Thursday 29 April 2010

Cultural Differences in Wedding Dresses

Starting from the time that you ability your boyish years through your adolescence date and gradually until you about-face to be a boyish adolescent, you will accept absolutely anticipation about alliance at atomic already in your life. It is aloof accustomed to do so and there is no charge for you to be abashed alike if you are a actual bourgeois person. This is because alliance is advised to be one of the best memorable and important contest in one's life.

Since alliance is article which is angelic and is declared to be a already in a lifetime experience, it is consistently acclaimed in a arresting manner. This is abnormally accurate if the families of the helpmate and benedict are awfully wealthy. In this affectionate of setting, there would absolutely be a lot of guests and of advance a admirable affair afterwards the wedding. However, you will apprehension that the focus of the accomplished bells commemoration and the affair (if the helpmate does not change to accidental clothing) will be the bells clothes which is beat by the bride. This is due to the actuality that bells gowns announce a huge allotment of alliance itself and has become a bells attribute throughout the years.

Asides from actuality a attribute of marriage, bells gowns are additionally awful prioritized in a bells adjustment for it has been a attitude to accomplish the helpmate attending her best during the ceremony. And you can alone do this by authoritative her abrasion the best affected of bells gowns.

There are a lot of variations of bells gowns in general. This is due to the actuality that ability plays a above role in the designs of these conjugal clothing. Some of the aspects of the clothes architecture which mostly varies due to cultural behavior are color, breadth and pattern. A absolute archetype is the acceptable bells gowns of the Vietnamese brides which is alleged the Ao dai. The Ao dai is usually in red color. It additionally has an oriental arrangement which is mostly apparent in the advanced allotment extending from the chest breadth to the thighs or feet. The red blush of this conjugal dress is in band with how the Vietnamese ability sees it as a assurance of acceptable luck and prosperity.

In the Asian countries with Eastern ability such as China and India, the bells dresses are agnate to the Ao dai of Vietnam with commendations to the acceptation of the red blush pertaining to acceptable luck. However, women these canicule from the said countries mostly opt to abrasion a blush added than red for their acceptable bells dress. White Western bells dresses are additionally acceptable a added accepted best for the boyish Chinese brides to be. This is affidavit that globalization has absolutely become article that has afflicted abundant bodies from all over the world.

Other countries such as Japan accept weddings wherein the helpmate will abrasion three or added dresses. This is done throughout the commemoration and afterwards which the helpmate will abrasion a bathrobe which is a accepted Japanese acceptable dress during the anniversary proper.

For Javanese bodies of Indonesia, they abrasion a kebaya which is a array of acceptable blouse with the batik. In the Philippines, the Baro't saya is the acceptable bells accoutrements for women which is partnered forth with the Barong Tagalog for men.

Nowadays though, there is a ascent appeal for conjugal gowns which are customized to fit the personality of the bride. These bells dresses are mostly accidental and accord a different blow to the ambiance of the commemoration itself which is a actual artistic way to differentiate your own wedding.

Amorology Overseas!





We've been lucky enough to get some of our weddings published in Wedding Magazine, which is based in the UK. Julia, the Art Director for Wedding Magazine also happens to be a photographer and even has her own blog! She just sent us a note to let us know that she would be featuring us today. We checked it out and were so touched by her sweet words. She is also going to be featuring some of our weddings there as well. So be sure to head over to her blog and leave some love :)

Many Thanks Julia! It has been a pleasure getting to know you!!

a new one.

...still kind of a secret.

Wednesday 28 April 2010

Here's another one.

I like to see a little laughter at a wedding. Is that tea in that cup, or something a little stronger?

Love this...

...photo Katie sent of her wedding. She wore my citron tulle dress, a definite favorite of mine. When she tried it on, it suited her so beautifully it was almost eerie. Thanks, Katie!

Romance Meets Urban Loft

Although we did partial planning on this wedding, and not full design, we had fun getting to know Paola and Steve and wanted to share their special day with you all, especially because it was shot by one of our favorite photographers, Jamie Hammond!


