In colour

Lemon and chocolate satin

Alessandra Rich cuts this midi dress from silk-satin in a pale sherbet lemon, with a ruffled collar, ties at the neck, puffed sleeves and pearly buttons. £488.

Reiss’s Sasha dress is chocolate brown satin with gathered draping, a cowl neckline, flutter sleeves and a high front slit. £138.

The heels

Strappy, block or kitten

Reiss’s Margot sandals are leather with a metallic finish, narrow straps and a slender stiletto, £158. Stuart Weitzman’s Babette 85, made in Spain, sits on a sculpted slim block heel in soft rose, £225, which is easier on a lawn or a terrace.

Giambattista Valli’s black slingbacks have a pointed toe, a bow and a 40mm kitten heel. £538.

The earrings

Pearl, crystal or colour

Mateo’s drops are 14kt yellow gold with a freshwater pearl and round-cut diamonds, £938. Self-Portrait’s silver bow earrings end in a faceted crystal droplet, £115.

Completedworks’ bow earrings are strung with fuchsia pink chalcedony beads. £235.

The necklace

One pearl or five

David Yurman’s Infinity necklace is a fine 18-karat gold chain with a twisted, cable-engraved pendant around a freshwater pearl. £1,350.

Daisy London’s Estée Lalonde station necklace hangs five freshwater pearl drops from a 14ct solid gold chain, £629. The brand’s seed pearl necklace is 18ct gold plate, £169.

With a veil

Something more sculptural

Alighieri’s Moonlight Capture earrings pair freshwater pearls and moonstone in 24kt gold plate, £325. Completedworks’ swirl earrings are gold-plated recycled silver with freshwater pearls and cubic zirconia, £359.

For the morning

A ring to stack

Daisy London’s Pearl Wave ring sets freshwater pearls on an 18ct gold plated band of recycled sterling silver. The brand suggests sizing up. £115.

The first night

A long ivory slip

Agent Provocateur’s Cecily long slip dress in ivory is silk and drapes close to the body, £200.

Over it, the Cecily long gown in the same ivory silk, £320. The two together make a matching set for the wedding night.

For breakfast in the room

Pyjamas and a camisole

The Cecily pyjama set is black silk: a button-up shirt with AP monogram embroidery and relaxed trousers with a drawstring waist. £245.

For warmer nights, the navy Cecily camisole top, £115, and matching shorts, £95. The Allegrah mules are navy silk satin with a patent heel and a marabou pompom, handmade in Italy, £320.

From other houses

Velvet, satin and lace

Olivia von Halle’s Garbo nightdress is navy silk-velvet with a V-neck and a dipped back, £290. Comme Si’s pyjamas are pastel yellow silk-twill with contrast piping, £363.

Loretta Caponi’s Albina chemise is striped satin trimmed in corded lace, handmade in Italy, £536. Carine Gilson’s robe is silk-satin with lace-trimmed kimono sleeves and a tie belt, £2,085.

Colour

Galvan and Fforme

Galvan’s gown is lightweight satin-jersey in a shade called Toffee, with a one-shoulder neckline and gathers along the seams that give it a liquid drape. £1,290.

Fforme’s Emi is bright red satin with a cowl neck and spaghetti straps, cut to the floor. £905.

Green

Victoria Beckham and Costarellos

Victoria Beckham’s gown is aloe green with a round neck, long sleeves and a twist at the waist: the one for a cold evening. £947.

Costarellos’s Lorinne is mint green jersey, draped, embellished and sleeveless, falling to the floor. £1,270.

The heels

Saint Laurent and Gianvito Rossi

Saint Laurent’s Cassandra sandals are high-shine patent leather on 90mm stilettos, with the gold-tone monogram at the front and slim straps around the ankle, £1,075. Gianvito Rossi’s Mamba 85 pumps have coiled suede straps and crystal-encrusted buckles, £744.

Velvet

Gabriela Hearst and Cortana

Gabriela Hearst’s Adolphine is made at a female-led factory in Italy from certified organic silk-velvet, with a silk-voile bodice trimmed in floral lace and barely-there straps. £930.

Cortana’s Iris is bordeaux crushed velvet with a V-neck, a self-tie scarf collar and short sleeves. £1,114.

Print and texture

Chloé and Abadia

Chloé’s burgundy red silk dress has a floral print, wide three-quarter sleeves and buttons down the front, cut short. £1,565.

Abadia’s wrap midi panels velvet against wool-blend twill, with slim ties at the waist and an asymmetric hem. £219.

