BRIDES AT WORK DAY

The National Wedding Show is calling on all Brides to wear their wedding dress to work on the 17^th September 2010 to raise vital funds for Breakthrough Breast Cancer. It doesn’t matter if you were married in 2010, 1970 or even if it’s still a work in progress… if you can find a dress (and fit into it!) we need you to get sponsored for wearing it.

For those women who would love to get involved but are not able to wear their wedding dress for the day, why not use a memento from your big day such as a tiara, veil or even your garter. All that is needed is a willingness to raise awareness and funds for the fight against this devastating disease.

Visit www.breakthrough.org.uk/bridesatwork for further information on how to get involved and take part

Online Auction

The National Wedding Show is delighted to hold an exclusive auction of hand-picked bespoke and limited edition products for your wedding to raise money for Breakthrough Breast Cancer.

Our amazing auction gives you the chance to get your hands on some of the most individual and beautiful products the bridal industry has to offer, whilst also raising money for such a good cause.

Have a look below at some of the lovely items featured in our auction just waiting for your bids!

Click here to start bidding today

Click here to start bidding today

Fashion tips for your second big day

TV Fashion guru and host of the National Wedding Show’s bridal make-over show, Caryn Franklin offers her advice on how to get the look for Brides at Work Day; ‘This is a chance to get that dress out again and relive the big day, for a great cause. If you no longer have the dress or fit is a problem, here are my top tips for ‘Brides at Work Day’.

• If that beloved gown is a tad tight, consider, sewing some satin ribbon where the fastening is so that you can use the ribbon as a tie and leave the original fastening open, then cover up with a cardigan or wrap. Also consider support underwear like a waist cincher to knock off an inch or two
• If you don’t have the dress any longer, wear something else from the big day - your veil and tiara will make a great impact.  But don’t forget other accessories like shoes and garter
• Hey Grooms, don’t leave fundraising all to the Brides…join in by wearing your suit, and button hole. Mums can wear their special outfits and for the less adventurous just the accessories will do hats, fascinators and corsages will hit the spot….and, Bridesmaids we are counting on you, so don’t miss your chance to dress up for the day too!
• For Brides to be, don’t miss out on the action… invest in a novelty tiara and put your hair up and add to your daywear. Affordable fun tiara’s are readily available from the high street
• Brides at Work is a chance to get dressed up for the day, in anything wedding related – have fun and raise money!

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How You Can Get Involved

It is easy to raise vital funds for Breakthrough Breast Cancer by getting involved. You can;

• Take part in Brides at Work yourself – if you fancy donning your wedding dress and showing your big day look to your colleagues for charity, sign up and get sponsored -click here to register for your fundraising pack.
• Rally up your staff and friends – why not take the pressure off and dress up and travel into work together as a group and make a real day of it
• Go one step further and organise an office wedding party, list the key players, bride, groom, bridesmaid, mother of the bride/groom, flower girl etc…  and draw the roles from a hat.  Could create some interesting brides! Sign up click here and get sponsored by all those who work for and with you! 
• Organise a mini wedding cake themed sale in the office – cupcakes always go down a treat
• Ask everyone in your office where they went on their honeymoon and ask people to pay £1 to match each person to their honeymoon destination. You could get a prize for most correct answers.

Every year nearly 46,000 women and around 300 men are diagnosed with Breast Cancer in the UK. The good news is that through better awareness, better treatments and better screening more women than ever are surviving breast cancer. 

This is why we have teamed up with Breakthrough Breast Cancer to launch this brand new fundraising initiative – Brides at Work.

Exclusive t-shirts and headpieces mean everybody can be a ‘Bride at Work’

Diamon’T has designed the official ‘Brides at work’ limited edition designer t-shirt that holds the distinct ‘Brides at Work’ logo embellished on the front of the t-shirt in dazzling diamante for a truly glitzy item of clothing to wear with pride on the 17^th September in support of this great charity event. The t-shirts are priced at £9.99 and are available in both black and white and in a range of sizes to suit all shapes, sizes and age ranges.

Click here to order yours today!

Rose Garden Accessories, one of the UK’s leading handmade bridaljewellery and accessories brand has produced an official ‘Brides at Work’ limited edition Princess Crown priced at £9.99 - a sparkling and striking traditional tiara in soft pink finished with a Swarovski crystal embellished ribbon; and the Candy Stripe Headband also priced at £9.99 - an adorable braided headband in candy shades of pink satin, cotton and cord.

Click here to order yours today!