After she got engaged, financier Carmen James didn't start booking appointments at rarefied bridal boutiques and white glove salons. Instead, she began hunting on familiar ground. “My mum and I used to go vintage shopping every Saturday growing up and whenever we travelled,” she says. “I still have the 1960s twisted sculptural midi I picked up in Paris for my school formal, and antique kimonos from trips to Japan.”
A collector of pieces from the 60s and 70s, with a penchant for “Dundas-era Pucci, Tom Ford-era YSL and Gucci”, vintage was the obvious choice for James's wedding looks, which include a rare fringed cerulean dress from Tom Ford's final Gucci collection for her
