Ba&sh Registry Wedding Dress

Photography by Richard Murgatroyd Photography

Real bride, Valerie's registry wedding dress was short, flirty and perfect for this micro wedding in Chelsea. She completed her look with a bridal crown, birdcage veil and killer shoes. Plus, red blooms to pay homage to her Chinese heritage. Together with her new beau and, Recommended supplier, Richard Murgatroyd Photography, they took to the streets of London, stopping traffic as they went and being greeted with toots from passing taxies and buses. Love wins!

Bride in a Ba&sh registry wedding dress, Tilly Thomas Lux crown and Sophia Webster shoes for a stylish micro wedding in London.

After getting engaged in September 2018 and planning two wedding receptions for over 300 people (in London and Hong Kong), we ended up organising a micro-wedding of 15 people at Chelsea Old Town Hall due to COVID-19! It was planned in under 3 weeks, after re-arranging 3 times and contemplating a secret elopement! In the end, it was exactly as we hoped given the circumstances.
Valerie & Scott

Bride and groom laughing during Chelsea Town Hall wedding ceremony

Confetti moment with the bride in a short wedding dress and the groom in chinos and navy blazer exiting

Bride with shoulder length brown hair and birdcage veil holding her grooms hand on a bridge

Wedding guests live streaming a micro wedding

Perspex sign at Chelsea Old Town Hall registry office wedding

Black and white portrait of the bride and groom first look

Bride in a short registry wedding dress kissing her groom in front of a pink door with LOVE sign

Groom in beige trousers and navy jacket crossing the road with his bride in a short wedding dress and birdcage veil

Bride and groom exchanging vows at Chelsea Old Town Hall

Bride in short wedding dress and beige coat walking towards her groom for their first look

Bride in short wedding dress and Sophia Webster shoes standing on a bridge in London with her groom

Portrait of the bride in a registry wedding dress and groom in beige trousers with navy blazer on Albert Bridge

COVID secure registry office wedding at Chelsea Old Town Hall wedding

Bride in Ba&sh registry wedding dress and birdcage veil holding a red wedding bouquet

Bride and groom waving to their virtual wedding guests

Bride with half up half down hair wearing a birdcage veil

Red and cream wedding bouquet with hydrangea head, roses and dahlias

Asian bride with curly hair putting on her bridal crown

CHELSEA

We chose a local (and iconic) institution - Chelsea Old Town Hall - for our ceremony, and another beloved Chelsea institution - The Bluebird - for our reception - ostensibly due to the pandemic, but it was also wonderful to get married so close to our long-time home.

MOMENTS

Stepping onto the historic steps of Chelsea Old Town Hall and into the cheers and well wishes of our loved ones, plus those who dialled in from several countries via Zoom. While photographs of newlyweds on the stairs under confetti are epic, the moment itself was so much better!

Bride in short registry wedding dress and groom in chinos and blazer walking across Albert Bridge in London

Intimate micro wedding reception at Bluebird Cafe

Portrait of a bride in a shirt wedding dress holding a red flower bouquet and her grooms hand standing in front of a colourful graffiti wall

Bride in short wedding dress with button front holding hands with her groom in a navy blazer

Groom with his new bride and mum during the micro wedding reception at Bluebird Cafe

Bride and groom portrait outside the pink door in Chelsea with registry wedding dress

Socially distanced cocktails at Bluebird Cafe

Red, cream and yellow wedding bouquet with hydrangeas, dahlias and roses

Bride in a Ba&sh registry wedding dress, birdcage veil and strappy shoes holding hands with her groom as they walk through London

Bride in a Tilly Thomas Lux crown embracing her groom during their micro wedding reception

Asian bride in birdcage veil and Tilly Thomas Lux bridal crown

Groom in navy blazer embracing his bride in a short registry wedding dress holding a red and cream bouquet

Glass centrepiece vase with flower stems

Beautiful Asian bride with subtle makeup up and birdcage veil bridal accessories

Bride in short wedding dress and Sophia Webster shoes flipping her leg up on a bride in London

Bride and groom holding hands in front on a giant graffiti wall in Chelsea, London

Black and white portrait of the bride and groom about to kiss with the bride wearing a birdcage veil

Asian bride in registry office wedding dress, birdcage veil and bridal crown laughing with her groom

Bride and groom portraits by Richard Murgatroyd Photography

Valerie and Scott had many a bus and taxi toot in celebration of them getting married.

Our micro-wedding was only possible because we kept the focus on the most important thing to us - getting married! We had to let go of a lot of plans, pre-paid bookings, expectations and wishes - our own as well as those of family and friends - but felt strongly about getting married in 2020 and made it happen through open communication and plenty of compromises. With any budget, choose what matters the most to you and spend wisely - for us, this was our photographer and florist, and we allocated our spend more in their direction.
Valerie & Scott

We've seen a huge increase in couples having registry office weddings due to COVID-19. And whilst their weddings may have been small, the love and fashion have been mighty. We've put together an article to help you find a registry wedding dress (or jumpsuit) to suit you.