Victoria's fourth lockdown has 'almost destroyed the wedding industry'

Brides and grooms across Victoria have been forced to cancel their weddings, as the state was plunged into a seven-day circuit breaker lockdown.

While many weddings will be rescheduled, industry representatives said this fourth Victorian lockdown will have lasting effects.

"I would say it's almost destroyed the wedding industry. A lot of businesses have unfortunately closed their doors, very longstanding businesses," wedding planner Renata Finkelstein, the Director of Weddings of Distinction said.

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"We had seven weddings and events for this weekend - some of which were actually weddings which were postponed from last year."

Madie Gostin is the owner of Mad About Cakes, just one of many Victorian businesses impacted by the lockdown.

"It's so disappointing," Ms Gostin told A Current Affair reporter Sam Cucchiara.

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"We had about 25 cakes and about 600 odd desserts going out this week."

Across town, 1500 already-made bouquets are stored in a fridge at Fitzroy's Vasette.

"We had three large weddings and an event that should have happened next Tuesday," florist Vanessa Forte said.

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But the flowers won't go to waste, with Ms Forte confirming "they're all sent to someone to enjoy".

The Victorian government said they'll be offering support to businesses impacted by the seven-day closure.

"We will be providing support, a package for businesses and we will be releasing that in coming days," Acting Victorian Premier James Merlino said.

"We understand, absolutely, that a circuit breaker lockdown has an impact, and impact on families, on children, on businesses, on the broader community."

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Bride-to-be Samantha Critchley-Drayton and her fiancé Pascal Marcello were all set for their wedding on Saturday.

"We were going to have a live painter, a band, a DJ, we kind of went all out," Ms Critchley-Drayton said.

Instead of tying the knot, the couple have had to hit the phones to reorganise vendors for their new date – July 24.

"We're trying to focus on the positives," Ms Critchley-Drayton said.

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Some couples just couldn't wait.

Ashleigh and Milenko Bojanic were also due to marry on Saturday.

Instead, they brought the ceremony forward to Thursday evening.

"Essentially an 18-month wedding in the planning. In four hours, we managed to pull it off," Mrs Bojanic said.

"We got there just before midnight so we're glad we got it all in time," Mr Bojanic said.

Mrs Bojanic said her vendors "moved heaven and earth to make this happen".

Many of the couple's family and friends based interstate couldn't attend the ceremony, but were able to watch via livestream.

"The show still went on - it was beautiful," Mrs Bojanic said.