Closed shoes

Khaite, The Row, Aquazzura

Suede suits the season. Khaite’s Cecilia is brown suede, made in Italy, on a 5cm heel with a gold staple at the vamp, £850. The Row’s Carla 80 is dark brown calf suede with a square toe, £813. For a country wedding, Aquazzura’s chestnut suede ankle boots with a pointed toe, £1,000.

The eternity band

Suzanne Kalan

Suzanne Kalan sets baguette diamonds at angles so they catch the light from every side. The Short Stack is white gold with baguette and round diamonds, £6,601. The Stacker is a chunky yellow gold band of baguettes totalling 1.87 carats, £13,500.

For colour, the yellow gold eternity band of princess-cut pink sapphires, £2,721.

The statement band

Sophie Bille Brahe

Sophie Bille Brahe’s Ensemble de Sky is 18-karat yellow gold set with oval and brilliant-cut diamonds totalling 1.09 carats, with a GIA report. £10,500.

To build a stack

By Pariah, Daisy London, Yvonne Léon

By Pariah’s set of three rings is 14-karat recycled gold, one with lab-grown diamonds and one with onyx, to wear alone or together, £4,650.

Daisy London’s pavé ring has 17 lab-grown diamonds in 14-karat gold, £599, and Yvonne Léon’s mini twisted band is 9-karat gold with rainbow enamel, £382.

Colour, with a sleeve

Jenny Packham

Jenny Packham’s Ursa is crepe in a shade called Chilli Red, with fluttering cape-effect sleeves and bursts of crystals along the neckline, cut to the midi. £516.

The Jupiter is navy crepe, and its cape sleeves are embellished with crystals arranged as twinkling stars. £630.

Burgundy

Victoria Beckham and Safiyaa

Victoria Beckham’s Bela is burgundy, draped and gathered at the waist. £990.

Safiyaa’s Rella is burgundy crepe cut to look like a pencil skirt and peplum top, trimmed in satin at the neck and waist. £374.

The coat

Max Mara

In autumn and winter the coat is in the photographs too. Max Mara’s cape coat is sand cashmere with buttons and short sleeves, easy over a dress with a sleeve. £2,255. The belted coat in beige is the classic, £2,045.

Made to change

Clio Peppiatt

Clio Peppiatt designs for exactly this moment. The Lille is ivory stretch-tulle, hand-embellished with glass beads, and its bow detaches as you go from ceremony to reception. £555.

The Daisy has detachable tulle sleeves, crystals along the square neckline and a subtly flared shape. £925.

The full skirt

Alex Perry and Carolina Herrera

Alex Perry’s Elyse is luminous silk-faille with an inner corset, a strapless neckline with a wraparound cuff, and a full skirt to balance it. £558.

Carolina Herrera, whose bridalwear launched in 1987, makes a strapless mini in white moire-taffeta, tiered in two cascading layers of ruffles. £1,343.

The sparkle

Jenny Packham and Emilia Wickstead

Jenny Packham’s Alexis is covered in ivory sequins and star motifs, with a fitted bodice and long sheer sleeves. £1,950.

Emilia Wickstead’s Judita, from the label’s bridal capsule, is ivory cloqué with pintucked seams that shape the figure. £285.

The showpiece

Jimmy Choo Allure

Covered from toe to heel in crystals, each one hot-fixed before it is mounted so it stays put: a classic pointed-toe pump on a spike heel, and the pair that makes the dress. £3,700.

For something just as bright but lighter to wear, the Azia 95 in ivory satin, crystal-embellished, with the curved straps that climb the foot. £2,275.

The classic

Manolo Blahnik

The Hangisi 90 in white corded lace with its signature crystal buckle, made in Italy. £1,185.

The Carolyne Bride is the understated one: smooth satin, pointed toe, a 50mm heel and partly elasticated straps, made in Italy. £775.

The ceremony dress

Zimmermann Luna

A burst of flowers in chiffon, with petal-like ruffles, halterneck straps and off-the-shoulder sleeves. It walked the label’s SS26 runway styled with a statement necklace.

For gardens

Aquazzura June

A black suede sandal with a T-bar front and lace-up ankle ties that keep it on your foot on grass and gravel, finished with a gold-tipped heel. Made exclusively for NET-A-PORTER.

For black tie

Self-Portrait crepe column

Black crepe cut as a column, with a faille off-the-shoulder neckline, an appliquéd flower and an open back. Diamond earrings and a small clutch are all it needs.