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8 Bold and BeautifulDespite his imaginative creations having taken the bridal market by storm,
there’s much more to come from designer Ian Stuart
10 Get the lookAll you need for gorgeous DIY bridal beauty is the right products and a little practice
15 New ImageFabulous fashions mean you are certain to find your special wedding outfit at New Image
18 Something old, something newJust where – and why – did our modern wedding traditions originate?
Phoebe Seymour delves into the past
22 Tankersley ManorWith its elegance and charm, Tankersley Manor makes the ideal venue for a perfect wedding
28 Floral TributeFlowers will take centre stage at 2016’s weddings
32 Sobering up the stag doMore and more husbands-to-be are opting for booze-free bachelor parties.
How are they seeking thrills instead? Adam Kay reports...
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Bold andbeautifulDespite his imaginative creations havingtaken the bridal market by storm, there’smuch more to come from designer Ian Stuart,says Stephanie Burns.
Whimsical, theatrical,
flamboyant’. In three words,
globally renowned bridal
designer Ian Stuart
perfectly sums up his
signature style, a style that has been pored
over by brides the world over for well over a
decade and continues to attract great acclaim
from both customer and peer.
Anyone who has taken even a passing
interest in fashion or bridalwear will be
familiar with Ian’s creations. Boldly taking his
needle and thread where few have dared to
venture, his more elaborate gowns wouldn’t
look out of place in a Renaissance painting
and are often held up as the pinnacle of bridal
design. Deftly focused on fit, quality, styling
and detail, each piece is a work of art inspired
by three of the designer’s passions: old films,
coffee table books and music.
I managed to grab a quick phone call with
Ian at the beginning of the year as he was
putting the finishing touches to his 2016/2017
collections – due for release in April – to
discuss the highlights of his illustrious career.
In his line of work, days are anything but
typical. In and amongst the designing, his time
passes by in a whirlwind of meetings with
fabric suppliers, modelling agencies, sales
agents and jewellery designers, all the while
cataloguing and storyboarding the fabrics,
laces and trimmings he collects along the way.
Days after we spoke, he embarked on one of
his regular fabric-finding missions in Hong
Kong, China and Taiwan.
From a young age, Ian was given a taste of
a more international lifestyle than many
children are. He was born in Holland in 1967
before moving to Manchester when he was
five. Growing up, he adored theatre and the
arts and almost signed up to acting school.
Instead, he studied design and graduated with
a fashion degree from Berkshire College of
Art and Design in 1989.
Before the course had ended, he had
already been snapped up by David Sassoon
of Bellville Sassoon – a Chelsea-based
couture company that has counted Jackie
Kennedy, Audrey Hepburn, Elizabeth Taylor
and every member of the royal family
except the Queen among its loyal clientele
over the years – and chose, accordingly, to
specialise in wedding dresses for his final
project.
“It was a practical decision,” he admits. “I
really wanted to do theatrical costumes but
I realised that at that time there wasn’t that
much work in it. Wedding dresses and
eveningwear were the most similar things.”
At the age of 25, he secured a job at
Sweetheart Gowns – in his words, ‘a big
cheesy American bridalwear company’ –
where he worked for ten years, winning
Wedding Dress Designer of the Year in the
USA – a major achievement for an English
designer – in the process.
In 2002, having moved back to London,
Ian set about creating his eponymous
company along with fellow designer Peter
Tague. “We converted a spare bedroom in
the house, started up very small, made a
collection, went to show it at a show in
Germany and got a full order book. At that
moment it [went] from being a dream into
‘this is really tangible and we now have to
finance these orders and put them into
production and actually make these dresses’.
So it made it very, very real.”
