Utopia by Suzanne Harward

There are two parts to a wedding day, running in tandem. One is visible to everyone: the ceremony, the speeches, the first dance. The other is quietly happening behind the scenes, from hair and makeup arriving on your doorstep at the crack of dawn to your venue team packing down…

Lake light at dawn, the Great Dividing Range on the horizon, olive groves, old homesteads and a coastline that runs from Phillip Island to the Gippsland Lakes. Gippsland stretches east of Melbourne for hundreds of kilometres, and its wedding venues begin just 90 minutes from the city. Our favourite Gippsland…

Introducing Courte Collection’s Les Noires, a love letter to la petite robe noire and to the bride who likes to make an entrance. For its latest collection, the Melbourne bridal label has taken its most-loved silhouettes, the Clara, the Lavinia, the Francoise and the Palazzo Pantalon, and remade them in…

Our friends Hey Jack and The Small Things Co. are launching the Intimate Wedding Collective, a curated experience for couples who want a smaller, more streamlined way to celebrate. To mark the launch, they’re giving one Melbourne couple a full wedding valued at $25,000 (amazing!). The day takes place on…

As we entered the softly intentional, effortlessly chic atelier of Carte Blanche Bride, I was immediately taken by the hero image of the collection – a bride, veiled and beset by gold gilding, hauntingly staring back from within the frame. There’s something arresting about her gaze, something that holds you…

Planning a wedding comes with endless questions – and conflicting advice from every direction. We asked some of Victoria’s leading wedding vendors to answer the most common wedding planning dilemmas, from ceremony-to-reception timing to late-night snack decisions. Here’s their expert advice on creating a seamless celebration with guest experience in…