{"id":2160007,"date":"2026-09-23T13:40:25","date_gmt":"2026-09-23T10:40:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=2160007"},"modified":"2026-09-23T13:40:25","modified_gmt":"2026-09-23T10:40:25","slug":"fifty-brides-celebrate-50-years-of-bridal-fashion-in-southampton","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=2160007","title":{"rendered":"Fifty brides celebrate 50 years of bridal fashion in Southampton"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The event was to celebrate 50 years of the family-owned bridal shop, Brides of Southampton<\/figcaption><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Wedding outfits from the last five decades have been shown off on a red carpet in Southampton.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Fifty people, ranging from 26 to 76 years old, took to the catwalk modelling outfits from the 70s through to a future bride of 2027.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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The event was to mark 50 years of the family-owned Brides of Southampton.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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“It’s wild,” director Shelley Jory-Leigh said, adding that her mother had stopped traffic with a horse drawn carriage and models when she opened the bridal shop in Portswood Road 1976.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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“So I knew we had to do something big to celebrate 50 years,” she said.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Shelley has worked at the store since she was 10 years old as a runner, and eventually took over from her parents.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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The family’s shop, now in Carlton Crescent, has served more than 35,000 brides from three generations. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n

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