The Collection Designed by Ian Stuartlaunched the following year in West Dulwich
and has since earned Ian the Bridal Designer
of the Year award five times. “Seeing [my
own company] get off the ground was a
really proud moment because I felt that
finally I was free and I didn’t have the
restrictions and constraints that working for
another company has. You only have to
answer to yourself.” >>>
Antoinette
Chiquitita
Wanderlust
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Ian’s dresses aren’t for every bride; it
takes a strong personality and style to pull off
his more daring designs. Just take his best-
ever selling flower bomb dress as a case in
point. Flower bomb, which Ian describes as
encompassing all the magic ‘Ian Stuart’
ingredients, burst onto the bridal scene in
2011 and was an instant hit. Such was its
success, it featured in the 2014 wedding dress
exhibition at the Victoria & Albert Museum
alongside dresses worn by Kate Moss, Dita
Von Teese and Camilla Parker Bowles.
His latest collections, while still heavily
featuring this signature style, have travelled in
a more demure direction, with 1950s-inspired
short styles and dresses with smoother,
cleaner silhouettes. They latter may look
easier to make than their frothier
counterparts, but Ian admits they were even
more challenging. “Those dresses look the
simplest but they’re actually the most difficult
because the draping is so complicated and
the dresses are so plain, you can’t hide any
mistakes with decorations,” he admits.
In April, he’ll no doubt wow yet again
with a new shape of dress that would look as
good down the aisle as it would on the red
carpet. Alongside these Oscar-worthy designs,
he’s also been experimenting with some
interesting fabric and lace combinations. And
his love affair with colour continues with
some multi-coloured pastel creations that
only he could pull off with style.
Unsurprisingly, given his passion for
theatre and music, Ian’s favourite job is
presenting these new collections and
showcasing them with a good dose of his
trademark flamboyance. “There’s always a
runway show that’s just happened, then
there’s the next one to plan ahead for so
that’s constantly on my mind,” he says. “I love
perfecting that. I love the whole presentation
of it, from the music to the set design to the
styling of the models.”
Since 2007, these shows have not only
featured his bridalwear but also his much-
loved occasionwear collection Ian Stuart
London. And it is these two pillars of Ian’s
career that led him to launch his first flagship
store, Blewcoat, last June, which was officially
opened by the man who gave Ian his break,
David Sassoon.
Whether brides are shopping at Blewcoat
or one of the boutiques hand-selected
exclusively by Ian to stock his dresses – or,
indeed, when buying any wedding dress – Ian
is outspoken about his dislike for online
wedding dress shopping and implores every
bride to visit a boutique to find the right style
rather than scouring the internet. “You need
to be able to see what you’re going to buy in
reality and you need to be able to look inside
it and know that it’s got the correct
construction that’s going to flatter your
body,” he says.
“When a girl goes into a bridal salon,
she’s given expert advice by the sales
consultants that will give her guidance and
help to eliminate the dresses that are not
working for her. The internet is not going to
be able to fit you in the dress and do your
alterations. It’s not going to advise you on
bridesmaid colours and how to pull it all
together. I think it also ruins the whole
experience for the bride because it’s a once-
in-a-lifetime thing and it should be a
pleasurable experience.”
For a man who has dedicated his life to
ensuring women look and feel their very best
on one of the most important days of their
life, it’s easy to see why he remains so
passionate about doing things the right way.
And still, no matter how many brides have
sashayed down the aisle on their big day in an
Ian Stuart gown, the designer has never tired
of seeing it happen.
“I feel really happy and proud that
somebody had so much choice but they ended
up getting one of [my dresses] when there are
so many other ones to choose from,” he says.
“That feeling when you see someone in one of
your designs, it never goes away.”
Visit www.ianstuart-bride.com to find yournearest stockist.
A preview ofnext season
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Riviera takes the current collectionin a more demure direction
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Get the lookAll you need for gorgeous DIY bridal
beauty is the right products and alittle practice, says Stephanie Burns.
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HIGHLIGHTEROptimise your bridal radiance byadding a touch of Topshop GlowHighlighter in polish, £9, to thetop of your cheekbones.www.topshop.com
BLUSHUse Clarins Multi-Blush inrose, £18.50, for a natural-looking flush of colour.www.clarins.co.uk
LIP TINTIf you’re not used to wearing
a heavy lipstick, a delicateswipe of Benefit Posiebalm,
£14.50, is the answer.www.benefitcosmetics.co.uk
EYELINERMAC’s Liquidlast Liner,
£16, will give you a clean,sharp flick that lasts all day.Come evening, build up for
a more dramatic look.www.maccosmetics.co.uk
MASCARAUse as little or as much ofthe eye-opening YSL babydoll mascara, £25, as youneed to suit your ownstyle. www.yslbeauty.co.uk
EYESHADOWThe subtle smoky
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palette, £38, will makeyour eyes pop.
