I’m super excited to announce I’m contributing this week to Aisledash! For these posts I thought it would be fun to take inspiration for Alina Pizzano’s recent wedding dress collection and turn them into inspiration boards for a wedding design. You can check out the first post here. Enjoy!

Monique Lhuillier sample sale will be held this Sunday, June 27th at 10am in downtown LA.

A few weeks ago I had the pleasure of seeing Alina Pizzano’s new collection first hand. You might remember, Alina let me borrow the dress for the Anthropologie shoot, so I was super excited to see her new designs. Above, a lace dress with a slouchy back creates a modern, but feminine, silhouette.

This season, Alina showed several asymmetrical dresses. I’m in love with this glamorous version above. It feels like a modern update on Marilyn Monroe’s famous pink bow dress.

For the bride who wants just a hint of sparkle this dress with its stunning sequin detail would be perfect. The sequins would be so pretty catching the light while you say your vows.

I love the dress on the left for the gathered fabric detail with its use of two textures, the light brocade and silk. It adds a bit of drama to a timeless silhouette. The pink dress, on the right, has a certain ethereal Grecian goddess quality to it. It would be pretty at both a beach wedding and a formal ballroom reception.

But the  piéce de résistance, is this stunning ball gown made out of 300+ yards of trim. Coincidentally, I bought this same trim in February for inspiration for my next photo shoot. Needless to say, I was blown away when I saw the layers upon layers of the same trim used to create this stunning dress. There’s only one word to describe this dress: couture!

Thanks Alina for showing us your fabulous couture creations! To learn more about Alina, visit her website here.

Photos by David Kim.

For all you J.Crew fans, they’re opening a bridal boutique in NYC! Best of all the opening, is being hosted by Darci Miller of Martha Stewart Weddings. All you NYC peeps be sure to RSVP!

The Melrose Place location of Bridal Style Revealed allowed guests to experience the best in bridal design, straight from the designer showroom. Case-in-point? Carolina Herrera.

This brilliant designer was gracious enough to preview her spring 2010 bridal collection for Unveiled event guests, mini-fashion show style. The dresses? Inspired by the greatest artists, who in their own work have displayed elements of fashion, Carolina Herrera blew our bridal minds out of the water! Here are five of my favorites, attached to work from the artists said to have inspired the collection.

Dress #1: A Vincent van Gogh inspired floral jacquard dress with ruffle applique’.

Dress #2: This Monet inspired strapless tulle ball gown incorporates hand-painted water lilies. Gorgeous!

Dress #3: Every ballerina knows the work of Degas…but Carolina took his work to a whole new level. This ribbon strapped, tulle point d’esprit dress is breathtaking.

Dress #4: Edouard Manet is channeled through this strapless ivory and black rose fils coupe’ gown with a blue taffeta bow.

Dress#5: Last, but not least, this was the absolute show-stopper! This ivory off-the-shoulder gown, adorned with black lace applique’ and a small coral bow (inspired by Diego Velasquez) is perfect for the most eclectic & daring bride!

Each piece in this collection was truly magical, and I’ve never seen a more beautiful living interpretation of art in all my life. What a great way to start my day at this amazing wedding event. Be sure to check in tomorrow for more Unveiled: Bridal Style Revealed goodness.

I love vintage suitcases and I thought holding fans would be so cute.

I tied grosgrain ribbons in two colors to the base of the fans to add some color.

For the flower girls I found these copper candles holders that were the perfect scale for their baskets.

I tied each side with grosgrain ribbon and filled them with baby’s breath.

The flower girls were too cute!

For favors, Santa Barbara Preserves made rose jelly and put these in adorable mini canning jars.

We used the same dashed pattern on the napkin as a border for the label. Santa Barbara Preserves custom made rose jelly, but she can make any flavor (her habanero raspberry jam is so good!)

Photos: Kirsten Ellis of Beaux Arts Photographie

Favors: Santa Barbara Preserves

Design: Kelly Oshiro Events

I borrowed a dress from Alina Pizzano for my bride. It was a light, light, pink with a brocade texture to the fabric. I love the cut, with its sweet heart neckline and simple train.

For styling, I added a light blue grosgrain ribbon to the waist of the dress.

For her bouquet I used white ranunculus, paper whites, muscari, berzilla balls, and queen anne’s lace.

In her hair, a simple piece of aqua netting was tied into a headband.

I found this killer vintage necklace in Paso Robles after I finished a site visit with one of my brides. I love the slightly art deco feel it has and the aqua color is to die for!

