Steampunk Fashion: Military Wedding in Chamonix

Chamonix is our destination today as we are off there for the real military wedding of Adam and Harriet, beautifully captured by Gemma Lovett-Hume Photography. When Adam and Harriet officially started planning the biggest day of their lives one of their key decisions was where to have their wedding. They were looking for a destination and venue which was personal and intimate, but spectacular and memorable too.

Bamburgh Castle on the wild Northumberland Coast was the first venue choice because of Adam’s childhood roots, with the The Royal Military Academy at Sandhurst being second as Adam was completing his training there.

Finally though, Adam & Harriet realised that Chamonix was in fact the perfect choice for their wedding day; the place where Harriet had spent much of her childhood & more importantly where Adam had proposed the previous year.

The couple’s next challenge was when to set the all important date? With Harriet living between both France & the UK and Adam training to become a 2nd Lieutenant at Sandhurst, their schedule was incredibly tight. So much so they decided to schedule their wedding just days after celebrating Adam’s “Passing Out” at Sandhurst and just before his shipment a week afterwards.

Nonetheless, their day was nothing short of being absolutely beautiful, and together with their closest friends & family was relaxed & filled with love, laughter and much merriment.

Harriet wore her Grandmother’s antique jewellery which matched her 1920’s styled dress to perfection.

A nostalgic highlight for the happy couple was revisiting the spot where Adam had proposed, and with Mont Blanc as our magnificent backdrop it was literally the perfect ending to a wonderful day.

Bride Harriet says: ” The atmosphere on the day was wonderful, we didn’t have to worry about a single thing, just accepted that what was going to be would be now after so much planning and looking at all the options etc, my new husband was clearly so happy and we could look around and see so many people’s involvement everywhere! From the church decorations to the cake to the music, to guests and family helping some of the others with getting home later, sober or otherwise!

Loved the speeches too, they were the only part of the reception that I had nothing to do with and wasn’t sure what to expect! Touching and funny.”