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This year fabulous fashion boutique
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Just where – and why – did our modernwedding traditions originate? Phoebe Seymour delves into the past.
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Ah, white weddings. Traditions such as the gorgeous dress, the towering cake, and walking down the aisle are what a brides-to-be’s
dreams are made of. It may sound like a cocktail for the perfect wedding ceremony now, but if you got hitched a few hundred years
ago when these traditions were in their infancy, you’d probably find them less than romantic. From warding off evil spirits, to
stopping runaway brides, here are just a few of the reasons why we celebrate weddings in the way we do.
ORIGINS OF MARRIAGESo, why do we get married at all? The concept of marriage is about 4,350 years old. Anthropologists believe that before then, families consisted
of large groups (around 30) of loosely related people, with several male leaders sharing a number of women and children.
As hunter-gatherers started to settle into civilisations and nurture the land, they wanted smaller and more stable family units. Marriage’s
primary purpose was to bind women to men, and guarantee that a man’s children were truly his.
The first recorded marriage ceremonies between one woman and one man date back to 2350 BC, in Mesopotamia. Over the following
several hundred years, marriage evolved into an institution recognised by the ancient Hebrews, Greeks, and Romans. Interestingly, marriage had
little to do with religion or love to begin with.
Love became a motivating factor during the Middle Ages, whilst marriage was accepted as a sacrament by the Catholic church in the 8th
century. Marriage was then written into canon law at the Council of Trent in 1563.
It was only later that the western world started adopting the wedding traditions we know today.
Contrary to popular belief, the white dress wasn’t chosen to represent the purity and innocenceof the bride, but became fashionable after Queen Victoria wore white for her wedding.
Victoria (the trend-setting Kardashian of her time) wore a plain white dress to marry PrinceAlbert in 1840 simply because she liked the colour. But, she wasn’t the first... Mary Queen of Scotswore white to marry Dauphin François of France in 1558. However, this was consideredscandalous at the time, as white was traditionally worn by royal ladies in mourning.
The veil and train, on the other hand, originated in Roman times. Roman brides wereswaddled from head to toe in a gigantic flame-coloured veil called the flammeum as it wasbelieved its fiery appearance would scare off evil spirits. Similarly, bouquets used to contain garlicand dill, and bridesmaids wore similar dresses to the bride to confuse and ward off evil spirits.
The veil and train also prevented brides from running away from their grooms – and viceversa, as the bride’s face would usually only be revealed to him at the end of the ceremony.
THE WHITE DRESS
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SOMETHING OLD, NEW, BORROWED AND BLUE This tradition is believed to date back to 1898 and comes from an Old English rhyme which
says, “Something olde, something new, something borrowed, something blue, a sixpence in your
shoe”, all of which are lucky charms carried by the bride on the big day.
Something old represents continuity; something new offers optimism for the future;
something borrowed symbolises borrowed happiness; something blue stands for purity, love,
and fidelity; and a sixpence in your shoe is a wish for good fortune and prosperity, although
this last tradition does not seem to have stood the test of time.
In return, guests were traditionally given five prettily-wrapped almonds to represent
fertility, longevity, wealth, health and happiness as favours. Nowadays, we tend to use anything
from the classic sugared almonds, to CDs, to lottery tickets.
There are several possible reasons why we have tiered wedding cakes. In Ancient Rome, bread
was broken over the bride’s head to bring the couple good fortune and in Medieval
England, cakes were stacked as high as possible for the bride and groom to kiss over.
From the mid-1600s, a bride’s pie was served at most weddings. It was considered rude
and bad luck not to eat it. This was eventually replaced with a bride cake made of plums or
fruit cake, symbolic of fertility and prosperity.
