The rock'n'roll bride

Juliette and Gautier got married at the Brighton Pavilion last year

Juliette Wills, 35, founder of the clothing website www.redhotruby.com, married guitarist Gautier Golab, 31, in Brighton last September

Gautier's proposal set the tone for our wedding – he got down drunkenly on one vintage-Levi-ed knee after a gig and said, "Tu veux être ma femme?" I didn't speak French, so I had no idea what he was asking at first.

We met in April and got married in September. When a Frenchman proposes, you don't hang around.

Churches give me the creeps, so I was never going to have a traditional ceremony. We got married at the Brighton Pavilion and I wore a dress that was very ladylike from the front, but backless, so when I turned around, it showed off the tattoos on my shoulders.

I can't stand all the bridesmaid stuff and I banned children, which horrified my mum. We didn't have a "first dance" as Gautier refused, so instead I kicked my shoes off and did a fast jive with a friend to a Gene Vincent number.