An American woman celebrated her 40th birthday by spending more than £30,000 on a wedding to herself before she flew to Paris on a ‘me-moon’. 

Brittany Allyn jetted to Northamptonshire from New York to celebrate her birthday with an extravagant weekend of celebrations at a Grade I-listed aristocratic estate. 

The US content creator invited 35 of her nearest and dearest to join her for a Saltburn themed wedding bash in a bid to turn a ‘daunting time’ into a moment of optimism as she entered her fifth decade.

As a tribute to her love for Princess Diana and British aristocracy, Brittany opted to book out Hinwick House, Wellingborough, and worked with esteemed event planner Louise Wright to enjoy an ’empowering moment’ of self love across two days. 

Brittany worked with renowned stylist to the royals and celebrities Olivia Buckingham to find the perfect gown – a Millia London tulle number, followed by a second by Annie’s Ibiza for the first night’s dinner.

The following day, the guests went shooting and donned Ralph Lauren attire while enjoying a traditional English picnic. That evening, the house was transformed into Studio 54 for a metallic themed evening accompanied with a surprise saxophonist.

While seemingly unconventional, Brittany insisted that the message behind the ’empowering’ solo wedding event was to show women that they do not need ‘someone else to complete’ them and that they can easily celebrate themselves.

The 40-year-old influencer said: ‘I think last summer I woke up and it was August 7 and I was like “wow, in six months I’m turning 40, I’m on countdown now”.

‘I was like “OK, I can’t stop it, so what if I do something that’s going to make me feel better looking forward to 40 instead of being depressed for the next six months?”‘

Describing how she had waited ’20 years for all those moments’, she said that she saw the event as a perfect opportunity to spend two days with ‘all of my favourite people from different chapters of my life’. 

Brittany Allyn jetted to Northamptonshire from New York to celebrate her birthday with an extravagant weekend of celebrations at a Grade I-listed aristocratic estate

The US content creator invited 35 of her nearest and dearest to join her for a Saltburn themed wedding bash in a bid to turn a ‘daunting time’ into a moment of optimism as she entered her fifth decade

As a tribute to her love for Princess Diana and British aristocracy, Brittany opted to book out Hinwick House, Wellingborough, and worked with esteemed event planner Louise Wright to enjoy an ’empowering moment’ of self love across two days

‘I didn’t want it to be cheesy and I didn’t want it to be sad I just wanted it to be empowering,’ she said.

Brittany revealed that she decided to post a video online just before she walked down the aisle to show that after ‘waiting for someone else to complete me and make memories’ she had the realisation that she ‘could just do it myself’.

She said: ‘I had a team for my hair, make-up, photography and content – five people for that.

‘I had a very iconic bridal suite and whilst I was getting ready I wore a blue lace cute outfit.’

Brittany revealed that her aunt, Pamela Allyn, 74, even gifted her a ‘special heirloom watch which was my something borrowed’. 

‘I did all those moments. I did a bridal-ish photoshoot around the property,’ she joyfully recalled. 

‘At 7pm we had a champagne tower going and violinists playing ‘Canon D’ the famous wedding song.’

Brittany’s brother, Ricky, 36, walked her down the stairs – acting as the ‘aisle’ to greet her guests. 

An elaborate Saltburn-esque dinner followed – with a martini fountain and truffle fries station and millennial hits playing all night long. 

Brittany worked with renowned stylist to the royals and celebrities Olivia Buckingham to find the perfect gown – a Millia London tulle number, followed by a second by Annie’s Ibiza for the first night’s dinner

Describing how she had waited ’20 years for all those moments’, she said that she saw the event as a perfect opportunity to spend two days with ‘all of my favourite people from different chapters of my life’

While seemingly unconventional, Brittany insisted that the message behind the ’empowering’ solo wedding event was to show women that they do not need ‘someone else to complete’ them and that they can easily celebrate themselves

On the second day, guests went shooting and donned Ralph Lauren attire while enjoying a traditional English picnic

‘I gave a lovely speech sharing a quick memory of every guest there, bonding them together,’ Brittany said.

On the second day, Brittany and her guests enjoyed a catered picnic, with everyone ‘dressed up to the nines in Ralph Lauren gear’ and snapped pictures outside of a 1980s Defender car she deliberately rented for the two-day event.

The second and final evening saw the Hall transformed into Studio 54 and Brittany had silver balloons covering the whole ceiling.

Guests enjoyed a huge dance party until the early hours with a saxophonist and disco-themed cupcakes.

Brittany said: ‘I realised I might have just have thrown the first women’s empowerment event in the hall’s history.

‘That house was 300 years old and I’m the first woman to pay for every single dime for the event myself and probably the first woman that threw an event itself.

‘It was an empowering moment for all the women before us in terms of generations of women who didn’t have rights, finally a woman could throw an event at such a historic venue.

‘The message is not just to be a bride, it’s more just about how do you celebrate you – you might have all these moments and dreams of wanting a wedding.’

Following her wedding, Brittany flew to Paris for a so-called ‘me-moon’, an innovative idea she created herself.

As opposed to a traditional honeymoon, she said that the trip was the perfect chance to ‘decompress’ after her lavish celebrations.