Two cakes were then made – one for the bride and one for the groom. The groom would
have a fruit cake which was usually smaller than the bride’s, whilst the bride had a simple
pound cake covered in white icing.
And this is where the trend-setting Queen Vic comes in again. Sugar was very expensive, so
icing really showed off the social standing and wealth of the family. When Victoria used white
icing on her cake, she coined the term Royal Icing.
The first modern, tiered wedding cake appeared at Prince Leopold, Duke of Albany’s
wedding in 1882.
CHALLENGINGTRADITIONSSome of our wedding traditions are so
well established in our society, we
forget about the loopholes and how
fluid marriage laws can be. Here are a
couple of examples of wedding customs
tipped on their heads:
LEAP DAYAccording to an old Irish legend, St
Brigid struck a deal with St Patrick
to allow women to propose to
men. The catch? They could only
do so every four years on Leap
Day – 29 February. Many women
still think men should be the ones
to do the proposing, but we say
don’t wait for permission. Be a
leading lady... and don’t forget that
there’s one this year!
MEN WHO MARRIED MENYou may think gay marriage is a newconcept, but you’d be wrong. RomanEmperor Nero, who ruled between 54and 68AD, twice married men in formalwedding ceremonies.
Homosexual weddings werecommon in second and third centuryRome, but worried many people includingsocial commentator Juvenal, who pointedout that male “brides” would never beable to “hold their husbands by having ababy”, and the Romans outlawed formalhomosexual unions in the year 342.
It’s taken over 1600 years, but samesex marriage was finally legalised in theUK in 2014.
THE CAKE
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We are dedicated to making each of ourselect weddings a beautiful and fabulousexperience. With our unique historic grade IIlisted venue in the heart of the city centre,our passionate team can offer a weddinglike no other.
Share your dreams with us and we will shareour passion for excellence. From decadentafternoon tea celebrationsto seasonal wedding savers,there’s something for allstyles and budgets at theLeopold Hotel..
2 Leopold Street, Sheffield, S1 2GZt: +44 (0) 114 252 4000 f: +44 (0) 114 252 4001
www.leopoldhotelsheffield.comevents.sheffield@leopoldhotels.com
Celebrate your special day at
S H E F F I E L D
Weddings at the Leopold Hotel
90 decadent designer-ledbedrooms including the
ultimate in chic double height Mezzanine Suites
Set in the picturesque LeopoldSquare the Leopold Hotel offersclassic modern British dining in
unforgettable surroundings
4 Civil ceremony
licensed private suites of individual flair and character
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Choosing the perfect venue is one
of the biggest decisions you’ll
make when organising your
wedding. It sets the tone for the
entire day and can influence
many other elements – your dress, flowers,
colour scheme and stationery may all tie in
with your choice of setting.
Engaged couples looking for a blend of
old-world charm and modern elegance will be
delighted with the four-star Tankersley Manor.
Steeped in character, originality and
history, it combines traditional old English
stone, wooden beams and open fires with
contemporary touches and is firmly
established as one of South Yorkshire’s most
popular wedding venues.
The hotel is built around a former 17th
century manor house and is set in its own
grounds, with great indoor and outdoor
spaces for photographs and drinks receptions.
Civil ceremonies, wedding breakfasts and
evening receptions are held in a choice of
suites. So, whether you’re planning a wedding
for 50 or 250 guests – or something in
between – there is a suite to suit. The
Tankersley suite boasts its own private
entrance, reception area and bar and is ideal
for large weddings for 100-plus guests, who
enjoy exclusive use of the facility. The Pennine
suite and Manor suite, both located in the
main hotel, also have their own private bar
and cater for up to 100 guests.
The hugely popular range of all-inclusive
packages has been created to take care of
your every need. It includes a limited edition
wedding package at £4.995 or, if you’d prefer
something a little different, you can tailor-
make a bespoke package to suit your own
individual style.
Experienced and dedicated wedding co-
ordinators will help you to plan every last
detail, from drinks and dining options to
florists and photography. Their strong links
with trusted suppliers include all the extras
that make the day one to really remember.
