Inside bridal boutique owner Jacqueline Au’s wardrobe, full of surprises
- For her wedding, Au wore a Giambattista Valli dress with a 40-yard train – having stored it in a fridge for a year
- Her personal style for everyday wear is simple: high heels and monochrome
The founder of The Loft Bridal, Jacqueline Au isn’t your typical bridal boutique owner. The former fashion buyer worked at Givenchy, Céline and Lane Crawford before a “painful” search for a wedding gown inspired her to launch her own shop. It is filled with fashion from designers known as much for ready-to-wear as for their bridal wear, including Delpozo, Maticevski and Viktor & Rolf.
Her own wedding-day fashion statement was a Giambattista Valli number that came with a 40-yard train.
Au’s everyday style is simple – mostly monochrome investment pieces that read high fashion in their structure and construction, and always paired with vertiginous footwear.
“I think I’m quite edgy, but at the same time I like things with a lot of structure. If I use brands [to describe my personal style] then I’d say I’m Givenchy with a touch of Sacai. So I can still be feminine – but edgier. But I’m definitely not the emo type and I’m never a trend person.”
“People think I have a lot more clothes than you see [in my wardrobe]. I like to buy a few things that I really love every season and then kind of buy the same thing over and over again. I have a lot of white shirts and a lot of quality pants and skirts.
