Junior Doctor Audrey and Software Engineer Tyron tied the knot on 15th June this year, with a reception at Cannizaro House in Wimbledon, London.
This classy couple opted for a black tie dress code, with Audrey wearing a modern, minimalist gown by Newhite, which she discovered at The Fall Bride – a boutique based in Dalston, East London and very popular with Love My Dress readers.
This simple, elegant and intimate wedding was captured beautifully by photographer, Marta Ilardo.
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Photography
We chose to work with Marta Ilardo because we loved her style of shooting and her vibe. We wanted an editorial style for our pictures, and hit it off from our first meeting. We met in person on the day of the wedding, but I felt like we were meeting an old friend.
We cannot recommend Marta enough – she is personable, efficient and captured every special moment of the day. We look back at the pictures and still can’t figure out how Marta got some of the shots that she did.
My sisters were my unofficial bridesmaid and maid of honour. I didn’t tell them what to wear, but they both coincidentally wore full length chocolate brown dresses from Club L London and Vesper. Their shoes were from Simmi Shoes, via Asos, and Zara.
Flowers
My bouquet, the corsages and the boutonnières were all made by Florals by Funmi. I had seen a few bouquets that I liked online, but then came across one I loved on her website.
They were all personally delivered on the morning of the wedding. I added a small details by attaching a photo of my grandparents to the bouquet.
How They Met
We met in February 2019 at my friend Tayo’s masquerade themed birthday party. The version of events that we both agree on is that Tyron asked for my number just as I was leaving, and we ended up going on our first date 2 weeks later.
There actually wasn’t a down-on-bended-knee proposal. Tyron was on holiday in December 2021, and during one of our conversations, asked if I wanted to get married. Our families then met up in the new year officially (Unbeknownst to us our mothers had met in private but that’s a story for another day).
A traditional Ghanaian “knocking” ceremony was arranged for later in the year marking the beginning of our official engagement. In essence we were engaged for about a year before we married.
Tyron wore a custom made, double breasted tuxedo by Suit Supply, Vigo St (shout out to Harrison who didn’t spare any details). Tyron wore a pair of patent leather oxford shoes and bow tie from Suit Supply, and cufflinks from Aspinal of London.
Reception, Evening & Dancing
The cake was a lovely surprise from my siblings! They know we love simple design, and picked this particular style from Pinterest. It was a delicious vanilla frosted sponge cake made by my brother’s friend Tremaine of Reille K. Cakes & Co, which made it all the more special.
Our place cards and wedding signage were all done by Marisa at Cannizaro House. We did have personalised bio-degradable confetti. My sisters bought off some faux flowers off Amazon that we used to decorate the singing table, and then repurposed for the table decorations when it was time to eat.
We didn’t have a formal first dance, but ended up dancing to a personal favourite “Odo” by Kidi.
Our families joined us after dinner to dance to this, and thinking about it makes me break out in a smile. Odo means love in Twi.
Words of Wedded Wisdom
Our words of Wedded Wisdom when planning your wedding would be: go for what you want. Don’t be persuaded into having the wedding you think you should be having.
It’s easy to get swept up with the hype and excitement of it all, but pause and ask yourself if what you’re potentially stressing over will matter when you look back on it.
