An Essex Wedding - July/August 2020 (Issue 93)

6 H ello lovely readers, and welcome to our summer issue! We’re dedicating this edition to all the couples who were meant to be getting married this season. Our thoughts have been with you throughout the past few months, and we thank all of you who have shared your stories with us. The silver lining for me has been hearing about the amazing wedding suppliers in our county who have pulled out all the stops to ensure couples still get to have their perfect day – albeit not when they expected to. We’ve got a corker of an issue for you; we’re celebrating the talented people who create beautiful big-day products by hand (page 51), looking at injecting colour into your wedding with flowers (page 47) and we dream of epic honeymoon destinations to bookmark now (page 92). Often overlooked, bridal prep is a wonderful time to have a toast with your besties and celebrate your last morning before becoming a newlywed. Flick to page 79 to see how you can do this in style. As so many of you are social distancing, we have opened up our back catalogue for you to read online to keep you entertained and inspired – just head to our website. Hannah x Distributed by Marketforce (UK) Ltd, 5 Churchill Place, Canary Wharf, London, E14 5HU. Tel: 020 378 79001  Email:  salesinnovation@marketforce.co.uk Circulation Marketing by Intermedia Brand Marketing Ltd, Unit 6 Enterprise Centre, Kelvin Lane, Manor Royal, Crawley, RH10 9PE.  Tel: 01293 312 001  Email: getintouch@inter-media.co.uk ISSN 1745-6541 EDITORIAL 01376 535 611 Hannah Faulder | Editor hannahf@county.wedding Danielle Harvey | Managing Editor danielleh@county.wedding Melissa Barker | Grooms Editor Kelly Andrews | Beauty Editor Hannah Faulder| Honeymoon Editor Claire Ridley | Fashion Editor Sarah Reeve | Lifestyle Editor DESIGN 01376 535 616 | artwork@county.wedding Graphic Designers | Sarah Hill | Stephanie Hodder | Vicky O’Connor | Sarah Young Production Assistant | Lorna Butcher Digital Marketing Coordinator Katie Laley Web Development Manager Stuart Weatherley ADVERTISING Sales & Events Director | Sarah Ellis 01376 538 490 sarahe@county.wedding Account Manager | Melissa Gilbert 01376 538 479 melissag@county.wedding Subscriptions 01376 514 000 | subscriptions@county.wedding ACCOUNTS 01376 535 616 | accounts@county.wedding Accounting Manager | Derrick James An Essex Wedding is solely owned, published and designed by KD Media Publishing. Whilst every effort was made to ensure the information in this magazine was correct at the time of going to press, the publishers cannot accept legal responsibility for any errors or omissions, nor can they accept responsibility for advert content, or of the standing of advertisers or by the editorial contributions. The views expressed do not necessarily reflect those of the publisher. An Essex Wedding is published six times a year. Subscription rates are £18.20 per annum (incl. p+p). Cheques should be made out to KD Media Publishing and sent to An Essex Wedding , c/o KD Media Publishing, Pantile House, Newlands Drive, Witham, Essex CM8 2AP. @CountyWeddingMagazines @CountyWeddings @cwm_wedding Visit us online at county.wedding and countyweddingevents.com Hannah Faulder, Editor Here at YWMW HQ we adore this dress from our fashion spread over on page 73 I wore separates for my wedding, so I’m loving that our fashion editor has picked them as a key trend. Looking suave, guys! LOVE ISN’T CANCELLED I dyed my hair pink during lockdown – certainly didn’t look as incredible as this though! cwe COUNTYWEDDING EVENTS How inviting does this look? www.laur aberesford.com 90 61 82 92 WIN! A LUXURY MINIMOON IN TUSCANY, WORTH £1,500. 74