Vintage Winter Narnia Themed Bridal Shoot

When I first stepped through the fully constructed wardrobe, complete with real hanging coats and pushed straight through into a cold (yes it was really cold!) snowy winter wonderland (just like the film!) I just knew I had to do a bridal shoot here.

So, the timespan from the seed of the idea in my mind, to actually shooting was only 4 days in total, before the wardrobe would be dismantled after a run of Narnia themed Christmas parties.

Obviously in the book the Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe by CS Lewis, there is no bride per se (though the children are royalty), but taking a bit of poetic licence in this shoot and drawing on themes in the book, we have an adult Lucy Pevensie (the first person to go through the wardrobe through into Narnia).

The 1930s style of wedding dresses and vintage jewellery lend themselves particularly well to the timeline in which the book is set. Professor Digory Kirke’s study and Turkish Delight also feature in this shoot, though in the book it is Edmund Pevensie that eats the Turkish Delight not Lucy.

Tech note: Shooting outside in ‘Narnia’ where it is always winter but never Christmas required an ISO of 2,000!

A big thank you for all those who helped out in such a short time frame (less than 48 hours notice!) to pull this together.

Venue: No 11 Cavendish Square

The Chronicles of Narnia wardrobe/Narnia styling: No 11 Cavendish Square

Vintage jewellery: Yulia Kunze

Vintage 1930s wedding Dresses: Halfpenny London

Styling: Cassandra

Enjoy the pictures!

P.S. Happy Christmas Eve!