West Hollywood Wedding by The Special Day
We just love seeing beautiful, modern weddings here at SMP and I really can’t think of a better way to spend the afternoon than with this West Hollywood shindig. Just gazing at these photos gets me all sorts of giddy! It’s one part contemporary, one part elegant, and a whole lotta gorgeous! Photographed beautifully by Samuel Lippke and designed by the talented Carolyn at The Special Day, this west coast wedding is sure to have you smitten in no time! Click here to see even more of this amazing day!
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From Special Day Event Planning and Design: Charlene and Steve chose The London West Hollywood Hotel for their Spring wedding because of it’s very clean, modern decor, and the gorgeous rooftop tent space with views of Hollywood and Los Angeles – very fitting to their styles. They wanted their wedding to be Chic, Simple, Classy, and Romantic – streamlined, nothing fussy. It was important to Charlene and Steve that their wedding was an intimate celebration with their closest family and friends. Throughout the planning and design process, much of their inspiration came from several Style Me Pretty featured weddings.
Charlene chose a color palette of black and white with hints of gold and blush, something very timeless and beautiful. The bouquets were composed entirely of garden roses – blush for the bride and cream for the bridesmaids. Boutonnieres were classic white ranunculas wrapped in black satin ribbon.
For the ceremony, we kept it simple with only a “floating” platform and went with a lush aisle treatment of white and cream rose petals, letting the views speak for themselves! Especially because the Rooftop Garden of the London was already lined with trees, green hedges, and cream rose bushes.
Once the white linens and gold chairs were chosen, we brought in a white lace runner to add texture to the two tablescapes, which also tied in with Charlene’s lace Monique Lhuillier gown. JL Designs created monobotanical arrangements using white ranunculas, cream hydrangea, white lisianthus, black and white anemones and blush garden roses. For the vessels, we chose all footed glass vases with feminine lines and shapes to them. Every napkin was wrapped in a black pleated ribbon and accented with a gold filigree brooch, there were four different napkin treatments.
Charlene and Steve wanted to have lots of candlelight. The tables were completely lined with candles of various heights, while the lighting was a romantic amber wash. Guests saw the progression of the evening as the sun set behind them, the glow of the candles and ambient lighting came on, the city lights surrounding them – creating such a romantic atmosphere. As their reception was held in the clear tent on the rooftop garden, all the lighting even reflected off the roof of the tent. The cake, created by Nancy Kay Confection’s, was a very simple and clean three-tier white fondant cake with lace bands, which sat on a clear plexiglass cake stand.
Wedding Planner: The Special Day, Carolyn Chen / Venue: The London West Hollywood / Photographer: Samuel Lippke Studios / Floral Designer: JL Designs / Invitations and Printed Goods: Mintwich Designs / Rentals: chiavarichairrentals.com / Lighting: G2 Audio & Lighting / Linens: Wildflower Linens / Cake: Nancy Kay Confections / Musicians: Subito Strings / DJ: Dash Entertainment / Officiant: JP Reynolds / Dress: Monique Lhuillier / Rings: Tiffany & Co. / Earrings: Badgley Mischka Bridal / Shoes: Miu Miu / Groom’s Attire: Dior Homme / Hair + Make-Up: Susie Chhuor Hair | Makeup Studio
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30 Comments about “West Hollywood Wedding by The Special Day”
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June 7, 2011 at 11:04 am
What a beautiful wedding! I love the floral detail on the cake!
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June 7, 2011 at 11:06 am
The detail on her dress is beautiful. I love how clean and elegant the styling is. Nothing pretentious or overdone.
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June 7, 2011 at 11:09 am
I love this intimate and elegant wedding!
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June 7, 2011 at 11:09 am
So, so gorgeous!
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June 7, 2011 at 11:20 am
this is just stunning. and those SHOES! what!
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June 7, 2011 at 11:57 am
Beautiful!!! Can you pretty please, tell me who is the designer of those shoes!?!?!
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June 7, 2011 at 12:07 pm
Hi Holly, the bride's shoes are from Miu Miu.
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June 7, 2011 at 12:22 pm
I love this wedding! And the bridesmaids' dresses. Who is the designer of those????
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June 7, 2011 at 12:26 pm
where did you get your shoes from? SOOOO cute!
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June 7, 2011 at 12:35 pm
The bride's bouquet of english roses is so beautiful. I love the black and white venue as well.
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June 7, 2011 at 12:46 pm
so gorg ladies!
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June 7, 2011 at 12:53 pm
I love it. THe photography is beautiful.
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June 7, 2011 at 1:10 pm
that's my dress! what is the source for the belt?
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June 7, 2011 at 1:19 pm
gorgeous!!!!
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June 7, 2011 at 2:51 pm
I love the picture of the grooms men... so chill and so true!
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June 7, 2011 at 3:15 pm
Those shoes made me gasp!!
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June 7, 2011 at 4:05 pm
this is kinda random.. but to the bride: Is this the Monique Lhuillier style Jessica? Did you get it at the latest ML sample sale in downtown LA?
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June 7, 2011 at 10:33 pm
hot dayam...her shoes are amazing!
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June 8, 2011 at 5:53 am
I just love this wedding. May I ask who designed the belt? It is just so pretty. Many thanks!
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June 8, 2011 at 10:53 am
Light, air-ry and fabulous!
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June 8, 2011 at 12:09 pm
thanks for the feature ladies! i loved working on this stylish and sophisticated affair! xoxo, c
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June 8, 2011 at 4:13 pm
love the elegance of this wedding, the venue and the decor is so classic, its gorgeous
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June 8, 2011 at 10:29 pm
AMAZING shoes. Truly.
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June 15, 2011 at 11:18 am
@ipoel this is definitely the Jessica!
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February 7, 2012 at 5:53 pm
I have been searching everywhere to find the lanterns or should I say pendants that are haning in the clear top tent. Where did you get them?
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