestha

Her beautifully made bridal collection combines eco-friendly use of fabrics with each exquisitely hand crafted bridal millinery and accessories telling its own truly ethical story, on how and where it’s produced and the crafts makers who made them. Most of the fibres used in the collection of hats, fascinators and accessories are wild fibres which are skilfully hand loomed by underprivileged village women in Nepal. Each style within this exquisite collection follows ecologically green guidelines, with fabrics from ethical and fair trade certified manufacturers.

Elizabeth Stuart

Elizabeth Stuart steps outside of the box of ordinary bridal design presenting a creative vision where future meets fairytale and falls in love.Much love x
Elizabeth Stuart’s emphasis on the beauty of a woman’s best attributes, her careful consideration to detail, utilisation of the highest quality silks and material, including her ideology that the dress must feel wonderful against the skin, results in the most extraordinarily luxurious, glamorous, and memory making designs.


Sarah Janks

Luxury designer wedding dresses –classics style with a modern slant.

Sarah’s collection of timeless classics reflects her international experience and technical skill, with a range of dresses, which are individual and distinctive. There is strong focus on the quality of fabrics, superb cutting and corset construction as well as the finely worked handcrafted details on many of the dresses.