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A Blogger Bride and her Stunning Luxury Caroline Castigliano Bridal Gown
Caroline Castigliano, internationally renowned designer of luxurious bridal gowns, announced the winner of her competition to win a bespoke bridal gown. Fans of the brand are invited to join the winner as she blogs about her exciting win on the designer’s website.The lucky winner, Laura May, 26, will be married in a Castigliano gown when she ties the knot with fiancé Geoffrey Quint, 27, at Westminster Cathedral next year, after scooping the prize in a competition organised by Caroline Castigliano to celebrate the launch of the brand’s new website, http://www.carolinecastigliano.co.uk.
Laura said: “I was speechless when I found out I had won! The thought of wearing such a beautiful fairytale gown almost brought me to tears. I woke up the following morning and immediately had to check that it wasn’t just a dream.”
The couple have been together for six years, becoming engaged when Geoffrey, who works at a London investment bank, proposed to Laura, a Junior Doctor, on Valentine’s Day 2009 with a stunning platinum solitaire ring from Aspreys. The couple celebrated the engagement that evening with a surprise party attended by friends and family at the Royal Automobile Club in the glamour of London’s Pall Mall, which had secretly been organised by Geoffrey in the months prior to the proposal.
Laura and Geoffrey will be married in an intimate ceremony at Westminster Cathedral. The reception will be hosted by the Royal Automobile Club’s Epsom clubhouse, in the heart of Surrey’s green countryside, with a white and green colour scheme and silver accessories throughout. The couple will be honeymooning in Paris.
Next for Laura is a trip to the designer’s exclusive Knightsbridge flagship boutique where she will meet with her personal consultant and begin the unparalleled Castigliano experience for which the brand is so renowned.
ABOUT CAROLINE CASTIGLIANO
Premier designer Caroline Castigliano is at the forefront of the UK’s luxury bridal and evening wear market. Her name is synonymous with luxurious and chic gowns, with every detail exquisitely finished and handcrafted in the United Kingdom. Whether it’s the dream wedding gown of a lifetime or an evening dress for that special occasion, Caroline Castigliano offers her clients a sense of style and personal service that is second to none.
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Sherri Hill is Dressed to Take Atlanta by Storm
The nation’s best special occasion dressing and prom gown designers will flaunt their 2011 collections to the media and retailers at the Atlanta Apparel Market August 26th – 30th.Designer Sherri Hill will headline the festivities introducing new collections, a new permanent showroom at AmericasMart (a brand new NYC Fifth Avenue showroom also launching this month) and 18 top teen models from around the country showcased by Miss Teen USA 2009 Stormi Henley.
The Atlanta Apparel Market features hundreds of manufacturers, but Sherri Hill, a highly respected designer in the industry, will spotlight the show with exclusively produced runway shows worthy of any Seventh Avenue fashion week.
Hosting FIVE runway shows each day with top young models and celebrated pageant winners walking the runway in the most fashion forward designs constructed in luxurious fabrications with all the right details. The new light and airy 4,000 square foot contemporary showroom will feature two stages and seat more than 100 spectators for each showing – each sure to be standing-room only!
The Atlanta Apparel Market is the nation’s largest special occasion, prom and pageant market and Sherri Hill with a loyal following of celebrities, trend-setters and style watchers will not disappoint. The 2011 Collection will be presented in trend categories like Hollywood Princesses, the New Nudes and Uptown Girls to showcase Sherri’s extensive Spring 2011 red carpet-ready original designs.
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FashionBride Interview with Emily&Jo
What’s the difference between a good wedding invitation and an Emily&Jo wedding invitation? Good design and typesetting is where we start, but it’s the combination of printing techniques, paper stock and the design that makes the difference.That’s why you should all consider having your custom-made invitation with Emily&Jo. FashionBride had a quick chat with these extremely creative designers and found out more about their work. Read all about it after the jump (lovely invitations as you can see 🙂 ).
1. When did you decided to become a designer and why did you find this domain interesting?
The business started when Emily, newly engaged and full of anticipation failed to find any wedding stationery that met with her design expectations. As a senior creative in a top London agency Emily felt that there was no option but to create her own stationery suite and the concept of Emily&Jo was born.
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?
Yes we do pride ourselves on being different, that is the essence of our company and ethically why we started. From the very beginning we recognised the emotive value of our product and we continue to work really hard to absolutely realise our clients expectations.
While Emily&Jo combine beautiful patterns with classic, timeless design and typography, we are continually creating new designs for our bespoke clients. This runs hand in hand with the expansion of our on line portfolio. We also offer a free of charge service to our clients whereby the colours of the designs can be manipulated in order to fit in with specific themes
3. Why should a bride-to-be choose one of your designs?
Quality Quality Quality! We produce a beautifully executed product that is timeless as well as being completely on trend. Our stationery suites really serves to set the tone for our clients’ wedding day – wetting the appetite of expectation
4. Do tell us a bit more about your inspiration sources.
As well as our classic designs, as our portfolio indicates we love anything that is new and visually exciting, there is so much talent out there! That is why we are launching our range of “designer” stationery to offer an additional level of creativity to our clients that utilizes the new talent that is out there.
5. Have you got any piece you’ve created and that has a very special meaning for you? Can you describe it or can show us a picture?It’s hard to pin point a single one, we have been lucky enough to work with so many gorgeous clients It’s always a great experience to work with someone that has a clear vision, that isn’t afraid of really going for it with bold colour and design, that make our day to day worthwhile and fun. Designing and producing a finished piece that creates an amazing visual impact and “wow” factor is a very satisfying occupation.
6. From your point of view, how should a perfect wedding should be like?
Smiling faces everywhere!
7. And tell us what would you offer and, maybe, other brands can’t.
Emily&Jo offers a fresh and dynamic on trend portfolio that fulfills a niche in the wedding stationery market that many modern day brides are craving for. Working with myself and Emily is a fun process, we are just as excited as our clients about producing a beautiful end product.
8. Last but not least, do you have any advice for FashionBride readers?
Enjoy your special day, and don’t get overwhelmed by the volume of industry choice that is available. If you have an initial concept, colour or theme that you love, don’t deviate, stick with it and all will fall into place. remember it is your day!
