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Alfred Sung Signature 2010 Bridal Collection
Alfred Sung is a Canadian fashion designer, producing apparel, fragrance, accessories and home fashions for women and men. He was born in Shanghai and raised in Hong Kong. Sung is the brother of late Hong Kong actress Lydia Shum.
During his design career, Alfred Sung has garnered significant attention, acclaim and recognition in Canada and the United States for his classic styling and timeless elegance. He is the recipient of numerous awards for his fashions and industry accomplishments. With each additional success, his role as Canada’s unofficial design ambassador continues to flourish. He now is part of the dessy group and deigns for many bridal companys. He has close relations with confetti and lace. He also has a new collection coming out next year.
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Bella 2010 Bridal Collection
Bella | Ah, Charlotte! Bubbly, intuitive, always ready to listen to her customers, and always with impeccable taste. But never alone: always surrounded by her dynamic and dedicated team, and above all assisted by her stylist, Olivier Freine. A natural team, they get together, discuss ideas and always end up reaching an agreement.
It was at this environment that this season’s 3 new collections were created. Beautiful models from Bella, wonderful models from Sublissima and exquisite models from Olivier Freine. All this to delight our brides-to-be. Charlotte and Olivier’s creations are the result of their love and passion for their work.
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AgapéEver 2010 Bridal Collection
AgapéEver signifies “Unconditional Love Forever.” Their breathtaking gowns are designed with those beautiful words in mind. Award winning designer, Rena Koh, has created gowns that are timeless, elegant, and sophisticated. The clean lines of AgapéEver wedding gowns are enhanced with fabrics rich in color and texture, and adorned with intricate beadwork, embroidery, and other embellishments.
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Isabella Chessari 2010 Bridal Collection
This collection is designed for today’s princess. You will be enchanted with the mixture of timeless lines that are accented with modern beading and touches of unique embroideries and laces that are every girl’s dream. These classic everlasting creations will stand the test of time.
Find her creations at 2be designers, they are sketching everyday to create the most beautifully crafted wedding dresses. With over 140 styles to choose from, you’ll be sure to find the gown of your dreams. Here are just a few.
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Claire Pettibone 2010 Bridal Collection
For the woman who dreams of pure poetry in motion, Los Angeles designer Claire Pettibone will indulge her every romantic inclination. Born to artist parents, it was inevitable that Claire would enter a creative field. She spent her early childhood living in rural New York in a nineteenth century home where her parents created their art, and Claire began to draw and paint as well.
At the age of 4, she attended a wedding at St. Patrick’s Cathedral in Manhattan that left a lasting impression. Claire was so enthralled with that walk down the aisle, that she began drawing brides and begged her mother to make her a wedding gown!
After graduating from Otis Parsons School of Design in Los Angeles with a degree in fashion design, she and her husband Guy Toley set out to bring Claire’s ethereal vision to the world of fashion. The company began with a luxurious collection of fine lingerie featuring delicate laces and the special details that have become Pettibone’s signature.
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Alice Padrul 2010 Bridal Collection
The unique designs of Alice Padrul redefines the way modern brides envision wedding gowns for their special day. The gowns showcase her ability to utilize exceptional style and poise with different elements of design. The result is a product which is not only wearable, but also a genuine art piece.
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Radiosa 2010 Bridal Collection
The Radiosa 2010 bridal collection draws inspiration from a romantic type of femininity, which however is always abreast with the latest fashion trends. The collection is comprised of dresses that mirror seductive mermaid-like shapes, with precious faded embroideries applied onto the finest fabrics whose metal and iridescent reflexes radiate light.
These dresses evoke the delicateness of flower petals, applied on bodices and skirts featuring thick and asymmetric or light drapes that extol the skirt’s sensuality.
Precious chantilly lace, organza and taffetas, preciously decorated with crystals and silk threads, range from hues of antique pink to coral, from peach to gold, all the way to ivory white. Furthermore, the collection includes dresses with a clean, balanced line of top tailoring quality mainly in several hues of delicate and essential ivory white.
