Follow the experience of real life London bride Katie and her mum Suzzane through their fittings to the day of Katie's amazing wedding to James. Enjoy her stunning photographs by top fashion photographer Anna
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Our designs are sold exclusively from our showrooms in London and Glasgow and most of our clients travel long distances to come to us. Increasingly we send bespoke outfits overseas. See how this works
International ExperienceParty Like Gatsby ! The 1920's style will see a big revival in 2020 with the 100 year Anniversary of the Great Gatsby. Release your inner flapper girl !
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We are premier stockists of the Award Winning Dessy Collection of bridesmaid dresses offering the most comprehensive selection of styles for your bridesmaids worldwide.
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Scottish Tartan is well loved all over the world. Click through to see our dedicated Tartan website incoporating our bespoke Tartan wedding dresses and special occasion outfits as well as Harris tweed and wool tartan daywear.Contemporary designs born from a strong tradition
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Meet mother and daughter Riina and Juudit. You are probably thinking that they must be sisters but our Bride Juudit is the second oldest of six children and Riina is her Mum. This lifestyle photo shoot at Sorn Castle in Ayrshire Scotland captures tender moments between Mother and Daughter. Remember to schedule in those special moments with your Mum on your big day they will be images to be treasured forever.
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Hopeless romantics WE LOVE WEDDINGS we never take for granted what a privilege it is to form such an important part in your wedding. We get very excited to receive your photographs afterwards and share them with future brides in this section. Thank you for taking the time to tell us about all your happy memories.
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Joyce Young Design Studios is a unique business established in Scotland for twenty six years and over twenty years in London. Award winning designer Joyce Young OBE launched the business By Storm Ltd 1993. Now using her own name instead of the company name the business has grown over the years with very dedicated and experienced teams in both Glasgow and London. Having her own production unit in Glasgow adjacent to the Scottish showroom gives the company complete control and flexibility of design and manufacture. The two elegant showrooms are relaxing environments where clients have undivided attention making sure their aspirations are met whether it's a Wedding, investiture, Ascot or any other Special Occasion. Here's what our clients say
What our clients say about usJoyce Young OBE is an honours graduate of the prestigious Glasgow School of Art. Her passion for beautiful fabrics, colours and textures translates into her love of designing for discerning women worldwide.
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Gift ideas for Christmas All of the team at Joyce Young Design Studios hope you are safe and well in this horrendous time we are all going through. Gift ideas It’s that time of year again when we take our wedding hats off and put on our cosy fur collars and cuffs preferably with one of […]
Virtual Wedding Show October 2020 We recently took part in the Virtual Scottish Wedding Show. In the absence of all exhibitions due to Covid 19 it seemed like a modern and forward thinking plan to engage with newly engaged brides and grooms at the daunting beginning of their wedding journey. This year is very […]
I Sing for Peace Singers of all abilities worldwide are invited to submit their own contribution to the iSing4Peace initiative, developed at the University of Aberdeen, which aims to bring choirs together at a time when performing is severely constrained. Fiona Kennedy, royal composer Paul Mealor and lyricist Grahame Davies have created a brand-new piece of […]
Scotland provides one of the most magical backdrops for weddings, but especially for outdoor weddings. From its great glens and lochs, to its bustling cities, cosy villages, and stunning coastal towns. In Scotland, you can also choose to get married anywhere outdoors as long as your wedding ceremony officiant, whether religious, humanist, or registrar is […]
Now that Autumn is upon us suddenly our summer wardrobe needs replaced by warmer dresses. Always an awkward time to decide what to wear on your feet. Bare toes peeping out of shoes need covered up but do we go straight into boots ? In my case the decision is yes please. After many of […]
Dear Joyce Young Brides and Mothers Hello to all our dear and patient clients . We truly feel your pain as all your wedding and event dates have been changed in some cases not just once but several times. Your outfits are in our production unit all at different stages . Some have […]
Dear Future Brides and Mothers and Guests No one could have predicted the situation in the wedding industry this year. Virtually thousands of weddings have been postponed to next year and beyond . Thousands of couples have had their plans and dreams dashed as they struggle to rearrange their weddings with the same suppliers for […]
