Friday 28 January 2011

Elie Saab 2011

Oh my goodness what a treat today to share the photos of Elie Saab's newest couture collection! I want every single dress, although would need a new life to have somewhere to wear them to, each and every one could be worn as a bridal gown easily!!! Enjoy!!!





Images from http://citified.blogspot.com/



Wednesday 26 January 2011

Vlassis Holevas

I am a huuuuuuge fan of the Greek designer Vlassis Holevas, he does create wedding dresses although this is not his only focus. Some of the pieces in his Spring Summer Collection would be ideal to be worn to a Greek wedding, as bridesmaids dresses, mother of the bride or groom dresses or even just guests attending a formal Greek wedding!

The  bridal gowns are ethereal, and I am in love with the cascading ruffles and layers upon layers of tulle and organza and lace!!!










Loving the last backless gown with ruffles, isn't it beautiful??? Which is your favorite?

Tuesday 25 January 2011

Vassilis Zoulias S/S 2011

Hi all,


Vassilis Zoulias a well known designer in Greece has released images of his current collection which is in stores from next month! The collection again pays homage to vintage collections and focusing on the 40's and 50's!









I am absolutely loving this dress, would love to own this!!!

I am uncertain who to credit these images to, they are from Zoulias' FB group and don't mention a photographer!


Monday 24 January 2011

Just things I love.....

Just things I love.....

The wedding dress dilemma


Hi All,


I know, I have been a very boring blogger last week, business has really picked up and although I have flagged many items to blog about, time just seemed to slip through my hands.


Today I am writing about a subject that I am quite passionate about and that is the dilemma when choosing a wedding dress as to whether to choose a designer, a fashion line's dress or perhaps even a copy of a designer dress from a dressmaker or a factory in China for instance. There are certainly arguments for and against choosing to spend a large amount of dress, however basically if a bride has a large budget, she is able to make a conscious decision on where to spend it, she is probably familiar with designers and high fashion and perfectly competent in making her own decisions.

The problem comes when a bride is trying to achieve a fantastic wedding day on a small budget and within that wear a dress that will make her feel incredible without having to spend an enormous part of her budget on the dress that she will wear only once for a few hours.

 Of course there are two ways to look at your wedding dress purchase, it's an investment piece, probably the most expensive dress you will ever buy, for the most expensive event that you will plan in your life. Each bride to be has a different budget, idea, expectation of what they want their wedding dress to look like. You will find ladies wanting to wear a short dress, a 50's dress, a dress they can dance in, a ball gown, a Grecian style dress and hundreds of other options available on the wedding dress market and all at different budgets.

When reading a wedding dress magazine, you will immediately realise that there is a certain image that is projected upon a bride, the need to have a large budget, the need to find a large designer dress in order to feel like a bride, the need to have the designer experience, the endless trips to the bridal salons, the experience of finding that "one" dress that will make you the happiest bride for that one immaculately planned day, in my experience, many ladies conform to these ideas as they are worried that they miss out on these experiences that they will later live to regret.

In actual fact you can look at your wedding day in a different light, actually in any way that you want, making it an amazing ritual including all traditions , make it modern with no set rules, make your day and of course your dress whatever makes you happy!

Some great ideas are:

To wear a colorful wedding dress
To wear a white dress of your choice that isn't classed as a wedding dress
To buy from a young designer
To have a dressmaker create the dress of your dreams

Vera Wang, from weddinginspirasi.com

lela rose from fashionbride.wordpress.com

lela rose, from fashionbride.wordpress.com

Ruffled.com


Basically the message that I want to covey is that every bride has a choice, it is great if you love traditions and want to adhere to them all, but it is also great to step away from the usual and make your own decisions that suit your personality best!




Monday 17 January 2011

THE most romantic proposal.....ever!!!

Happy Monday All,


I have just watched this amazing proposal, the effort, time and thought that this man put into this proposal is nothing less than awe inspiring!!!!



Enjoy with coffee, biscuits and a tissue!!!!!!

Friday 14 January 2011

Talented Wedding Videographer in Greece

Good morning,


Today I am sharing one of my favourite wedding video links of a cool couple who married at St. Paul's in Rhodes last summer! I loved their style, excitement, emotions and Vicky's choice of music!!!

Definitely talented, definitely will go far, Vicky Antonara is definitely the videographer to choose for your wedding in Rhodes!

Aristea & Kostas Highlight from Vicky Antonara on Vimeo.

Thursday 13 January 2011

Real Wedding in Mykonos

Hi all,

Welcome back to weddings in Greece, today I am featuring a fantastically beautiful wedding, photographed by the very talented Nikos Papadopoulos Gogas on the cosmopolitan island of Mykonos.







This photograph won an award on WPJA and just blew me away, absolutely fantastic!!!!!!!!!
 

Fabulous work by Nikos Papadopoulos and a fabulous bride and groom, congratulations to you all!

Wednesday 12 January 2011

Fantastic wedding video!!!!!!

Ok, so this video wasn't shot in Greece, but it could be!!! It's a beach wedding, in Mexico with the cutest couple ever!!!

The video was shot by Stillmotion a company based in Canada that create wedding films!!!


Laura + Josh // The All Brevis Wedding // Mexico from stillmotion on Vimeo.

The beginning actually made me cry!!!

Tuesday 11 January 2011

Fabulous Wedding in Rhodes town


So to start off this year, I am featuring the wedding of the most beautiful couple who were married in September of 2010 in a beautiful ceremony in Rhodes town!





What a fabulous wedding to start the year off!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Happy 2011

Good morning all,

Happy 2011!!!!

Image from Freedigitalphotos.net


I hope everyone had a blast and is looking forward to the new year which holds many exciting events, promises to be a little better than 2010 for us Greeks in the economical department (we hope) and may hold some interesting travel for me and a whole year as a married lady!