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Janell Berté – Wedding Dress Styles To Enhance All Figures

Eddye — Thu, 29 Jan 2009 16:00:09 +0000

Today, we’re featuring the 2009 Spring Collection of fashion designer, Janell Berté.

In a recent interview with her, I asked how she defines her wedding gown design aesthetic. Her answer was swift and straight-forward … “clean lines and luscious fabrics that incorporate french lace and decorative accents.”

I think, though, that the most significant thing Janell told me was that she designs for real brides with real figures and real curves.

Each of Janell’s gowns has a definite personality, a definite style. Once created, each gown will prompt the unfolding of a young lady’s dream-come-true wedding day.

We’ll be back with a few of our favorite gowns from Janell’s Couture Collection …

And if you’ve already selected your gown, head on over to The Little Black Book Blog for a stunning, classic Illinois wedding from Jeffrey and Julia Woods Photography. A little later today, we’ll be featuring another dazzling Real Wedding From Andrew and Katrina at Sedona Brides on the Little Black Book Blog!

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Post tags: Couture, Designer, Janell Berte, Lancaster, Nick Gould Photography, Pennsylvania, Wedding Dress Styles, Wedding Style
Post categories: Wedding Dresses, Wedding Fashion, Wedding Style

Inspiration Board, XXXIV

Abby Larson — Wed, 28 Jan 2009 00:40:43 +0000

At this point, it would have been much easier to list these boards as numbers rather than roman numerals, BUT…xxxiv is our last inspiration board! If yours didn’t make it up, and you got it in by January 21st and had all of your credits listed, shoot me an email and I’ll get it up asap.

Otherwise, leave a comment as to which of the boards is your absolute favorite. I am going to ask the reader who inspired these inspiration boards to vote and along with my own vote, we’ll come up with a winner. Look for the announcement on Monday, February 2nd.

Here is our last entry by Corbin…

All images by Corbin Gurkin Photography except: Soft pink floral headpiece “Muscari” by Easter Yu, Ceramic Button by Veronica Buttons, Embroidered Ring Pillow by Grace Art Antiques, Hand Painted Cake courtesy of Wedding Style

From Corbin…

In thinking about using raspberry and white as a starting point, I like the idea of fading a pale pink into the florals to create a sort of transition from the darker rose to white. Using a natural fibered linen acts as a subtle backdrop and gives a little bit of dimension against the white tones so they pop from the table settings. I love complimenting a new gown with vintage touches – antique ring boxes, a gorgeous piece of embroidered fabric turned into a ring pillow, or a soft floral headpiece. To me, shabby chic says texture and layering fabrics, working off of an antique vase, even wearing a gown with lace or beaded details works well with this aesthetic. I hope you enjoy the board.

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Post tags: Grace Art Antiques, Veronica Buttons, Wedding Style
Post categories: Contests, Inspiration Boards

Real Wedding

Abby Larson — Tue, 04 Nov 2008 13:00:01 +0000

People always ask me how I choose the weddings that are featured on SMP. And to be honest, I don’t really have a good answer. I write about those that I love…whether it’s a particularly unique style, a great color palette or simply a feeling that I get when I look through the pictures. And, that is exactly why I am posting today’s wedding…there is just something so wonderful about this elegant, oh-so-British, garden style affair.

Before I show you all of the beautiful details, I thought these pictures of the bride getting ready were absolutely gorgeous…

All of the absolutely, tear-inducing gorgeous photographs were captured by Mark Wallis. There are no words for how beautiful some of the pictures are that we are going to feature today, I only wish that I could show you ALL of them.

From the bride, Fiona…

I wore a strapless beaded wedding dress and once I had the dress the style of the day really came together. I love sparkle so I wanted it to be twinkly day!

I had shoes custom made by a fantastic place called Emmy shoes in London to match the dress and bought extra dress lace so that it could be put onto the front of the shoes to match. I also had custom made Swarovski covered converse trainers for the dancing (more sparkle!)! I had Bride written on one shoe in crystals and Mrs Crompton on the other, they were a real talking point during the dancing!

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Post tags: Garden Wedding, Mark Wallis, Wedding Style
Post categories: Real Weddings, Traditional Elegance

Wedding Invitations by Love at First Invite

Abby Larson — Wed, 15 Oct 2008 18:12:12 +0000

If you guys don’t know about Love at First Invite…it’s a complete must-have. Cathy’s invites are so completely chic, so current and yet wonderfully timeless. And, they are surprisingly affordable! Here are a few of her pink inspired designs…

And, I am beyond excited to let you guys know that Cathy is GIVING AWAY a set of 100 Invitation Sets! How great is that!? The set will include the invitation, the reply cards, reply envelopes and outer envelopes, all printed on beautiful Linen Paper. And here, my friends, is the absolutely beautiful design…

The design was inspired by grandmothers, mothers and daughters…and generations to come!

For this giveaway, we are hoping you’ll share the style of your wedding…is it rustic chic? classic and traditional? funky? casual but elegant? We’ll pick a random winner for this giveaway from your comments!

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And the winner is…Abbie!

“Our wedding will be part rustic chic part garden party. We are getting married in the local botanic gardens with a reception at the local community center. We’ve chosen kelly green and a pale turquoise for our colors. LOVE THIS GIVEAWAY! I checked her site and love the designs.”

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Post tags: Giveaway, Love at First Invite, Pink Week, Wedding Style
Post categories: Contests, Wedding Invitations & Stationery

Splurge Vs. Save: Dresses

Abby Larson — Tue, 27 Feb 2007 10:00:00 +0000

I was perusing the Grace Ormonde Wedding Style site today and completely fell in love with some of the gowns that they feature for 2007. The magazine’s focus is style and high end design and it shows… the gowns on the 2007 runways that are highlighted really are drool worthy. As is everything else on this site. The flowers are GORGEOUS, the event designers are over-the-top beautiful…I could go on and on and on. Okay, focus.

Today’s post is a splurge vs. save. I tried to find gowns that were comparable either in cut or style, or at the very least, gave that ahhhh how pretty feeling for both the splurge and the steal. Here we go! The splurge gowns are all $1500 and above (most of them far more). The save dresses are $1500 and below (most of them far less).

Top Row, left to right: Rosa Clara, Junko Yoshioka for Bonaparte NY, Oscar de la Renta; Bottom Row: Vera Wang, Ruben Perlotti (most photos from Wedding Style)

Top Row: J Crew $1000, Carmen Marc Valvo at Bloomingdales, Ramona Keveza on The Knot $1500; Bottom Row: J Crew $250, ABS by Allen Schwartz $300, Mary L. Couture at Nordstroms, $238

The main element you should look for, if you are dress shopping on a budget, should be simplicity. Find a dress you love, then scour stores to find a simpler, toned down version. If you take away some of the ruffles and beading, even an inexpensive gown will look chic and sophisticated.

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Post tags: Allen Schwartz, Grace Ormonde, J. Crew, Junko Yoshioka, Mary L. Couture, Nordstroms, Oscar De La Renta, Ruben Perlotti, The Knot, Vera Wang, Wedding Style
Post categories: Wedding Dresses, Wedding Fashion