Using the finest French Chantilly lace and luxurious Duchess satins, unique hand embroidery, lustrous freshwater pearls and sparkling Swarovski crystals embellish a collection of soft balletic accessories from delicate headdresses to waist cinching belts, opulent bracelets and pretty shoe clips.

Handmade silk blossom flowers are embellished with Swarovski crystals and cascade over shoes, silk belts, bracelets and hairpins.  Mother of pearl flower and gleaming seed pearls are hand embroidered onto Chantilly lace sourced from the finest Parisian couture lace makers.

A multitude of industry awards from the most reputable publications are representative of the caliber of Freya Rose’s timeless designs and her ever-growing popularity amongst press and world-renowned stores including Browns Bride, Alice Temperley and Philippa Lepley.

• freyarose.com

• 5 Star Weddings: Can you tell us about how you use precious materials such as 18ct gold, diamonds and Tahitian pearls in your designs?

• Freya Rose: Within Freya Rose a lot of our trims are made using real pearls, cubic zirconia and sterling sliver. We take this use of finest materials further through some of our bespoke pieces that have featured: heels carved in silver, 18ct gold and tahitian pearls. These couture pieces are made by goldsmiths through a lengthy process that usually takes months of research and development.

• 5 Star Weddings: We always love all your designs but you are particularly good at perfecting the romantic look with intricate detailing – is this style still very much a favourite with 2014 brides?

• Freya Rose: Romance is very much the essence in our bridal designs and will always be a timeless in bridal design. This year we are taking our detailing and developing it further to create even more intricate.

• 5 Star Weddings: Do bridal shoes follow the styles of fashion trends or do you find you have to be a bit more subtle?

• Freya Rose: We are always looking to what people want and the need to be on trend with shapes and heels is often thought about here are Freya Rose. However bridal is only partially trend lead it is mainly about personality.

• 5 Star Weddings: How have brides tastes and requests differed over the years? Are brides going for heels? platforms, accessories more? If so in what way?

• Freya Rose: Since we started brides seem to always be looking for something different yet subtle. Lately we have found that brides are looking more and more for platforms and higher heels. However we have found that like fashion bridal trends seem to work in a wheel.

• 5 Star Weddings: What shoe style are you liking the most this season for brides?

• Freya Rose: We are loving the Reiki from our latest collection, which is now available in Browns Bride. Embellished with fresh water pearls on french chantily lace, handmade silk flowers and our signature mother of pearl heel it is truly exquisite and jewel of a shoe.

• 5 Star Weddings: Where do you get your inspiration from for your shoe clips collection?

• Freya Rose: The beauty of the clips is they can be inspired by anything to add /change the look of the shoe. There is no limit to the materials/ colours and techniques that can be used. From collaborations with craftsmen such as Lila who makes us flowers made from clay to jewellers who make us clips made from sterling silver.

• 5 Star Weddings: How would you advise brides to choose shoes to go with their dress?

• Freya Rose: Complimenting your dress with accessories and shoes can be very different for each brides personal taste however we often recommend to mimic detailing on the dress through the shoes and accessories. Brides must also take in to consideration the shape and length of the dress that can determine different heel heights or toe shapes.

• 5 Star Weddings: Have you started on 2014/2015 designs? Can you give us a hint as to what we can expect?

• Freya Rose: Angels and Goddesses, unusual intricate embellishment and more gold tones

• 5 Star Weddings: Which shoe designer is an inspiration to you?

• Freya Rose: Rodger Vivier

• 5 Star Weddings: In your opinion what makes a 5 star wedding?

• Freya Rose: A 5 Star wedding is made by , good food, wine, live music in a setting that reflects the couples personality. A bride wearing a beautiful pair of shoes (of course) and a true love kiss always makes me cry (in a good way!!)

For more gorgeous designs visit freyarose.com

Copyright 5 Star Weddings

For more Meet The Expert Interviews click here

• The shoes are a very reasonable price of £1,650.00

Yes that’s right,  Shoes of Prey  offer you the opportunity to design your own shoes online, choosing the style, heel height, colour and material. They literally have thousands of design combinations to choose from and a large variety of fabulous materials, ranging from soft leather, fish skin, snake skin, Italian silk and many more.

You can design and make your own shoes ranging from ballet flats to truly glamourous 4.5 inch heels. If all of this wasn’t amazing enough, their prices range from as little as £100.Being a bespoke service, it’s about fit as much as fashion. Hence, they provide a wide range of sizes from a child’s size 12 to a much, much larger ladies size 13.5 (European 31 to 49), they can also make one shoe bigger than the other, adjust widths and much more. And, if they don’t fit perfectly, they will make you a new pair without hesitation.

Well, with this in mind, I hope I can lend a helping hand by giving you the low down on the latest celebrity shoes.  For all those who liked the style of Kate’s dress, Sarah Burton was in the limelight for making such an elegant, simple piece.

Starletta Glitz by Angela Nuran is a unique design. The crystals down the back of the heel together with the diamante’s at the front give off the glamorous look, while the white silky ribbon across the front softens the look, Christina Aguilera is known to wear such similar glitzy designs.

Another celebrity designer brand is the Aruna Seth.

Pippa Middleton wore these style petite shoes at the wedding, very subtle, stylish and elegant, which matched perfectly with her gorgeous fitted dress. These are great if you’re going for the traditional look.

American actress Anya Monzikova loves Loriblu shoes, they are a great designer brand. The wedges combined with the open peep toe and lace make this style bang on trend for summer/spring 2011.

If you’re looking for an exceptional style, Jimmy Choo shoes are unique and celebrities such as Beyonce Knowles and Uma Thurman love to wear them.

Or why not go for a Christian Louboutin style on your big day, stars like Rihanna love the funky designs and style. He makes ladies shoes sizes 2 – 5, so if you want glam then these shoes are just for you, very eye catching and the peep toe adds style, they would look great with a simple design.

For more amazing designs visit pretty-small-shoes.com

Copyright 5 Star Weddings

For more details see Freya Rose