What fashion designers wear to get married, from Shrimps' Hannah Weiland to Tabitha Simmons

Picking your wedding dress is one of the most important decisions any bride will make.

Striking the right balance between show-stopping, practical, (within-budget) and on-trend usually means brides spend several hours in bridal shops before they find ‘The One’.

But how does it work for fashion designers, whose entire art and craft revolves are designing outfits women feel incredible in?

With the best staff, tools and knowledge at your disposable, is it a prerequisite to design your own dress? If so, does this mean spending months in the design studio in the lead-up to your big day?

Surely the luxury of being a fashion designer is being able to fill in the gaps in your own wardrobe where needed, so why not, eh?

Or does it feel far more modest to indulge in another designer you admire for your big day?

Either way, we’re sure the pressure to pull off a show-stopping number is paramount – so just how do fashion designers getting married fare?

Well, being peak wedding season, two of Britains favourite female fashion designers tied the knot this weekend and provided answers to all of our questions.

Shrimps’ Hannah Weiland

The London-based brainchild of faux fur and tulle-covered Brit brand Shrimps, Hannah Weiland, got married on Saturday to her brewing heir love Arthur Guinness.

Previously stating she wears Shrimps every day, it only made sense for her to wear one of her own designs to walk up the aisle – and that she did.

Weiland’s high-neck, floor-length gown featured Shrimps signature tulle, which draped loosely in the design.

It’s likely Hannah designed her dream gown herself, and surely had the help of her team to bring her creation to life.

The couple married near bride’s family home in Bradford on Avon, and glamorous guests included Vogue‘s Alexandra Shulman, Laura Bailey and influencer Camille Charierre.

Tabitha Simmons of her eponymous label

Across the Atlantic, British-born Tabitha Simmons was getting married to financier Topper Mortimer in Manhattan.

Simmons eponymous shoe brand is known and loved for its quirky-cool footwear, so it was clear she’d call up one of her designer friends to take on the role of designing her dress.

Up for the challenge were Dolce & Gabbana’s head designer Domenico Dolce and Stefano Gabbana, who created Simmons a gown worthy of a Victorian Italian wedding.

The gorgeous dress came complete with a high-neck (again), a frilly later at the chest, long lace sleeves and a voluminous skirt. Very Dolce.

Alice Temperley of her namesake label

To add to this weekend’s wedding fever, designer Alice Temperley of her namesake label was clearly feeling nostalgic about her own wedding day, posting a throwback from her 2003 nuptials.

She captioned the photo “When thinking about the very first @temperleybridal,” referencing her super successful spin-off bridal wear brand.

Jenny Packham of her eponymous label

Famed bridal designer Jenny Packham has designed wedding dresses for thousands of brides around the world.

Her timeless, chic designs serve as the perfect dress for any wedding day, so it was quite a surprise when she chose an unconventional number to marry her beau Matthew Anderson in 2015.

Packham through the wedding gown traditions she lives by out the window for her own day, opting for an appliquéd mauve midi number.

Sick of the sight of white dresses, perhaps?

Is it custom for fashion designers to design their own dresses?

One woman who thinks so is Mother of Pearl’s Amy Powney, who got engaged last year.

Upon researching, the creative director of the British brand felt the current options were “very standard and frou-frou,” she told British Vogue.

“You get trussed up in something that you can’t sit down or go to the toilet in because it’s got millions of over-the-top layers.”

She explained: “I’m just not a bride, if you know what I mean – all I wanted was to marry Nick and have all my friends and family there, have a big party. But there was nothing that felt cool or relaxed and comfortable for me to wear.”

As a result, Powney created Mother of Pearl’s debut ‘Pearly Whites’ bridal collection.

Oh to be a designer, eh?

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