Posh Lets You Try On Her Wedding Corset
We're still deep into That Extra Half An Inch, Victoria Beckham's style guide that's only been published overseas (so far!). The insights it's giving us into the Beckhams' relationship, my god! And possibly because we skipped over the chapter about skirts (seriously, fuck skirts) on the first go-round, we'd previously overlooked the bit about the Happiest Day of Posh's Life. It turns out that she has some advice about how you can save money whilst planning your own wedding! You know, like she did.
I was never one of those little girls who sat around and dreamed about her wedding day and it wasn't until I met David that I thought I'd want to get married at all. But once I decided to, I had a pretty good idea how I wanted the wedding to look. My taste, as you can probably tell by now, tends towards the classical side so I wanted a clean, simple gown and I'm so pleased I went for that because I still love the dress, after all these years. My dress was made by Vera Wang, who's famous for making really timeless, elegant wedding dresses, and the corset was made by a man called Mr. Pearl. Now, he really is a bit of a character. He wears a corset himself all the time, even to bed, because he is so focused on maintaining his 18-inch waist. So he wears it literally day and night, which is true dedication to one's figure. But his corsets do honestly give you that womanly, 50s silhouette taht I love, and it felt so sexy having that on my wedding day. Flowers can be tough as they're so expensive. So to make things less complicated, and possibly even cheaper, I recommend going with a theme. At our wedding, I wanted to stick with the colour theme of our house, which is deep purple, red, and green, particularly as I think strong colors give a really good dramatic effect. Alternatively, all white flowers at a wedding always look lovely but, for heaven's sake, don't include carnations—they are far too petrol station for your special day.