The Love My Dress Podcast: Weddings, Business & Life - #2: Joanna Brown on Authenticity in Wedding Photography, Redefining How Women Are Visually Represented, Being a Bride and Balancing Motherhood with Entrepreneurship

#2: Joanna Brown on Authenticity in Wedding Photography, Redefining How Women Are Visually Represented, Being a Bride and Balancing Motherhood with Entrepreneurship

10/03/23 • 92 min

The Love My Dress Podcast: Weddings, Business & Life

LOVEMYDRESS.NET // Joanna Brown is a gifted British wedding photographer who resides in Brighton in the South East of England, and Normandy in France, where she's renovating a beautiful property, alongside her young son, Fox, and fiancé, Andrew.
Joanna has been photographing for the past 30 years and shooting weddings for the last 13 of these. We met online, shortly after Joanna entered the wedding scene, and then went on to meet in person and get to know each other better when we attended the wedding of a mutual friend and colleague. Eventually, we would work together when, 10 years ago, Joanna photographed the contents of my book, Style Me Vintage Weddings, published in 2013.
Joanna has come a long way since then - her body of work, which has been featured in Vogue, The Together Journal, The Lane and of course, Love My Dress, has evolved into a truly exquisite collection of art that sensitively, playfully and timelessly portrays the essence of human connection, life and the pure moments of the joy that unfold on a wedding day.
Jo’s passion for sharing how she sees the world is infectious. She said recently, “My art is basically my heart in physical form. As long as my heart is still beating then I will continue to make art.” And through her 13 years of creating art for couples in love, she has remained unwaveringly true to her authentic self and unique perspective on life.
In her own words, Jo is “committed to living a creative and abundant life full of colour, vibrance and adventure and carving out an unchartered path.” I am to have had the opportunity to have Jo share her wisdom, insights and personal story.
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#1: Andrea Hawkes - 10 Years of Business Success Creating Sustainable Bridal Fashion and A Journey of Personal Resilience and Recovery

LOVEMYDRESS.NET // Andrea Hawkes a British bridal designer based in London, who is renowned for creating contemporary, sustainable, minimalist wedding dresses for modern brides.

Andrea Hawkes Bridal is stocked at multiple British and European bridal boutiques. As well as her gowns, Andrea has also created a collection of wedding veils and luxury sustainable pyjamas and nightwear.
This conversation is with designer Andrea and her husband Dan, her business co-founder. Andrea talks about how she found herself designing wedding dresses and her career trajectory. She discusses her commitment to sustainability in business, balancing work and parenthood and shares details of her experience receiving devastating health news during the covid.
We adore working with this wonderful, family-run business with strong ethical values.
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TRIGGER WARNING: Please note, this episode contains discussions of a sensitive and personal nature relating to women's health. Listener discretion is advised.A NOTE ON SOUND QUALITY: Please be kind, this is the first Podcast we recorded and there are one or two patches of impaired sound, as my guests were sharing a laptop with no mic's. This doesn't detract from the ability to enjoy this episode fully. DEAF? You will find a full transcript of this episode here:
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#3: Emmy Scarterfield of Emmy London, on Creative Design, Parenthood, Building a Luxury Brand With Her Husband and The Secret To Comfortable Wedding Shoes

LOVEMYDRESS.NET // Emmy Scarterfield is Founder and Creative Director of Emmy London, a luxury lifestyle brand that creates the most beautiful bridal and event shoes and accessories. The Emmy London brand exemplifies beauty and comfort and Emmy is renowned for her immaculate and intricate attention to detail, bespoke craftsmanship and quintessential British style.
As well as her hugely successful online store and beautiful boutique on the Fulham Road in South Kensington, Emmy has also designed a line of jewellery that is exclusively available at British Jeweller's, H Samuel.
After graduating at the revered Cordwainers College in London, Emmy spent a transformative 5 years in Milan, where she honed her craft for design houses like Gorgio Armani and Bottega Veneta. Returning to the UK, she had an entrepreneurial lightbulb moment that lead to the establishment of her eponymous brand in 2004 - a brand that has since gone on to become synonymous with refined, luxury style and can often be seen worn by Royalty, celebrities - and, of course, a multitude of stylish Love My Dress brides.
Emmy is not only a visionary in the world of luxury bridal fashion; she is also a loving mum to twin teenage girls and dedicated partner to her husband Dickie, who plays a crucial role as the company's Managing Director.
We'll explore Emmy's path from her childhood in rural Somerset countryside, to the heart of the luxury fashion world where her business thrives today. We'll share her insights into entrepreneurship, creativity, parenthood, luxury shoe design and building a brand with a lasting impact.
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In this episode, we explore the loss of a parent, grief and childhood eating disorders. Please take care listening.
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The Love My Dress Podcast: Weddings, Business & Life - #2: Joanna Brown on Authenticity in Wedding Photography, Redefining How Women Are Visually Represented, Being a Bride and Balancing Motherhood with Entrepreneurship

Transcript

ANNABEL (HOST)
Welcome to the Love My Dress podcast.
I am your host and founder of Love My Dress, Annabel Beeforth, and I'm absolutely thrilled that you're here.
This podcast has been created for anyone planning their wedding, for all wedding business owners and everyone interested in the world of creative business entrepreneurship, whether you're deeply involved in the wedding industry, on its periphery, or just generally curious.
In each episode, I'll be engaging in conversati