The Bride Wore Vintage John Galliano for Her Halloween Wedding at Belvoir Castle

Needless to say, toning it down was never on the agenda for Tish herself. “I knew I wanted it to be quite gothic, Miss Havisham vibes,” she says of her dress for the ceremony, meaning a trip to Jane Bourvis’s Notting Hill studio, an Aladdin’s cave of exquisite vintage lace and antique textiles, was in order. “None of the dresses that were there quite spoke to me,” says the bride, who managed to persuade Bourvis to work on a custom piece. “I was like, I know you don’t make dresses from scratch, but please, you have to!”

A piece of Normandy lace Bourvis had bought at auction formed the body of the dress, with still more antique lace repurposed for the dramatic sleeves. “It’s based on Morticia Addams, who is my style icon, obviously!” says Tish. “Morticia, but make it bridal.” A stunning ’30s style veil was the perfect finishing touch. “Most veils are held together with a clip at the back, but I was looking at this amazing Jean Paul Gaultier bride whose veil had a clip at either side of her head. That’s what we’ve done and I’m so happy with it,” says Tish, who was thrilled to put her personal stamp on her wedding gown. “I had a hand in designing it which I wasn’t expecting,” she says. “It was a collaboration—an amazing one.”

Tish dispensed with tradition to get a professional opinion from her groom (whose own look for the wedding day incorporated John Galliano’s Margiela and Wales Bonner). “I know it’s supposed to be bad luck, but he saw it in his capacity as a stylist,” she says. “But then he got too involved, he was like, okay, you need to wear it with the Loewe shoes. I was like, back off, stay in your lane!” In the end, Tish settled on perhaps the most coveted shoe of the season: the Miu Miu ballet flat. “I suddenly had visions of tripping in heels,” she explains. “I feel much safer in them.”

Next up: a spectacular vintage gown from John Galliano’s fall 2009 collection—titled *Beautifully Iced Maidens—*for drinks after the ceremony. Tish was scrolling Instagram late at night when she spotted the dress on the Shrimpton Couture feed, and immediately reached out to founder Cherie Balch. “I told her, I need this dress! I think a lot of people wanted it, but Cherie was amazing,” Tish says. “She just said: It’s yours.”

Balch herself describes the piece as a “holy grail” for vintage lovers. “Even though this was a ready-to-wear collection the final gowns for the show were made in the Paris ateliers, and the beadwork was done by Lesage,” she tells Vogue. “The show closed with seven dresses dubbed the ‘Ukrainian ice princesses’, and this is perhaps the most recognizable of all of them. When Tish spotted it and told me she wanted it for her wedding I knew that it was meant to be. It is truly an extraordinary dress for an extraordinary woman.”

On the day, Tish added a pair of vintage Dior shoes and removed the lining from the Galliano gown. “It’s pretty much the ultimate in naked dressing,” she says. “But it wouldn’t be me without some element of nudity.” Dramatic, Rosalía-inspired mermaid hair extensions—the work of Tish’s friend and Bleach London co-founder Alex Brownsell—preserved the bride’s modesty. And to party after dinner in the castle basement—transformed into a “weird gothic dungeon” by sculptor and Glastonbury favorite Joe Rush—Tish chose a beaded, bias-cut gown by Galliano for Dior, sourced by Timeless Vixen. (In a joyful bit of fashion serendipity, the corseted lining of the Dior dress served as a perfect Juliet costume for the bride at the pub quiz.)

On Sunday, guests decamped to Frog Hollow, a picturesque picnic spot on the Belvoir estate, for a boozy recovery brunch, with Tish wearing an upcycled piano shawl dress by her friend and wedding guest, designer Conner Ives. “It’s bias cut and a bit backless—it really is amazing,” says the bride, who added a “massive and cozy” vintage Paco Rabanne coat and a pair of wellies. “I’ve had such fun putting together all of these looks. Clothes are a passion of mine—it’s a terrible addiction!”

Despite the spectacular run of bridal looks, runway-level beauty, and all those elaborate experiential touches (including the firing of the castle cannons after dinner), Tish isn’t someone who spent years fantasizing about what her wedding day would look like, she says. Tom proposed three years ago at Le Manoir aux Quat’Saisons, when she was eight months pregnant with their little boy, Reuben. “I knew it would happen at some point, but I was never that bothered about a wedding,” says Tish. “But I did love the idea of a really magical party.”