Blog – The Wedding Room Nottingham

A Guide to Wedding Dress Silhouettes - Fit and Flare or Mermaid

The Fit and Flare (or Mermaid) silhouette wedding dress is often considered to the most glamourous and iconic wedding dress style.

October 9, 2025

A Guide to Wedding Dress Silhouettes - Aline wedding dresses.

Wedding dress terminology is a lingo you are only just getting to grips with, in the blog we explain what the A-line wedding dress is. A-line dresses are one of the most flattering silhouettes and are ideal for many different body shapes.

September 25, 2025

A guide to wedding dress fabrics - Part 2

As we continue to explore different fabric types used in bridal dresses, this post introduces you to two further fabrics, crepe and chiffon, both plain but with very different characteristics.

September 11, 2025

A guide to wedding dress fabrics - Part 1

Wedding dress terminology can be daunting, lets demystify some fabric types here in our first part of fabric series. Lace and Mikado are two hot fabrics at the moment and show no signs of vanishing for 2025/2026 trends.

August 28, 2025

When do I start looking for my wedding dress

Starting your wedding dress search early and making your decision with 12 months to go means less stress, more choice and time to enjoy the bridal dress journey.

August 7, 2025

Bridal Dress - Tailored to perfection

By your side to support you every step of the way.

At The Wedding Room we are all about service and ensuring the service doesn't stop when you say YES! We are proud to offer, not only an exceptional selection of handpicked dresses from international designers, but also the expert care of our professional in-house seamstress.

July 24, 2025

First Look

Everyone is talking about ‘the first look’ right now. That moment when your eyes meet for the first time, and you see your partners wedding look. These moments are captured...

May 19, 2024

Anything But Average

Research says that the average dress size for UK women is now a 16. Research also shows that in 1958 a size 16 would have a 28 inch waist and...

February 6, 2024

Happy Birthday To Us!

We cannot believe that we have been at 169 for ONE WHOLE year today. The time has flown by so fast. Firstly, we’d like to say thank you for your...

February 1, 2024

New Year, New Dresses

We are kicking off 2024 with a steady stream of new dress gorgeousness from Justin Alexander. Back in June we selected new styles to add to our collection. We’d like to show you three which have arrived this month.

January 20, 2024

Small Business Saturday at The Wedding Room

Did you know that November 25th 2023 is small business Saturday. As a small business in a lovely community, we have decided to open our doors and show you what were all about.

November 14, 2023

Bridal Make Up Artist - Bethany Joy

We are always asking our brides which suppliers they have chosen for their wedding day. For make up, the name Bethany Joy Bridal is often mentioned. Bethany has been the make up artist for many of our brides, so we wanted to show you some of Bethany’s beautiful work.

August 29, 2023