If your side tables are filling up with floral watercolour invitations and the months of June, July, August (and September, October... oh god!) are becoming saturated with Save the Dates, you might well be feeling a growing sense of dread. The wedding season to end them all is coming — and what the hell are you going to wear? Don’t panic. Charging up and down the country (and even nipping to celebrate the friends dead-set on marrying in Sardinia) can be done in style — all you need is a little preparation and the odd pro trick.
Before you even get to the burning question (dress, jumpsuit or tailoring), stylist Mary Fellowes insists on following one golden rule. After years spent pulling together last minute looks as an international Vogue creative director, and the woman behind Olivia Colman’s green Prada Oscar frock in 2019, her first step for wedding dressing is always the same: “Start with shoes,” she says. “Wedges or really nice sturdy heels, ideally patent, as a lot of weddings involve grass, which wipes off easily.”
