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Hot stuff: Nam Vo Make up Artist
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A one-time consultant for NARS, Nam Vo’s most recent experience as a runway and print makeup artist translates to flawless applications for weddings ($550) and special events ($200).
Her signature strength is a smoky, sensual eye paired with natural-looking skin—a simple and elegant look, that, when done right, can morph the features.
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Nicole Italy 2011 Bridal Collection
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This modern, fashion-forward collection of Italian wedding dresses features intricate beading and detailed craftsmanship to create truly unique and modern wedding dresses that don’t sacrifice tradition.
With gowns like this Nicole Italy is one designer you should consider when buying the dress.
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Alex Perry 2011 Bridal Collection
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Custom made is a special experience and the ultimate luxury in fashion. Alex Perry is the master of Couture in Australia and ensures that each client’s Haute Couture experience is unforgettable.
Your gown is personally designed by Alex over a series of private consultations with you during which the design and fabrication of your gown will evolve.
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Rosa Clara 2011 Two Bridal Collection
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The second line by Rosa Clará is a more affordable collection that still retains every inch of the special
magic that characterises each and every one of the company’s creations. [via rosaclara.es]
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Persian Princess By Rami Al Ali 2011
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For more images and interview with Rami Al Ali please contact: rahma.himid@strawberry.ae
About Rami Al Ali Couture
Rami Al Ali Couture is a blend of Western dazzle, Eastern femininity with hints of European inspired Couture. The line is a perfect combination of celebrity chic and avant-garde sleek and features innovative treatment of classic shapes. Born and raised in Syria, Rami graduated from the college of Fine Arts in 1995 and started his fashion career in Dubai and Beirut with some of the region’s leading fashion houses.
By November 2007 Rami was chosen to kick off the launch of Abu Dhabi’s first Fashion Week (ADFW), alongside famous designers such as Valentino, where Rami showcased an elegant & chic collection at the opening ceremony; his first Prêt-a-Porte collection. Camera Nazionale della Moda Italiana (creators of Milan Fashion Week, with Mr. Mario Boselli, President of Camera Moda attending) were co-organizer’s of the hugely successful event.
Rami Al Ali Couture has been working with other large companies such as Swarovski and has enjoyed a long lasting and valuable relationship. Furthermore, Rami Al Ali has been chosen by Swarovski among other world-renowned designers such as John Galliano; Vivian Westwood; Giorgio Armani & Elie Saab, to create one-of-a-kind wedding designs featured in Swarovski’s book UNBRIDALED The Marriage of Tradition And Avant Garde. Simultaneously Rami Al Ali Couture contributed to the launch of Swarovski’s CRYSTALLIZED™ Wedding event in Paris, 2008.
In 2009, Rami Al Ali walked on the international fashion stage from Rome, through his Spring Summer 2009 collection, where it was showcased at the historic ballroom of The Grand Hotel Plaza during Alta Moda fashion week. The most significant matter was the exceptional print and design, which was designed in-house, and intended and manufactured specifically to emphasize the theme of this collection, Damascus Rose. Rami’s designs are based on the philosophy of intrigue, where each piece strives to use new techniques or design concepts that generate long lasting interest rather than immediate but short lasting dazzle and impact. Intricate embroidery is not treated as an accessory to the dress but rather part of the central theme that brings it to life. Soft curvy material is a clear favorite in Rami’s fabric choices. In most designs, the material is so light it embraces the body almost like a perfume leaving it to move and express itself freely. Flamboyance is treated subtlety so that glamorous elements such as glitter, crystal beadwork, and extra embellishments are often playfully hidden with other layers revealing their charm through movement and the hidden curves. Rami Al Ali’s muse is typically Mediterranean sophisticated, elitist, intricate, graceful and very refined.
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WhiteDay 2011 Bridal Collection
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In the studio of José M ª Peiró all wedding dresses are made to measure, being able to customize according to physiognomy and features of the wedding under the supervision and guidance of the designer.
Although their models are made dresses are handmade and unique they can ensure they are accessible to most budgets. In four bridal atelier you can see that all the dresses are made in their facilities with the best team of professionals (tailors – patterns). All this makes them to improve the most of their creations being so unique in the wedding industry market.
