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Tuesday, October 27, 2009 • dailyecho.co.uk/features
PowerBoat racer
and bride-to-be
Shelley Jory.
Inset: Shelley as a
bridesmaid
Power boat racer Shelley
Jory has dressed 12,000
brides – and now she’s
looking forward to
walking down the aisle
herself. She talks to
KATE THOMPSON
OWN
LAST!
“Meeting the ladies who had made my
dress and seeing how much they cared
made me cry more than seeing my dress
for the first time.
“I am absolutely delighted with it – it fits
like a glove,” she said.
Racing on the continent, Shelley has
always been proud to trailblaze the name
of Southampton and she has recently
signed up to become a City Champion
with Business Southampton.
“I've always been proud to be associated
with Southampton. I was born in Warsash
and now live back there.
“It’s great to be a City Champion and I
am looking forward to playing a more
active role with Business Southampton,”
she said.
Shelley and Trevor are marrying at
Wimborne Minster on November 19 and
the happy couple will leave the ceremony to the appropriately named
Southampton from the soundtrack of
Titanic.
Shelley and Trevor will have their
reception at the glamorous Chewton Glen
hotel and spend their honeymoon on board
the QM2 – and both the five star hotel and
Cunard are City Champions, too.
Shelley admitted planning her own nuptials has given her a greater insight into
what brides go through in their bid to create the perfect occasion for
their guests.
“I feel I am even
closer to the
brides-to-be who
come to me
Marks and
Spencer
grey belted
coat, £99.
Monsoon
black Alicia
coat, £135
Fearne
Cotton for
Very faux fur
leopard print
coat, £85