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Blossoming Bride


When even a short walk to the local coffee shop in an effort to break in a new pair of shoes becomes a reminder of weddings, it is time to succumb to Royal Wedding Mania.

See the blossom on these trees yield pink petals like candyfloss confetti ...

Before.

After.

With under a fortnight until the big day we thought we would revel in the joyousness of the royal matrimonials with our feature 'Make it a Royal Wedding' - a little guide for brides, guests and wedding gifts.

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Just a little something to peruse while breaking in new shoes.

We Deliver


We have chosen not to have a testimonials page because (from our point of view at least) testimonials can often read as if they have been written by the company itself. We are very lucky indeed to have customers who are incredibly generous with praise for our products and our service and receiving these comments is great for motivating our team.

Every so often, however, we get an email from a customer that stands out for one reason or another. We think that the comment below is especially interesting for our new international customers. Perhaps you live in the US, Australia or Japan and question when your order will get to you and in what timeframe. Our main method of international shipping is with sovereign postal services rather than blue-chip couriers and costs a fraction of those to boot (£13 approx $20). This customer ordered her gloves on the Monday and they arrived on the US West Coast by the Saturday. We were thrilled with the United States Postal Service and can't help feeling that the enormous growth of online shopping has been a contributing factor to their increasing efficiency:

 
Ladies' Satin Cocktail Gloves - Black Bow Cocktail Gloves - Black.co.ukHello,

I want to thank you for such good service after I placed an order for your Black Bow Cocktail Gloves. The order was placed at the last minute, and I had them sent directly to  my hotel in Portland, Oregon for an evening wedding I was attending last Saturday. The gloves were waiting for me at the front desk when I arrived and are just gorgeous! I had so many compliments from everyone. They looked absolutely elegant with my dress and jacket and really "made" my outfit. And I cannot thank you enough for such prompt service and a wonderful product.

Virgin Bride


It appears that I am now that person who waits from 8am to 1pm for Virgin Media to turn up and fix the cable, only to find that they came at 10:12 but no-one was in so they left a card.  And the reason that no-one was in was because they got the wrong house. I’m now waiting for them from 1pm-6pm, so the phantom engineer has 8 minutes to turn up.

So I thought I’d fill the 8 minutes with a posting. More like 6 minutes now. It occurs to me that there is a silver lining to being held ransom at home all day with no milk and no company and that is productivity.
 
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In short, The Wedding Collection is now up and running on Black. It is a selection of our best-selling bridal accessories including our famous Ivory Faux Fur and Silk Shrug and White Bow Cocktail Gloves. Additionally, we have some very elegant wraps, one studded with glimmering Swarovski crystals as well as a few silk charmeuse hair accessories.
 
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Beyond this is our bespoke service, which we can offer on a number of our lines. So if you felt like crystal-studded ivory opera length duchess satin gloves, well my dear, you could have them.
 
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Jilted.

 

 

Black Wedding


There's a first time for everything. So it was that over a week ago Black witnessed its very first wedding; not bad going for just under four years of trading. Worth underlining here that we accept that Black is an inanimate object and that what we mean is that other members of the Black team witnessed another member get married.

Here is a gratuitous snap:

 

The Black Wedding, as well as being a lovely affair, also marks the beginning of wedding season; a time of year where we pick up a number of calls from brides looking for the perfect ivory shrug, or lace gloves, or hair accessories for bridesmaids, or luxury shawls for wedding guests. With this in mind, we've decided to launch the Wedding Edit, where the wedding party can find all the accessories they need under one 'roof'.

The Wedding Edit launches May 20 2010.

Crowd Pleasers


Without wishing to put too fine a point on it, Black is in the midst of wedding season which is why these gloves:

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(very popular among the cocktail-and-Ascot-crowd) - are now available in white for the bridal crowd.
 

 

 

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 Many hands make white work.