Wedding Weekend

A fun weekend away to wine country for Michele & Tom's big day!
The iPhone stunk for capturing the moment, the gorgeous bride, and all the love in the air that day...
as did our own abilities for taking any decent photos (I blame the delicious wine and late night bubbly).

As we wait for some fabulous photos from the professionals, here's what I have to show for the night (the bride and a friend Kelly around 1 am at the impromptu photo booth).

I'm usually not the biggest fan of models who become singers (case in point, Irina Lazareanu) or singers who turn to acting (too many to list), but when I heard model Karen Elson sing for the first time watching the über exclusive Tom Ford S/S 2011 video with this song as the background, I fell in love.

I wonder if she got any help or advice from her beau, Jack White?

Wedding Day Essentials Kit

With so much going on during the last few weeks leading up to a wedding, I created an essentials kit for my bride when I deliver her dress this evening.  The kit includes:

1. Safety Pins, Needle and Thread~ just in case of any emergencies, always good to have on hand.
2. Pink Champagne~ should be #1 on the list for when the bride and her bridal party are getting ready (but not on an empty stomach, or we'll have a stumbling bride).
3. Static Guard~ in between all the layers of chiffon, silk, and tulle, we want a flowy dress not clinging to the body.
4. Lint Roller~ a great dress refresher (chiffon tends to attract everything)
5. Tide to Go~ amazing at getting rid of any small stain, and can fit in the bride's or maid of honour's purse.

And in the case of this wedding, the bride gets one last essential, moi! 

Body Language

If you've ever been in love, felt its crazy intensity, the comfort it brings, the feeling of two bodies intertwined and becoming one, you understand this.  When I look at this piece, The Lovers, moments flash through my mind and heart.

 

Last Fall I attended a good friend's (Catharine MacIntosh) art show, Body Language.  An evening of her lino blocks celebrating sexual spontaneity, fun, magic and intrigue, and perhaps the subconscious coming alive.  This piece has been transfixed with me ever since...

I hope it reminds you of a moment, a someone, a love.

p.s. it will be mine.

the 11th hour...

It is the home stretch with my first wedding dress of 2011.  It has been a collaborative process between myself and the bride for the past six months.  With only three weeks left to the big day, last night we changed the dress all over again. 

Am I mad?  Hells no!

The Wedding Gown is the ultimate dress in a woman's lifetime, and with such ultimateness the beauty, romance, and fairy tale of this special day need to be translated through this dress.
 
I've been reassured that on occasion these last fittings can have drastic changes.  It can be anything from the bride going down a dress size, to realizing a greater vision of what we really want.  With this gown, we've gone from an elaborate seventeen layer skirt to a more demure seven.  We've learned through this process what flatters best, what looks the most elegant, and what makes our bride smile.

And this is what we want the most, for Michele to smile all day and into the late late hours of the night.