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FashionBride Interview with Maria Lucia Hohan
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Yup, I’m going to spoil you with some stunning gowns and an inside story told by the Romanian designer that charmed Alix with her creations. Wanna know more? Read the interview and don’t forget to check her website – your wedding gown must be there!
1. When did you decided to become a designer and why did you find this domain interesting?
I actually started by studying Interior&Product design in Paris at Creapole-ESDI school, then I switched to Textile&fashion at LISAA – L’Institut des Arts Appliques. I think somehow my destiny was to work in fashion, as I didn’t plan it from the beginning but all the steps led me towards this field.
I love to create, I love the creative process, I love discovering fabrics and textures and I love to play with colours, shades, nuances. One day ill probably switch back to interior design, as it’s a domain so dear to me, as it includes also fabrics and textures, but used in a different space and volume.
Basically it’s not only about clothes and fashion, I love to create anything that requires selecting colours and materials and developing a concept, an idea. The clothes are just the final product that I chose at this moment in order to express my ideas and feelings.
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?In september 2003, at my very beginning, I was just a child. I was 23 years old and very ambitious and eager to have my own business and probably I benefited from beginner’s luck, as I started to have customers quite rapidly. My designs werent developed, my financial sources were scarce and limited so that influenced a lot the way the clothes looked like 7 years ago.
I was just discovering new sewing and cutting techniques and I was learning along my production team how the clothes are really made. Basically every day I learn something about the fabrics, about the fitting on real people, about what the girls really want to wear so I can create in a more commercial way etc.
I understand only now why every single designer will always say that his last collection is definitely the best, as we evolve and progress with each season that passes.
3. Why should a bride-to-be choose one of your designs?
I do design thinking about “love”, as the ultimate source of inspiration. When a man and a woman decide to join destinies forever, they want to celebrate this event in style – but the dress its after all, only an accessory of the bride, the LOVE between the partners is the subject of the wedding itself.
Therefore, I create dresses for a light-hearted, ultra-romantic, girlie and playful bride, that probably will celebrate her wedding by the seaside or in a beautiful garden, surrounded by flowers. She will wear crystal-embedded flats, not high heels and she will wear flowers in her hair. MLH bride dream to love and to be loved and she will also fall in love with the dress, as a symbol of her happy union with her partner.
I do get most of my inspiration recently from the fashion&design blogs, I save images that I like and I pin them on my wall. A few months later the ideas will transform into a detail or a very piece of clothing. I also like make-up colours and packaging, dresses worn by movie characters, fashion editorials etc I gather everything into big panels and then I filter the information and I extract the colours from there and the textures I want to use.
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?
I would say that at this moment, it’s the wedding dress of Alix – the cherryblossomgirl. This dress made me realise that I want to create bridal gowns for many years from now to come and opened my eyes towards a whole new creative universe.
6. From your point of view, how should a perfect bride look like?
A perfect bride is the one with no doubts about her marriage, that loves with full heart and wears a large smile on her face.
7. And tell us what would you give her and, maybe, other brands can’t.
I design romantic, playful dresses with an innocent touch. I don’t like to use optic white, I like ivory – antique – off whites, vanilla light beige, creamy butter tones. And lots of lace details and bows. The bow will remain most probably my signature, even if it’s in leather, rhinestone or sheer mousseline.
I create wedding gowns for girls that are happy to be in love and to celebrate their feelings. Therefore, the girls will always want to play a little bit with their look and try not to take it so seriously – they will add bows, hearts, soft fabrics and glazed chiffon to their favourite dress and not try to overdress or look like fancy ladies.
8. Last but not least, do you have any advice for FashionBride readers?
Try to wear your dress with low heel shoes, in duchesse satin with a delicate rhinestone or satin bow as detail. Think about your comfort and remember that the happy smile on the bride’s face is the ultimate accessory for the look 🙂
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A Blogger Bride and her Stunning Luxury Caroline Castigliano Bridal Gown
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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
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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
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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.
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!
