Monique Lhuillier’s Luxurious 2014 Collection
Oooh it was going to be pretty tough to top yesterday’s post for gown gorgeousness - Karen Willis Holme’s 2013 Collection really is breathtaking….. but if any designer can be trusted to create a collection that exudes luxury and is packed full of wow, it is Monique Lhuillier! Monique’s innate sense of style and understanding of [...]
Monique Lhuillier’s Lavish and Dramatic Fall 2013 Collection
My love of all things Monique Lhuillier, is no secret. Her signature glamorous red-carpet-ready gowns and ethereal wedding dresses have been the ones to look out for many a season and I for one have waited for each collection with bated breath. With her Fall 2013 collection unveiled at this month’s New York Fashion Week [...]
Frosted Mistletoe – Emerald Green Inspiration for a Winter Wedding
Happy Christmas Eve everyone - only 1 more sleep until Christmas!! And to celebrate I have a little Christmas Wedding Inspiration. Last year it was all about the rich ruby red of Cranberry, but this year I have taken the lush colour that abounds even in the whitest Christmas wonderland, that of Emerald Green…… Wreath Source, [...]
An Alluring Fall 2013 Bridal Collection from Monique Lhuillier
Today I have even more pretty from the recent New York Bridal Fashion Week! This time it comes from couture bridal designer and celebrity favorite Monique Lhuillier, who presented a stunning Fall 2013 collection….. Monique Lhuillier is the designer of choice for the fashion forward bride who wants to look elegant, but with an edge. Monique’s designs have always captured [...]
Magical Illusion Necklines
Didn’t Prescilla Chan look radiant when she married Mark Zuckerberg this week?! For their surprise, back yard ceremony the bride opted for, who else but Claire Pettibone! The exquisite gown was style ‘Sky Between the Branches’ (from Claire’s continuing collection), which features the most beautiful cut out embroidery, creating a stylishly elegant bateau illusion neckline. [...]
Monique Lhuillier’s Sublime Spring 2013 Bridal Collection
Whilst we may always be able to rely on Vera Wang to push the boundary for bridal design (the queen of bridal couture will forever be the first choice for daring brides), there is one designer known for her ethereally beautiful, dreamily embellished and flawlessly tailored gowns and that is Monqiue Luillier. (For some reason that gown makes me [...]
The Most Distinctly Stunning Long Sleeved Wedding Dresses
I have always thought sleeves on a wedding dress give a blushing bride a demure air of elegance, creating a sleek silhouette and immediately evoking reflections of a more graceful and refined time. After so many years of strapless bodiced bridal gowns, I do believe it is time for a sleeve revival! The beautiful Toile Francais from [...]
The Finest Vintage Inspired Bridal Gowns from NYC Bridal Fashion Week
If a vintage wedding dress, like the fabulous frocks I featured in Exquisite Vintage Bridal Gowns from The Frock, isn’t for you but you still want a vintage inspired wedding or theme, then despair not! Many of the oh so talented designers of today have been drawing inspiration from eras gone by for their recent collections and 2012 is no exception. Jenny [...]
Sunday Style Icon: Billie Dove
OK, so many may have never heard of the subject of my Sunday Style Icon today, however believe me when I say she is a style icon – anyone in love with the 1920s, Silent Movies or Marcel Waves, as I am, will love her (and as I used to share her surname, she will forever [...]
Dramatically Downton – Inspiration for an exquisitely Edwardian Wedding
More Downton Abbey-esque Edwardian Wedding inspiration (after my Deliciously Downton Vera post at the beginning of this month) – I know, I know, I am a girl obsessed but look at these incredible photos and you will see why I couldn’t resist one more…….. I found these gloriously vintage Wedding Photos on Ruffled (if you haven’t paid it a visit [...]
