Anthropologie's new bridal range has caused a bit of a stir. If you're remotely interested in anything wedding-y, you'll be be aware of the extent of that understatement.
It. Is. Stunning.
It's called 'BHLDN', and pronounced 'Beholden', h'appparently. I don't know if I like that. Bit text-speaky for me, but hey. I'm not their PR gal. However, apparently it's inspired by the Dutch word for 'to keep', which is actually a little bit beautiful.
I knew I would like it from the moment I clicked onto the website and saw some lines from Keats' Ode to Psyche:
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| And there by zephyrs, streams, and birds, and bees, |
| The moss-lain Dryads shall be lull'd to sleep; |
| And in the midst of this wide quietness |
| A rosy sanctuary will I dress |
| With the wreath'd trellis of a working brain, |
| With buds, and bells, and stars without a name, |
| With all the gardener Fancy e'er could feign. | | |
A literary reference? I'm sold.
And what a lovely reference, too. Does he not paint a picture of the most beautiful drowsy summer evening? Does 'rosy sanctuary' and 'wreath'd trellis' and 'buds' and 'stars without a name' not just conjure up images of a glorious midsummer wedding garden party?
I fink it does.
But hey - it's all about the dresses. And then I saw this one and thought, "If I looked remotely like this - EVER - I think I would die happy."
It's not even a wedding dress, people. It's a Dress What You Might Wear As A Guest To A Fancy-Fancy Wedding. But I for one would be happy to walk down the aisle in that little number.
And isn't the green ribbon just darling?
I tell you, it gave me some dress wobbles for a few minutes there. That was until I talked myself round by muttering things like, "You can have a green ribbon on YOUR dress if you really want one, Laura. There, won't that be lovely?" to myself.
The real-life wedding dresses are equally fabulous. My favourite of the wedding-y dresses? This one. I think.
And the shoes. Oh, the shoes. I've picked a couple of favourites here but honestly, this is just a sample of the beauties that await.
Jelly slingbacks, anyone? What's that you say? Something more traditional? Try these...
And I say who bloody cares if green is unlucky?
Lovely lovey. Have a look. My only warning is that the combined effect of the soft-focus photography and the beautiful models and the artfully-mussed hair might make you hate your own life and everything in it. Just for five minutes or so.
