Invitations

From dignified engraved cards, stiff with conventional good taste, to eccentric home-made efforts that reflect your individuality, invitations are minutely calibrated social telegrams, which notify guests about what they should expect.

Invitations should always reflect the comparative formality or informality of the occasion; getting it wrong will look pretentious, or may simply mislead your guests.

Click below for our detailed guide to invitations for every occasion.

Official Invitations

Dress codes, names, enclosures and replies

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Wedding Invitations

Traditional and modern wedding invitation etiquette

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Royal Invitations

The sovereign, other royals, garden parties and replies

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Private Invitations

Formal occasions, at home, hosts, guests and replies

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Invitation Style

The display of invitation cards on the mantelpiece has long been seen as the signifier of social success...

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