One of the things I love about wedding styling is that you can start with a recognisable look, and it will still become its own wedding. 

The venue, the season and the way the space is used all shape how that look comes to life. Then the two people getting married bring their own personalities to it, making it feel completely their own. 

Take Modern Elegance. Clean, refined and contemporary can look very different in a grand country house than it does in a modern London venue. The design language is the same, but the surroundings give it a completely different character. 

English Garden is another lovely example. Put those organic, layered, romantic florals into a summer marquee surrounded by greenery and they almost become part of the landscape. Bring the same feeling into a beautiful manor house and suddenly there’s this lovely contrast between the looseness of the flowers and the formality of the room. 

Then there’s Black Tie. Monochrome, candlelit and minimalist. In a grand ballroom it can feel dramatic and sophisticated. In a smaller, more intimate space, the same look can become incredibly warm, with the candlelight doing much more of the work. 

And Romantic Luxe brings something different again. It’s soft, elegant and more formal, but even that can move in different directions. The architecture of the venue, the proportions of the room and even how the tables are arranged can change where we create the bigger moments and where we allow things to feel softer. 

This is why I find wedding styling so interesting. 

A style gives us a visual language, but it doesn’t dictate exactly what the wedding has to look like. 

And that’s the part that makes each wedding different. 

The starting point might be the same. The wedding never is.