Pre-wedding pampering is taken care of
at the on-site Reflections Spa & Leisure Club.
With five spa treatment rooms, a double spa
treatment room, an indoor swimming pool, a
sauna, a steam room, a whirlpool and a gym,
it has everything you need to relax before
the big day.
Make the most of everything the hotel
has to offer with the home-cooked Yorkshire
food of the Bar & Brasserie – the ideal place
to gather
your
closest
friends and
family for a
more informal
meal the evening
before, or day after, your wedding.
Alternatively, if you’re looking for something
extra special, private dining options are also
available.
There are 98 bedrooms, family rooms
and upgraded rooms – as well as plenty of
parking – so your guests won’t have to worry
about a thing. Accommodation discounts help
to keep costs down, too.
If Tankersley Manor sounds like your
dream venue, why not check it out for
yourself by attending one of the many
wedding open days throughout the year? And
don’t miss the wedding exhibitions, held each
February and September. Flexible
appointments are also available on evenings
and weekends, when a member of the team
will be happy to show you around.
If you can’t wait to marry your fiancé,
selected dates in 2016 are available with a ten
per cent late availability discount. If you’re
planning a little further ahead, there are still
some dates left for 2017, too. But be quick, as
they’re already being snapped up.
For more information, contact the TankersleyManor events team on 01226 744700 ortankersleymanorevents@qhotels.co.uk. You canalso visit www.qhotels.co.uk for further detailsand to view the online wedding brochure.
Tankersley ManorChurch Lane, Tankersley, S75 3DQTel: 01226 744700www.qhotels.co.uk
With its elegance andcharm, TankersleyManor makes theideal venue for aperfect wedding. Limited
editionwedding
package –£4,995
Set thetone
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20 GROVE ST, RETFORD DN22 6JR. Tel: 01777 703148 (with its own customer car park)
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Choose from our carefully selected
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• A range of packages available to suit all wedding styles• Only one wedding a day ensures the whole team are dedicated to you and your guests.• Licensed for both civil ceremonies & partnerships• Boutique hotel offering an exquisite bridal suite & 9 ensuite bedrooms• Our experienced wedding coordinator will also be on hand to help & advise you every step of the way
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www.whitleyhall.com | 0114 245 4444
For further information please contact our Wedding & Banqueting Department on 0114 245 4444 (option 2)E: banquesting@whitleyhall.com W: www.whitleyhall.comWhitley Hall Hotel, Elliott Lane, Grenoside, Sheffield, S35 8NR
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• If you have your ceremony at the hotel, we will waive the charge.• If you have your ceremony elsewhere, we will provide free canapés and coffee for your party• Complimentary Bridal Suite• Complimentary ceremony flowers worth £25.00
A complete Wedding Day package in the heart of the Whitley Estate to include (per person):• 3 Course Wedding Breakfast • Buffet for the evening celebrations• Drinks Package - Arrival punch, wine with your meal, bubbly for the toast• PLUS - the additional complimentary items below (See charges at bottom of page for extra guests.)
Please add £62.95 per extra guest in each section for full package. (Or £18.85 for evening buffet only.)
*Complimentary Superior Rooms only apply when a minimum of 9 otherrooms (Parker Suite) or 12 other rooms (Whitley Suite) are booked on thenight. All offers are subject to availability. Terms & Conditions apply.
FROM £2310.00
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• If you have your ceremony at the hotel, we will waive the charge.• If you have your ceremony elsewhere, we will provide free canapés and coffee for your party• Complimentary Bridal Suite• Complimentary ceremony flowers worth £25.00• Two Superior Bedrooms FREE of charge for parents*
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• If you have your ceremony at the hotel, we will waive the charge.• If you have your ceremony elsewhere, we will provide free canapés and coffee for your party• Complimentary Bridal Suite• Complimentary ceremony flowers worth £25.00• Two Superior Bedrooms FREE of charge for parents*• Bottle of Champagne in the Bridal Suite• Complimentary Romantic Break for your anniversary• Drinks Package 3 replaces Drinks Package 1 (as in above offers)
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Flowers will takecentre stage at 2016’sweddings, writesMolly McGreevy.
