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Cakes as tall as towers and brides glistening in gold - all the cutting edge trends are on view at the National Wedding Show in London.

The business of getting married in the UK is a big one, with the average cost around twenty-thousand pounds for the dress and party alone.

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On the catwalk the models are a vision in lace, pearls and crystals.

Traditional veils may be swapped for carnival masks, but there's no sign in London that the UK's exit from Europe is having an impact on business yet.

The full meringue dresses have disappeared though, in favour of light, floaty dresses, cut in every shape.

The lustre of gold is especially popular this year as well as a lot more colour in the form of floral patterns.

Stands with all brilliant white dresses are in the minority as vintage sepia brown mingles in the growing abundance of gold embroidery and beads.

Heavy skirts are also dwindling in favour, with lots of frocks looking as light as air and almost transparent.

One dress by Finiks of London has been stained with tea to give it a soft look which matches the oyster Chantilly on the bodice.

It's the idea of Lilia Markova who, with her mother, runs the London bridal studio Finiks.

According to Markova: "Its not anymore about the white colour people are avoiding white and they are going for a little bit darker. I don't know if its a second marriage or a later marriage or just they don't want the traditional white."

Some of the dresses here can take months to complete.

The frocks made by Lithuanian designer Ingrid Inzi take several weeks to complete even with a staff of seamstresses.

This ornate gold laced frock costs over seven thousand euros.

As well as the sumptuous dresses, Inzi also produces gold engraved menu cards.

Inzi says in Lithuania the wedding always starts early in church and brides usually opt for a castle for a backdrop to their big day.

She says: "All the small girls they are thinking all the time I will be the Queen, I will be the Princess, this is my day to parade."

Like many of the dresses, the cakes are becoming more colourful.

Traditional white tiered cakes are still popular but many of them are covered in macarons or chocolate curls and of course, a lot of them are gold.

Women come here to get ideas about hair and makeup, as well as dresses. And with winter just around the corner in the UK, ostrich feathers and faux fur shawls are on show too.

According to wedding planner Kay Francis business is booming, she says: "There seems to be a rise, especially a rise in the younger brides."

Formerly an events organiser, she's decided to specialise in weddings a couple of years ago and now assists brides from Britain to Barbados.

Most weddings that Francis deals with are in excess of twenty thousand British pounds, but many go higher with weddings being held all over the world.

Honeymoons, according to Francis, have also become a family affair rather than a romantic getaway for the bride and groom, especially if they have children.

She says: "They don't want to be away from their family for that prolonged period of time, whereas you know you disappear for two weeks, not if you have recently had children etcetera. Its not everyone doing it the simple conventional ways any more. You got a different mixes of people getting married, its a different demographic, so it all changes, I just go with the flow."

For most brides it's a magical day however they choose to wed.

But some are lucky enough to have their own enchanted garden.

This bower packed with blooms could have come from Shakespeare's Midsummer's Night Dream.

If you wanted this in your back garden it would set you back one-hundred thousand British pounds.

The table displays are a thousand pounds each.

Not all brides will want such a lavish display, but it's creator Amie Bone says: "It's going to appeal to someone and all the colours and every thing that we have this time is what I wanted to bring to London. All the mosses and the golds and everything, you know something totally different to what we've been seeing and introducing new trends."

Because Bone imports her flowers she has noticed a change in costs and says: "Brexit affected the cost of the flowers because obviously it's all imported in from Holland, so it has had a knock on effect there, but bringing brides into us? No, I wouldn't say that has happened."

While many of the traders here think Brexit may persuade some British brides to downsize, they are hoping the cheaper pound won't make a difference to the industry as a whole.

London, UK - 23 September 2016

1. Various of models showing different wedding dresses on the catwalk at the National Wedding Show London

2. Close tilt up of gold beaded wedding dress

3. Mid tracking shot through dresses to assistant rearranging fabric

4. Various of assistant looking at detail on dresses

5. Mid tilt up of lace and net transparent dress

6. Close of floral and brown and silver dresses

7. Mid tilt down of Chantilly lace dress stained with tea

8. Close tilt up of detail on dress

9. Various of Lilia Markova picking out dress to contrast with vintage tea stained dress

10. SOUNDBITE: (English) Lilia Markova, Finiks London:

"Its not anymore about the white colour people are avoiding white and they are going for a little bit darker. I don't know if its a second marriage or a later marriage or just they don't want the traditional white."

11. Close pan from detail of gold to white dress

12. Close pan from gold bodice to gold sign on the wall

13. Various of Ingrid Inzi on her stand

14. Close tilt up of gold lace dress

15. SOUNDBITE: (English) Ingrid Inzi, designer:

"All the small girls they are thinking all the time I will be the Queen, I will be the Princess, this is my day to parade."

16. Close of candle burning amid white flowers

17. Close of gold printed menu cards

18. Various of colourful cakes on stands

19. Various of woman having hair extension fitted

20. Mid of mother and daughter looking at dresses

21. Wide of fur trimmed bridal jackets for winter with woman in background having dress fitted

22. Various of wedding planner Kay Francis talking to colleague

23. SOUNDBITE: (English) Kay Francis, Wedding Planners:

"There seems to be a rise, especially a rise in the younger brides."

24. Various of woman having make up done

25. SOUNDBITE: (English) Kay Francis, Wedding Planners:

"They don't want to be away from their family for that prolonged period of time, whereas you know you disappear for two weeks, not if you have recently had children etcetera. Its not everyone doing it the simple conventional ways any more. You got a different mixes of people getting married, its a different demographic, so it all changes, I just go with the flow."

26. Various of model in fairy costume to accompany the designer Amie Bone's 'enchanted garden' stand

27. SOUNDBITE: (English) Amie Bone, wedding florist:

"It's going to appeal to someone and all the colours and every thing that we have this time is what I wanted to bring to London. All the mosses and the golds and everything, you know something totally different to what we've been seeing and introducing new trends."

28. Various of Amie Bone enchanted garden wedding display

29. SOUNDBITE: (English) Amie Bone, wedding florist

"Brexit affected the cost of the flowers because obviously it's all imported in from Holland, so it has had a knock on effect there, but bringing brides into us? No, I wouldn't say that has happened."

30. Various of audience of brides to be and bridesmaids watching the wedding catwalk show

31. Wide of male models on catwalk dressed for Scottish wedding in kilts dancing