27/04/2026
I thought I would share these images of my beautiful bride Leighanne wearing her soft ivory chiffon & pastel flower bespoke dress , it was so pretty x
Review : Leighanne Higgins
Dress : Susanne Christyne Bridal Bespoke
I cannot express my thanks to Susanne enough for making my wedding dress journey so special. I am not someone who had a strong idea of what I wanted, and I get confused and find it difficult to make decisions when there are too many options surrounding me. So the intimate and personalised setting with Susanne was perfect for me.
She was very quickly able to help guide me on finding a design and style that suited and felt comfortable to me. However a key moment was when I spied some embroidered flowers on one of her designs and mentioned liking it. She explained that I could have flowers if I wanted them. Before we knew it my dress had flowers on the front bodice and once we started adding flowers I just wanted more and more, adding them to the back bodice and train of the dress also. My sister said it looked like I had a garden on my dress and it was so true and so perfect to me. I love colour and flowers and in hindsight a plain ivory/ white dress just would never have been me.
A real special thing throughout the dress journey was working closely with Susanne. She allowed me to pick what flowers I liked and together we agreed the placement of them. This co-created element was super special for me. When I saw the finished dress I was blown away, despite seeing it building up, when you see the final dress that you will wear down the aisle it is just a really important moment that I will treasure in my mind for life, and Susanne made that moment really beautiful and special.
On my actual wedding day, I felt like a flower princess and truly didn’t want to take my dress off. Everyone commented on how beautiful and unique it was, even our male guests. However, for me the most special moment was after walking down the aisle my husband to be and I walked onto the altar to light a candle together, and he quietly said to me, “you look beautiful petal”. He has called me petal, due to my love of flowers, since we started dating in 2015. In that moment I realised the dress wasn’t just perfect for me, it was a perfect representation of us. So thanks Susanne for making “us” our perfect “petal” inspired dress.
Ps: The horse image was not staged - the horse photobombed us, a very happy and beautiful accident. My husband thinks he wanted the flowers in the dress and bouquet as he kept coming to me most of all. I think it was my late grandad getting in on the day.
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