Weddings and flowers have
always gone hand-in-hand
but in 2016, floral is taking
over. No longer saved for
bouquets and buttonholes,
flowers will influence every aspect of your
special day.
Floral embellishments were showcased
by a host of designers at New York Bridal
Fashion Week. Some dresses featured
minimalist design, with a touch of floral
design complementing an otherwise
traditional gown. Others were brave and
bold, covering their dresses in colourful
floral prints, perfect for brides wanting to
stand out from the crowd.
Replacing traditional tiaras, flower
crowns are predicted to grace the heads of
brides in 2016, especially at summer
weddings. Crowns can vary from the bright
and ostentatious, using dozens of fresh
flowers to more simplistic, chic designs.
Bridesmaids won’t be missing out on the
fun either, with floral patterned dresses
predicted to bring a flourish of summer to
bridal parties, as well as flower accessories
and hair pieces for those finishing touches.
Flowers have always been popular
decorations at weddings, but this year the
wilder the better. Alongside floral, bringing
the outside in is set to be a huge trend in
weddings in 2016, and is reflected in the
flowers brides are choosing. For tables,
foliage is replacing traditional flowers and
rustic arrangements of greenery, herbs and
berries will take pride of place on tables.
Hanging decorations create intimate and
romantic settings at weddings. Combining
ivies and ferns with fairy lights can instantly
transform any venue into a fairytale,
woodland scene after dark.
To continue the flower power into your
wedding food, use flowers for cake
inspiration. Sugar flowers were incredibly
popular in 2015 and the trend looks set to
continue in the New Year. Tech savvy brides
can really stay ahead of the crowd by using
laser-cut flowers on their cakes, a new
method relatively new to the wedding cake
world.
Brides are also using flowers to
decorate naked cakes, a rising trend in
wedding cakes where no icing is used but
flowers and fruit are used for decoration
instead.
With flowers taking over this wedding
season, finding the most stylish way to
incorporate the beauty of nature into your
big day will be a breeze.
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Wentbridge House HotelThe Great North Road, Wentbridge, Pontefract, West Yorkshire, WF8 3JJ
www.wentbridgehouse.co.uk
Please get in touch:t. 01977 620444
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Our beautiful surroundings are the ideal setting for your perfect wedding and since there is only ever one wedding each day at Wentbridge, it will be exclusive
to you. We take great pride in offering you our undivided attention to ensure the most wonderful
and memorable occasion and would love to welcome you soon.
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More and more husbands-to-be are opting for booze-free bachelorparties. How are they seeking thrills instead? Adam Kay reports...
Sobering up the stag do
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So there is, apparently, a point to stag
dos – a reason for the revelry,
method in the hedonistic madness.
Apparently, the idea is to give the
groom an evening of temptation to
check he’s fully committed to his forthcoming
marriage, to make sure he only has eyes for his
bride-to-be, even when surrounded by other
beauties. Which justifies the strip clubs and
lapdances. Apparently.
And then there’s the whole thing about it
being the groom’s ‘final night of freedom’, his
last wild hurrah before settling down to a life
of domesticity. Which explains away the
boozing and the vomiting and the terrible,
terrible hangovers. Apparently.
If we’re honest, these are rather flimsy
pretexts. The stag do has long seemed little
more than an excuse for doing what (some)
Brits do best: getting drunk and behaving
inappropriately. But the times, they are a-
changin’.
In the past few years or so, there has been
a significant rise in stag dos at which the guests
actually… do something. Like, something other
than drinking. Revolutionary it may seem, but
the ‘activity weekend’ is fast becoming the pre-
marriage pastime of choice.
All this is precipitated by the fact that the
stag do has replaced what was once the stag
night. The hubby-to-be used to simply gather
his closest mates for an evening of pints in the
pub before the big day. Over time, this
transformed into a weekend in Brighton or
Blackpool, a mad charabanc of boozy
indulgence.
