The south west corner of Western Australia is one of the most beautiful areas of Australia, and with famous wineries, great food and stunning scenery and surf, lucky Western Australians have it all on their doorstep. The icing on the (wedding) cake is Empire Events, who can help you create a stylish event reflecting your own personal style – indoors, or taking advantage of all that beautiful countryside – outside. From luxury tents to furniture and even chandeliers, Clare of Empire Events has your styling and hire needs covered – all you need to do is relax and enjoy your day!
Please tell us a little about starting Empire Events.
After working in a luxury hotel for many years, and hosting a number of weddings, I noticed that there was an opportunity to develop a business supplying good quality furniture, luxury tents and homewares to clients to enable them to create a really well designed and stylish wedding. And so we began EMPIRE events. We have now been fashioning weddings for over 2 years and loving it!
Where are you situated?
We are located in the Margaret River wine region and work mainly between Margaret River and Yallingup and Busselton.
What has the Empire group developed into?
The World of EMPIRE has within its group EMPIRE homewares, 5 stores throughout Western Australia, Empire Retreat and Spa, a luxury boutique retreat in Yallingup, WA and Empire Estate, a boutique winery. We are the recent chapter in its history, EMPIRE events, a sister company to the World of EMPIRE.
What services can you offer the bridal couple?
We are a luxury hire and styling company for events. We cater for everything from intimate engagements and elegant corporate functions, to a wedding spectacular.
Do you offer different levels of service with wedding day planning?
We don’t offer a planning service for wedding just styling and hire. Ceremony Packages are available for clients to easily choose. With custom styled reception packages put together, we ensure each wedding is unique and personal to every client.
Please describe the steps you go through with the bridal couple when planning the wedding event space for them?
Talk, talk and talk!! The more we know about the clients the better. It’s a wonderful journey getting to know your client on a personal level and with this knowledge of personality and style we customise the wedding design to suit. We want the wedding design to speak about the clients when the guests enter the reception or ceremony.
We visit the venue with clients seeing the space we are working with and take it from there.
What sorts of items do you have available for wedding day hire?
Every thing from our Natural Canvas Luxury tents to chairs, tables, occasional seating, candlesticks, etc. we have a number of different styles across all our furniture for clients to choose from.
Do you ship your hire luxe packages to States other than Western Australia?
No unfortunately… just in the South West of Western Australia.
You have wedding tents and furniture for hire. With the weather and landscape so stunning in WA, do you see more brides using this option in a garden or bush setting?
Absolutely. The south west has an amazing natural beauty and climate. People wish to enjoy that beauty by incorporating it into the wedding. We are spoiled with amazing scenery from pristine beaches to vineyards, forests and caves.
Do you bring in other vendors from outside the business to pull the look together?
We often work closely with other suppliers especially florists to put the final touches to an event.
How do you fit in relaxation, and what do you like to do?
Making sure you take time for yourself and your family is so important with any occupation. Hosting BBQ’s in summer with close friends and my little family is always wonderful. Travel can be so inspiring with our line of work and lots of beach time for fitness and health. Standup paddle boarding at one of our amazing local beaches can be the greatest relaxation techniques I know with a good workout at the same time…perfect!
Thank you Clare for sharing your story. For more information on Empire Events visit the website.
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