Rock My Wedding
Bike Shed Motorcycle Club Wedding for ELLE Digital Editor | Bespoke Bridal Dress | Paul Smith Suit | Drag Queen | Nigel John Photography
22.03.2019

Bike Shed Motorcycle Club Wedding for ELLE Digital Editor

Written by Victoria Honan
Photography by Nigel John

Bride Walking Herself Down The Aisle

 

I’m a women’s interest journalist and stridently, if sometimes aggressively, feminist. And Luke is a species all of his own; an artist and a wanderer who doesn’t like playing by anyone else’s rules. Neither of us intended to get married and none of our friends expected us to, so we decided that we needed to interrogate many of the traditions of a wedding and marriage, to determine whether they felt relevant or meaningful to us. And, if they didn’t, we got rid of them. As a result, I walked myself down the aisle; I had bridesmen as well as brideswomen; we nixed all the stuff about ‘obeying’ and ‘serving’; my mum gave a speech, as did my sister; we didn’t have a gift registry; and I didn’t change my name. We created the sort of wedding ceremony that actually meant something to the two of us and wasn’t necessarily tied to the traditional tenets of marriage. - Natasha & Luke

Concept Catering By Mam Sham

 

I’m a women’s interest journalist and stridently, if sometimes aggressively, feminist. And Luke is a species all of his own; an artist and a wanderer who doesn’t like playing by anyone else’s rules. Neither of us intended to get married and none of our friends expected us to, so we decided that we needed to interrogate many of the traditions of a wedding and marriage, to determine whether they felt relevant or meaningful to us. And, if they didn’t, we got rid of them. As a result, I walked myself down the aisle; I had bridesmen as well as brideswomen; we nixed all the stuff about ‘obeying’ and ‘serving’; my mum gave a speech, as did my sister; we didn’t have a gift registry; and I didn’t change my name. We created the sort of wedding ceremony that actually meant something to the two of us and wasn’t necessarily tied to the traditional tenets of marriage. - Natasha & Luke

Written by

Victoria Honan

Bridal Shoes:

 Topshop | 

Bridesmaids Dresses:

 ASOS | Revolve | 

Groom's Suit:

 Paul Smith | 

Jewellery:

 Astrid & Miyu | 

Caterer:

 Mam Sham | 

Entertainment:

 Duane Lamonte | 

Drag Queen:

 Baby Lame | 

Lighting and Sound:

 Visual Elements London