Paola's dress was incredible...you just wanted to touch it with all of it's amazing texture. She wanted to add something unique to her dress so she had this custom belt made just for her! It definitely made the dress pop and looked like it was meant to be!




The two married in a traditional Jewish ceremony at at a darling Temple here in San Diego. The temple is nestled amongst cobblestone pathways, colorful historic buildings and beautiful parks. It was definitely the perfect backdrop for this gorgeous couple :)





Paola is a graphic designer by trade and created all of the beautiful paper elements of the wedding. From these whimsical programs to the guest book and the table names, Paola designed them all, tying everything together perfectly!



The reception took place at Botanica, who also happened to do all of the amazing florals for the wedding as well. The couple wanted a european nightclub feel to the evening, and Botanica was the perfect fit!

Each table was named after their favorite flowers - Daisy for this lucky bunch. The beautiful arrangements of roses, lisianthus, succulents and hydrangea ran the length of the tables along with bottles of wine. Hundreds of candles floated above the guests in existing chandeliers, creating an intimate glow.




Botanica allowed us to play with all of their pre-existing structures and decor elements to add visual interest throughout the room. We fell in love with the hanging candle spheres, oversized moss balls and even this mounted bull.


Paola is Brazilian and her family all flew in from Brazil and got straight to work! Her mother made the amazing cake that was absolutely delicious, and her sister also helped to make homemade Brazilian sweets and candies for the guests to take home as favors. Paola also had this custom cake topper made of her, Steve and their adorable cat :)


The couple had a photobooth on site so guests could take their pictures and leave a fun message for the guest book!










Everyone had such a great time dancing the night away! They got to party all night long and really celebrate their day!
I love this picture of Paola and Steve getting a quiet moment together in the midst of all the festivities!


We had so much fun putting together all of the details that Paola and Steve had worked so hard on for so long :) It was such a fun night and all of the guests had a great time! Best of luck to you, Paola and Steve! We wish you guys a lifetime of love and happiness!!

Tuesday 27 April 2010

My Inspirations - jewel coloured weddings



I am not sure why but I have kept this image on my computer, I think I would like my house to look like this, albeit I already have hot pink and turquoise mixed with whites but it certainly looks nothing like this!!!


I love all the textures, the flashes of colours and the chill out bed, and visualise a wedding theme coming on from this board.
I have found a few inspirations on this idea having been working on one of our brides themes, she has some fabulous different coloured bridesmaids dresses, which is becoming a hugely popular alternative to all the matching bridesmaids this year.
Whilst I love the colours below for an idea I do think if you picked the colours from my photo above with the hot pink, turquoise, orange and that fabulous green this would really make a stunning wedding.


Passionate flamenco inspirations

We adore this passionate Spanish themed inspiration board from Wedding Nouveau with this fabulous colour combination of purples, red and a touch of orange. I think the dress is beautiful and love the table settings and of course the abanico!

Wedding website for Groomzillas!


We are loving this wedding online magazine specifically targeted at the men. As more and more Groomzillas emerge this is the perfect place for them to visit, from what tie to wear, how to propose to organising the stag dos, fabulous and so original.

Weddings. Blokes. Sorted.

From before the proposal to after the honeymoon, they bring you everything you need to know about weddings. Whether you’re the groom, the best man, father of the bride this makes interesting and useful reading.
If you want to inspire your man and get him involved in your wedding plans send him to www.iamstaggered.com
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Saturday 24 April 2010

The weddingest town in America.

It's true--we do love our weddings here. Bike-friendly weddings, DIY weddings, chandelier-in-a-barn blowouts, photobooth fandangos, the works. So I was greatly honored to be named one of the top 10 reasons to get married in Portland, Oregon. A handmade dress! Don't you think?

Lovely trunk show May 15-16

We're in the studio working up lots of one-of-a-kind pieces for the upcoming Lovely trunk show. If you're in the NYC area and in need of a special little frock, I'll be bringing a sweet collection of short dresses, gowns made from limited edition materials, and a few surprises. Watch the Lovely web site for more details.