Dapper Edwardian Gents East End London Engagement

This engagement shoot just has style and personality stamped all over it.

Liam and Ollie were engaged after Ollie’s romantic third proposal and they headed to the Thames bank in the East End for their wonderful engagement shoot.

The hired dapper Edwardian suits previously seen on screen, which looked so very brilliant. So much love here today folks.

Miss Gen Photography, thank you so much for sharing your incredible photographs.

Ollie and I meet actually via grindr! We both hit it off with stupid chat. He asked me what I was up to and I responded chilling with a date and set him a picture of a dried date. His instant response was Marry me! I admit it was forward but once we meet the next day and had 4 dates that weekend we just seemed to work and we’ve only been apart for a few days since.

The proposal didn’t go smoothly infact it took Ollie three go. First time I was to done in after work and just wanted my bed. Second time my best man split with his partner. But as they say third time a charm… well sort of. Ollie took me to the Oxo tower for a spot of lunch and just as the sunset and we had some drinks on the private roof terrace he started to go down on one knee. I begged him not to.

I believe I told him I would kick him if he did it! The reason was all the people in the restaurant were looking and wondering why we were the only people allowed on the private terrace in January! I forgot that someone Special was asking me to spend the rest of my life with them and share the love we have for each other forever. He had a handmade plastic version of the ring he planned to have made and it was stunning. Of course I said yes!

We are both Londoners and I grew up in the East End. Ollie is an architect in Wapping and we knew that as a location it had some timeless charm due to the old warehouses and waterways. As a Londoner The Thames play a special part of our everyday lives but no one really explores the thames bank. We knew that if we timed the shoot right we could explore the bank and find cool locations that in a few hours would again be underwater.

 

Once we choose Wapping we knew we wanted to look like dapper gents. I remember growing up in hackney and seeing Gilbert and George wondering the streets in their perfectly tailored jackets. We wanted to pay homage to that but also give it a edgy only in London feel. We meet with the fancy dress guys at Angels on Shaftesbury avenue and they decked us out in suits used in Ripper St and Guy Ritchie’s Sherlock Holmes. 

 

Gen (the photographer) was amazing. We both naturally clam up if told to smile. instead Gen worked subtly in the background capturing moments that where natural and felt real. There was no sniff each others hair or being told to look whimsical. Gen gave us a little guidance and found shots that blew our socks off. We loved the pics so much that we used them for our wedding invites.

Oh my, I cannot wait to see this wedding that is for sure.

Thanks so much for sharing guys xo Lou