Pakistani Bridal Couture Week 2014

Need help keeping up with the trends of this years wedding season? Take a look at this website for the top 30 best wedding outfits from Pakistani Bridal Couture Week. 

Donating your Wedding Dress

 

You had the perfect wedding and now what to do with your perfect wedding dress. You can try to sell it, but why not donate it for another bride to enjoy. You can to donate to local churches or specific organizations. Here are some organizations you can donate your wedding dress to for another bride to enjoy and help a good cause:

1. Brides Against Breast Cancer
2. The Bridal Garden
3. Brides Across America

 

 

    

Wedding Shoes: Sparkle & Shine

You want to look the best that you will ever look on your wedding day. You have the perfect dress, the perfect jewelry, and the perfect man! You need the perfect pair of shoes to polish that look of perfection. If you want to sparkle and shine from head to toe, literally, here are a few great options.

Where to Shop

My brides are always asking me to recommend my favorite bridals shops. After years in the industry and visiting many stores I have put together a list of my go to places.

Whether you are looking for that perfect Saree or your fairytale gown I am sure you will find it in one of these stores:

New York City
Kleinfeld Bridal
Wedding Atelier
Indomix

New Jersey
Bijou Bridal & Special Occasion, Paramus
Park Avenue Bridals, Verona
Khaas Boutique- Franklin Park
Sheetal- Iselin
Zari Boutique- Parsippany
Khubsoorat Collection by Geetanjali Singh- Iselin

Georgia
Bridal's by Lori- Atlanta
Ladlee- Norcross
Mirage Sarees- Atlanta
Sushma Designer- Norcross

Texas
Shemara Couture- Dallas
Stardust Celebrations- Dallas
Silk Threads- Dallas
Prashe Fusion- Dallas

California
Fusion India- Sunnyvale
Vastra by Namrita Chettiar- Santa Clara
Kirstie Kelly- Los Angeles
Carolina Herrera Boutique- West Hollywood

Traditional Wedding Dress with a Twist

Your wedding dress will be one of the most important decisions you will make during the wedding planning process.  It’s something every bride has looked forward to since she was a little girl.  Over the years and the many weddings, I’ve been fortunate to see some of the most beautiful dresses.  A lot of my brides have put a creative, personal touch on the big day’s outfit.  One of my brides, Debjani, took a traditional South Indian sari and added her own personal modern twist. She bought a traditional cream Benarasi sari with a maroon and gold border and transformed it, with the help of designed Angelo Lambrou in NYC, into a modern work of art.  Debjani’s idea was to replicate the traditional pleats and draping of a sari and create a gown.  Angelo was able to achieve the look Debjani envisioned for her reception. The top of the dress was all cream folded fabric which imitated the pleats of a sari. The bottom of the dress had layers of the cream fabric bordered with the maroon and gold pieces of the sari, slightly off-centered, which also resembled sari pleats.

Debjani looked amazing.  I also love it when brides take their mom’s wedding saris and do something creative with it such as a modern wedding dress or a lengha. You can do what Dimple did and have her mom’s sari made into the blouse and boarders of her lengha.

I think it means so much, when picking your outfit for the big day, think outside the box, always choose something you will be comfortable in, and something you will remember for years to come.