Collins Street, Melbourne: variety, versatility and style for the best wedding day photographs!

Collins Street is one of the finest examples of the sophistication and glamour Melbourne has to offer. Encompassing an inspiring selection of Melbourne favourite churches, theatres, restaurants, and grand hotels, Collins Street is deservedly a sought after destination for uniquely elegant wedding day photography. Serendipity Photography always love capturing wedding celebrations in the beautiful Collins Street, as well as displaying some of Melbourne’s most awe-inspiring design, this location has endless variety and style, making it the perfect location for many wedding styles and themes!

Collins Street has not only one style but hundreds from every period of Melbourne’s rich history, giving you myriad opportunities for wedding photographs with a classic or vintage feel. Parts of Collins St skyline has remained unchanged since the 1800s, and buildings such as the Regent Theatre built in 1929 has gorgeous views across Gordon Reserve. Check out our page: Collins Street– A history, for more extensive information.

Farewell to Le Lourve!

After almost 70 years Le Lourve has left Collins Street. It will be remembered as a Melbourne icon, full of grace and charm. 74 Collins St remains a wonderful photographic location, with 1927 “Georgian” copper façade and large windows giving wonderful opportunities for wedding couples to step in the 30’s or play with the immediate post war ambience.

A quote from The National Trust : “Le Louvre, an 1855 townhouse altered in 1927, is of historical and architectural importance at the State level. Socially, Le Louvre is well known as the last exclusive couture establishment in Collins Street, and as one of the institutions that helps to define Melbourne’s distinctive character as a place of elegance, refinement, and with an appreciation of history and tradition.

Historically, Le Louvre was the shop for Melbourne’s élite from the 1950s to the 1970s, and its equally famous proprietor Lillian Wightman helped to introduce high fashion European designers to an increasingly cosmopolitan and discerning clientele”.

At Serendipity Photography we love the soft sheen of the copper and reflective windows, an endlessly mutable backdrop for romance or seduction, where the golds and reds can be dark and fiery or sent softly pale. Le Louvre we salute you! Ave atque vale.

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