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Hot stuff: Elisabeth Toll
Elisabeth Toll is one of the most talented fashion photographers I have reviewed by now. I’ve discovered her work trough the Swedish agency Lundlund in Stolkholm. And I’ve decided to share some of her lovely work with you.
I’m sure you’d find her work more than interesting and if you live in Europe you might try to give her a call. You’ll get the pictures of your lifetime, I’m sure of it.
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Elizabeth Fillmore 2010 Bridal Collection
Elizabeth Fillmore bridal gown offers a unique combination of classic elegance and sensuality and redefines the traditional wedding gown, creating dresses that are both modern and classic.
Moving away from heavy beading and construction, Elizabeth relies on her knowledge of draping and bias to produce sexy yet graceful silhouettes and clean unobstructed beauty. Details of delicate beading and chantilly lace are carefully thought-out, ensuring that the refined simplicity of Elizabeth’s gowns is never lost to heavy ornamentation.
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FashionBride Interview with Arvydas Videika from Vamp Bridal
There are gowns that you like at first glance and gowns that you love after you give them a second look. I’ve adored a certain gown from the first moment I saw but it’s designer, Arvydas Videika, head of Vamp fashion house, says some of the brides might need some time to get used to his design.To solve the mystery I’ve asked some questions and found some precious information from a special Lithuanian designer that has enchanted us with his fabulous designs. Enjoy!
1. When did you decided to become a designer and why did you find this domain interesting?
About 15 years ago, I just wanted to do something beautiful, interesting and new (Lithuania about that time became independen, and we got a lot information about fashion)
2. Talk us trough the first years of you work. Maybe you could tell us what did change in time? Are your designs different from the very beginning?Oh yes, it all changed a lot… I just openede my own fashion house 5 years ago and then it become work to me, not just a hobby, quality changed because I hired professionals, I began to order better fabrics, visited different countries searching new and beautiful materials.
3. Why should a bride-to-be choose one of your gowns?Hard to answer, they should like my design, quality, price, service. I like my work, and I think they see that J. (FashionBride thinks Videika is far to modest, brides should buy his work because all of his gowns are exquisitely designed and bring a distinct touch in this line of work)
4. How long does it take to design a single wedding dress?Depends, if it is just a dress or a dress with corset, long or short…but we can do it about 2-3 weeks.
5. Do tell us a bit more about your inspiration sources for your collection.
First of all for me is beautiful women body, so I like the 50’s, I like corsets, light materials…
6. Do you also work with brides or you just try to give them the best of your designs in your collections?
Yes, about 70% of our brides like individual design. (FashionBride is impressed)
7. Have you got any gown you’ve created and that has a very special meaning for you? Can you describe it or can show us a picture?
It’s like from 19th century but at the same time so new for our days, and so chic, it’s very feminine, very shaped but… not for all, not for a princess, like I say, you have to grow up to like this model. (We’ve most certainly grown up to adore it!)
8. From your point of view, how should a perfect bride look like?
The main thing – good quality and a well tailored dress…it makes miracles, the dress might be very simple, but…if it’s tailored, if it has right shape and if a bride knows all that – you‘ll see from kilometers – it’s a perfect bride J
9. And tell us what would you give her and, maybe, other brands can’t.A big choice of materials, models, shapes and design just for her.
10. Can you give us an insight on your new Collection? What where your inspiration sources, what did you opt for as materials, shapes etc.You can check out my new collection at http://www.vamp.lt/galerija-pv2010.htm . Materials – silk, satin, lace, shapes – asymmetry, very near body, very tight on top, and cascades of chiffon down, focus on shape, not on decoration.
11. Last but not least, do you have an advice for FashionBride readers?It’s very big day, and I think it worth to search THAT dress. The dress and all approach will show a lot to all guests – about your style, your knowledge of fashion, your opinion about chic decorations, originality, how you see yourself and much more, so don’t leave the search for the last day.