Personal Blog inspired by the make believe world of children and their Our Generation Dolls . It has been 6 months since I have seen my two granddaughters Sophie and Chloe. They live in the Wirrel and due to Covid 19 we haven’t been able to see them. This week it was a wonderful treat […]
We have created a video below of some of our beautiful classic real life brides . At Joyce Young Design Studios we believe that less is more. Our wedding dresses are simple and elegant that will stand the test of time crafted out of the finest fabrics. A combiation that we believe will be admired […]
Welcome . We look forward to welcoming you for the first time or welcoming you back as you come for your first post lockdown appointment. In our previous post we outline all the new proceedures in place for your safety and the safety of our staff. Masks and hand sanitisers won’t make your visit any […]
We come bearing GOOD NEWS with light at the end of the tunnel. It’s 12 weeks since we temporarily closed the doors of our showrooms due to Covid 19. . Over the past three months we have all gone through a very difficult and emotional time . Firstly to any of our friends and […]
Joyce’s fabric edit . All fashion ideas start with the fabric. Below are the threads of ideas which will grow and grow into a design. The inspiration will be different to each person. You see a fabric and imagine what could be made. I have draped the fabrics on a dummy to give an idea […]
Our beautiful bride Carli Drybrugh is a wedding photographer. We may have expected lots of selfies but luckily her team at https://www.pearlandplumphotography.com/ was on hand to take these stunning images when Carli and Fraser got married on Loch Lomond. Here is what Carli has to say about her experience with us. “Finding your dream dress […]
We didn’t ask for it, and the circumstances are tragic , but one positive thing many of us have been given is TIME. In our case time to look around us and take stock literally of what surrounds us in our business . We have hundreds of meters of exquisite fabrics which I have […]
Hope you enjoy the 60 second videos below of some of our Real life Mothers and Older Brides photographed in our showrooms in Glasgow and London collecting their outfits. Hair and make up not done but all wearing the biggest smiles. Inspirational , Aspirational and Attainable . Advertising tends to focus on slim young things […]
Here is the first of our fairytale wedding 60 second video series showcasing some of our lovely Couture brides. Katie and James were lucky to have chosen 2019 for their fairytale wedding in the New Forest . Today during lockdown she is tutoring 300 young ballet students online from her living room ! Here we […]
I have personally created this rather long video for those of you who are seriously thinking of coming to us for a dress or outfit.I don’t have editing skills and it also turns out it is quite hard to hold the camera and talk sensibly and be audible, all at the same time! Anyone […]
We are in Lockdown. Our business in London and Glasgow is temporarily closed. In our second week of shutdown I visited our production unit and it felt that it was frozen in time. All our lovely clients outfits are hanging on rails in various stages of completion. The machines are idle waiting to jump into […]
Dear Past , Current and Future Joyce Young Brides and Mothers and Friends You may be one of our loved and valued clients whose wedding has already taken place, in which case we hope you had an amazing time and loved wearing your outfit and we hope to welcome you back again in the future. […]
Tartan Spirit designs in tartan and Harris Tweed
Here they are the images that we are so excited about . Our collaboration with MacGregor and MacDuff and Cloncaird Castle brought to life by incredible photographer John Paul from Inverness . We were invited to take our collections and models to an open day ,The Best of Ayrshire, at Cloncaird Castle in Kirkmichael an […]
We were excited last week to be invited to take our collections to hidden gem Cloncaird Castle in Kirkmichael in the Robert Burns county of Ayrshire. Cloncaird Estate is privately owned and the family live in the castle. A stunning Atrium has recently been added which will host approximately 12 luxury events per annum accomodating […]
Sit back and enjoy the video of our catwalk fashion show at the SEC when we exhibited at the Scottish Wedding Show. Our new collection incorporates MacGregor and MacDuff’s Islay Mist tartan translated into dupion and chiffon to give a flowing feminine look. With modern technology we can now print any tartan on lightweight fabrics […]
We exhibited at the Scottish Wedding Show this February with MacGregor and MacDuff. This is a partnership which grew on mutual love for our Scottish heritage. Our new collection incorporates MacGregor and MacDuff’s Islay Mist tartan translated into dupion and chiffon to give a flowing feminine look. With modern technology we can now print any tartan […]
A match made in Tartan, a love story between MacGregor and MacDuff and Joyce Young Design Studios. It’s Valentine’s Day! What better day to announce our new collaboration with Kings of Kilts MacGregor and MacDuff. Life is about relationships and sometimes people find each other and just click! What better fit than two leading Scottish companies […]
