Karina and Nehal were married at the St. Regis in Monarch Beach last fall. I can’t even begin to imagine how long it must take to plan a celebration like this! As Abby would say, “Sheer gorgeousness!”

Ooohh her shoes! Here’s a story from their fabulous photographer, Ryan Phillips’ Blog …

*Brides note about the shoes – Christian Louboutin Beverly Hills – I saw a photo of these shows in Vogue over a year before the wedding. I had to have them! I was on the hunt. I went to 2 shops in New York and checked Neimans and Saks. I was coming back from a meeting one day in Beverly Hills and I saw the Christian Louboutin store on Burton Way. I decided to pop in and there they were – glowing in the window. I bought the very last pair – luckily they were my size! Apparently they made very few of this style and they sold out fast. I wanted to wear them so badly that  I wore them around the house so I wouldn’t get the bottoms scuffed – they waited a whole year to make their debut!

{We also read on Ryan’s blog that the design of her reception clothing was inspired by these shoes! Pretty great.}

What an amazing venue … what an amazing couple … kind of makes me want to break into a My Fair Lady song …

LOVE LOVE LOVE the portraits …

These guys belong on a magazine cover. All photos courtesy of Ryan Phillips Photography. Fabulous!

Thanks so much to Ryan for sharing these images. Our congratulations to Karina and Nehal.

Stephanie Lairson is a highly acclaimed wedding consultant in Orange County. Just in case you missed her March feature on the Little Black Book Blog … you might want to take a look back at Victoria & Matthew’s Wedding. Totally different. Totally great!

You can also see lots more weddings on Stephanie’s website gallery. Thanks Stephanie!

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from Stephanie … “Victoria originally came to me with the idea of black with white polka dots. She insisted on a black background with white dots (not the other way around) and RED. Oddly enough, one of the first finds was the flower girl dress and then everything came together from there. She gave me full authority to run with the theme – the best thing about it being that it is playful and not too feminine.”

from Victoria … “As for the polka dot theme, I just always loved them and I love anything that is that sort of rockabilly style. We wanted our wedding to reflect who we are as a couple. We are young and we wanted a kind of rock n’ roll edge to our theme. We thought, who do we know that has done a 50′s style wedding? We thought it would be original. We had to make sure we could capture that look without getting tacky!”

The wedding was held at the St. Regis Resort in Monarch Beach, CA. The beautiful flowers are by Elegant by Design.

Did you see the decadent cupcake tower from Little Black Book member, The Vanilla Bake Shop?

Our thanks to Samuel Lippke of Ira Lippke Studios for the great photos.

Stephanie Lairson is one of our LBB’s fabulous wedding consultants in Southern California. Take a look at her gallery for more of Matthew and Victoria’s delightful wedding!

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