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With weddings come presents. But making sure you get things you need or want takes more than luck. Carole Hamilton, author of the Sublime Wedding and a former editor of You and Your Wedding magazine for more than 13 years, picks Britain's best wedding list services. Click to view Top 5 Wedding Lists.
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Best Designer Goodies (Selfridges) |
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 Couples who love big-name brands will be kept more than happy in the Wedding Shop in Selfridges, London. Combined with Vera Wang's first UK in-store bridal suite, this outlet is designer heaven for brides.
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| The Wedding Shop is in the basement of Selfridges in London's Oxford Street. The boutique stocks Vera Wang's heavenly wedding dresses and the gift list goodies are just as tempting. |
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 The trained wedding list consultants know how to cater to every taste and will guide you through the vast range of products on offer in the department - probably with a glass of wine in your hand.
Designer names to drool over include Missoni Home, Designers Guild, Kenzo, Hermes, Christian Lacroix, Dualit, Mulberry Home and Alessi.
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Online, if you like |
Your gift list can be run online as well if you prefer with access for guests to choose and pay for items on the web and for you to view what's been bought and who has bought it.
Confetti.co.uk, the UK's biggest wedding website, recommends The Wedding Shop at Selfridges and describes it as offering "the experience and individuality of a specialist wedding list service within the familiarity of one of London’s leading contemporary department stores".
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And If You Want Cash ... |
 For couples who perhaps don’t know what they want yet, Selfridges Celebration Service is a great alternative. Your guests are invited to pledge money into your wedding account for you to spend in Selfridges on whatever you need, when you need it. Money can be pledged by telephone, post or in person.
The account is closed one week after your wedding, once all pledges have been received, and you then arrange a special shopping day to spend the spoils of your account.
Other benefits include:
- Selfridges adds an extra 5% to each pledge.
- You get a list of contributors along with their special messages.
- There's free food and drink vouchers on your shopping day.
- The store provides free parking or delivery for what you
choose on the day.
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To find out more |
For more details call 08701 212 187, Monday to Friday, 10am to 6pm, or email celebration@selfridges.co.uk
Opening times: 10am – 8pm Monday-Saturday, 11.30am – 6pm Sunday.
For more information on The Wedding Shop and for details of their other showrooms in London, check out weddingshop.com
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