All photos by Kirsten Ellis of Beaux Arts Photographie

Flowers, styling: Kelly Oshiro Events

Dress: Alina Pizzano

Model: Megan van den Bergh of Nutmeg Press

So here’s the “project” I’ve been working on– my faux wedding! The theme was Anthropologie and the color palatte featured light pink, aqua, light blue with dashes of copper. Stay tuned for more of the shoot, the pictures turned out gorgeous thanks to the uber talented Kirsten Ellis of Beaux Arts Photograpie. You can check out parts One,  Two and Three on OnceWed and I will be posting a ton more images this week.

And a big thank you to all the vendors who participated!

Location: Stow House

Dress: Alina Pizzano

Suit: Mission Tuxedo

Cake: Robyn Loves Cake

Food & Beverage: SBB Catering

Hair & Makeup: Starlite Girl

Favors: SB Preserves Co Calligraphy:Betsy Dunlap

Invitations: Nutmeg Press

I love this sweet moment captured by Kate Headley. The shoes plus the dress are so adorable!

I love the idea of a chic red and white wedding with Southern charm. I picture this wedding taking place at an old plantation, where sweet tea would be served as a welcome drink and fans would be handed out to guests to cool themselves. I would mix red and white checks and stripes on the tables for a charming homey look. Rocking chairs would be setup on the porch for guests to enjoy during cocktail hour. Heirloom family love letters would be put on display next to the guest book. Apple pie and red velvet cake would be served for dessert. And, of course, the bride would wear boots.

Description: Red, white, southern charm, plantation chic

Images from top, left to right: {Row 1} 1. Whitebox Weddings 2. Helen Norman 3. Daniel Farmer {Row 2} 1. Bret Cole 2. Styled by Atlanta Bartlet 3. Lacey Style {Row 3} 1. Styled by Kate French 2. Union Photography 3. Frances Janisch

Here’s a sneak peek of a retro, paisley wedding I planned and designed. Up next are some of the behind the scenes of the details created for their wedding day. Enjoy!

Photo: Harper Smith Photography

I’m so excited to share with you the fashion from Wendy’s wedding! Take it away Wendy:

The ceremony was inspired by a short film in Akira Kurasawa’s “Dreams”; the fox wedding.  –Have you seen this?  The music played was Michael Nyman’s “String Quartet No.2: 3.III”, which is more unusual but beautiful; when it started, the bridesmaids and I started the long walk from behind the hill top to the top of the aisle.

The girls were instructed to keep their parasols down over their faces, and to walk tightly in pairs of 2 (except for my sister in the lead).  Guests had no idea I was in the back of this long, colorful train.

One by one, they peeled off down the aisle (folding up their parasol and trading it with my dad for their appropriate bouquet), and then stood along the side of the chairs instead of in the front front. The flower girls tossed pink carnation petals, which I liked because they kind of remind me of peach blossoms (again, an inspiration from Kurasawa’s “Dreams”).

When it was finally my turn, I kept my triangular-shaped white parasol over my face until the right moment in the music and, like the others, closed it and took my bouquet from my dad and walked down the aisle with him.

Thank you for sharing Wendy!

Vendors:

Makeup: Makeup by Tilly

Hair: Ashleigh Wests at 19 Blue Salon

Bride’s dress & shoes: Giusepe Papini

Bridesmaids dresses: Alvina Valenta

Parasols: Luna Bazaar

Personal Training: Casey Pfeifer for Innate Wellness Center (highly, highly recommended by Wendy)

About a year ago, one of my readers, Wendy, contributed a series of posts about going to Italy to get her wedding dress made by Giusepe Papini.

Now a year later, Wendy was kind enough to send photos from her day. Stay tuned for more details on Monday! You can check out the original “Made in Italy” posts: here, here, here, here and here.

Images: 1. Don Wenderski 2. by Wendy

This past Wednesday I had the amazing opportunity to go to the Vera Wang Fall 2010 show. In the above dress, I loved how the fabric was layered asymmetrically to create volume, and in person, you could really see the huge amount of detail and craftsmanship that goes into each dress.

I love how the bands of fabric swirl from top to bottom to create the shape of the dress. Also, the asymmetrical neckline and beading on the belt really enhance the subtle s-shape of the dress.

The simplest dress shown was this one-shoulder column dress. I love the crisscross pattern on the bodice!

The layers of cut shredded fabric and the detail on this dress is just stunning. To me it looks like a modern take on feathers.

And of course, this collection had loads of black detail. I love the nude underlay of this black dress which softens the look; this is definitely an option for the fashion-forward bride.

The dress had layers of lace and pleated fabric. The detail was incredible, and oh so delicate.

I love the contrast of the structured bodice here with the net overlay. I absolutely adore the crisscross detail on the back of the dress.

This dress was a study in sculpting layers. I love the repetition of this theme throughout the collection. And oh yes, that’s me in the pink in the front row… I had to pinch myself several times to make sure I was really there.

Images: 1-7 Brides.com 8. via brides.com twitter (Big thanks to Anne Chertoff!)