Before long stags were travelling further
and staying away longer in search of thrills:
week-long celebrations in Dublin, in
Amsterdam, in the party-loving capitals of
Eastern Europe. Vodka flowed freely and
pleather G-strings were on permanent display
– and that was just the stags…
But now? Now British grooms are yelling a
collective ‘NOPE!’, putting their feet down en
masse at the thought of another pancreas-
punishing foreign booze-up. The idea of a long
trip away still appeals, but rather than spending
every second of every hour of every day with
alcohol in hand, stags want to do something
fun instead.
The stag do is a way for grooms (and their
guests) to blow off steam, so it’s no surprise
that many activity-based stag weekends simply
move the action from the pub to the sports
field. Whether a game of five-a-side football or
a brisk round of golf, there are options to suit
all tastes. Other activities are dictated by the
do’s location: those braving colder climes may
wish to hit the ski slopes, while in the
Mediterranean sunshine the stag might like to
indulge in a spot of watersports.
Increasingly, we Brits are letting our
famous sense of humour come to the fore
when choosing a stag do pastime, resulting in
the rise of the ‘novelty sport’. These are games
played for laughs: footgolf (swap the golf balls
for footballs, bigger holes, use legs not clubs,
away you go), goggle football (thick-lensed
eyewear makes seeing the ball a challenge;
hilarity ensues). The ultimate is zorbing, in
which participants are placed in giant inflatable
spheres – basically a massive bouncy hamster
ball – and rolled down a hill. The dizzying end
result is remarkably similar to the after-effects
of a traditional stag do. No wonder it’s so
popular.
The stag do has a reputation as something
of a jolly boys’ outing – gangs of Neanderthals
shouting “Lager, lager, lager!”, engaging in
competitive acts of hooliganism, trying to out-
lout each other. But there are stag do activities
which provide an alternative outlet for all that
testosterone. Military-style assault courses
offer stags and their guests the opportunity to
clamber over walls, swing on ropes and crawl
through mud to their heart’s content. And
afterwards if they feel like ripping off their
shirt and thumping their chest, gorilla-style,
that’s fine as well.
Not macho enough? Would blasting
something with a big gun be better?
Increasingly popular stag do activities include
clay pigeon shooting and paintball (celebrate
the stag’s impending nuptials by shooting them
with a pellet!). Stags with the need for speed,
meanwhile, are catered for by a range of
motoring experiences: go-karting, stock car
racing, blindfolded driving, quad biking,
hovercraft racing, the list goes on. Just make
sure before you put him behind the steering
wheel that the would-be groom doesn’t have
cold feet – wedding jitters are normal, but it’s
not easy trying to tempt someone back to the
altar when they’re zooming away from you at
94 mph.
A stag do doesn’t have to be all adrenaline,
however. For those of a more cultural bent,
the trip abroad could comprise an educational
sightseeing tour, or take in a theatre show or
comedy club performance (watch out for the
best man taking notes for his speech). And if a
booze-free stag do is simply unthinkable, how
about taking a classier approach with a wine
or champagne tasting? Just remember you’re
supposed to spit it out afterwards…
There is, however, another way. A new pre-
wedding trend is growing in popularity, and it’s
a big break from the traditional. The ‘hag do’ is
a joint bash between guests from both halves
of the wedding party (hence the name: ‘hen’
plus ‘stag’). It may take the form of an activity
weekend, but more often than not it’s simply
an excuse for a shared shindig.
Critics of the stag do will no doubt be
pleased to see it moving away from the
drunken debauchery it’s been associated with
in the past. Now instead of tearing up towns
and cities with their inebriated antics, stags are
more likely to be running or racing or
shooting an air rifle in the safe confines of a
field somewhere.
Some may see the hag do as another way
of curtailing the shenanigans of rowdy stags –
a means for the bride-to-be to keep an eye
on her betrothed and rein in his booze
intake. But let’s keep a sense of perspective
and equality to all this. To anyone who’s ever
witnessed the unique spectacle that is the
hen do – naked butlers, tequila shots and
phallic drinking straws as far as the eye can
see – it’s not the bride who should be
worried about the groom, but the other way
around…
A thing of the past?
Military-style assault course Go karting
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