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Couture Gowns from Elie SaabWe love these romantic gowns from Elie Saab’s Haute Coutre Spring 2011 Collection! These highly detailed, fully embroidered gowns are sexy, feminine, and breathtaking! Opt for a non-traditional color and look ravishing in a blush couture gown from Elie Saab, or go all out glam in a platinum gown. Any bride will surely feel beautiful and elegant in one of these gorgeous gowns. Cheers! ...
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Win a Couture Gown Preservation PackageDAY 15: Win a Couture Wedding Gown Preservation Package! Give your dress the Royal treatment! Every princess wants her gown to be treated with the respect it deserves. The Association of Wedding Gown Specialists will give your treasured gown very special care with a couture gown preservation package. Value: $495 How Does This Contest Work? You can enter the contest every single day between April 6th and April 28th. You’ll find the entry form on the blog post for the prize being unveiled that day. Scroll down to the bottom of this post the enter! You can always find today’s p...
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Couture Gowns – Alina PizzanoAlina Pizzano is a Pasadena, California-based collection and couture bridal fashion designer and has been designing bridal gowns since 2004. Before designing bridal, Pizzano designed in Los Angeles with BCBG Max Azria as a Senior Designer and in New York with the design team of Ken Kaufman and Isaac Franco. She was inspired to enter the bridal market when her sister asked her to create her wedding dress. {Above and below: images from her current collection.} Whether for her collection or couture, all Alina Pizzano gowns are handmade in her studio. Pizzano’s custom-made gowns are the result...
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Eco-Couture Gowns
You can easily extend your green wedding values to your dress! Eco-Chic Samsara gown, Chrissy Wai Ching There are many dress designers that specialize in bridal gowns made from sustainable materials such as organic cotton, peace silk, and recycled or repurposed materials! Simple and feminine, Adele Wechsler Choosing an eco-friendly gown does not mean you have to compromise style or taste. Many fashion designers are merging couture fashion with green elements or going all the way with every last detail made from earth friendly fabrics. Calla Lily Mermaid Dress, Eco-Chic Couture by Gwendolyn Gle...
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A Black & White Checked Couture GownThere were two things that I loved as soon as I saw this shoot – the model’s gorgeous red hair and that dress! Very Vivienne Westwood inspired on both counts…and we all know how much I adore a bit of Vivienne. The shoot was set up to promote dress designer Nicki Hill‘s new range of bridal gowns. Based in Southampton UK, Nicki is famed her stunning couture gowns. Dresses like this one are made to order and created in her own studio. Big love and thanks to photographer Kathryn and designer Nicki for sharing these images with us today. ...
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Alina Pizzano Couture Gowns and Trunk ShowAlina Pizzano is a couture bridal gown designer in Pasenda, CA. Along with her own collection, Alina creates completely couture gowns for her brides. All of her gowns are handmade at her salon in Pasadena and she works by appointment only. Alina actually closes the salon to work one-on-one with each of her clients. Below is just a sampling her Alina's gorgeous gowns, please visit her website to see many more. Following the photos are the details on Alina's upcoming trunk show for those that are in the area and can attend.On this coming Saturday November 7th, Alina Pizzano will be holding a tru...
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Be a “Green” Goddess in an Eco-Couture GownWith so many choices for hosting a green wedding these days, there are still very few wedding dress designers considering their environmental impact and catering to the socially conscious bride-to-be. This is why we were thrilled to learn about our very own Santa Barbara based, Eco Couture Designer, Jessica Iverson. Jessica Iverson Eco Couture is a “green,” fair trade bridal collection. She designs for the modern bride (and bridesmaid) with fashion ethics who seeks sumptuous couture bridal while staying green. Working with the most luxurious eco friendly silk fabrics, Jessica combines...
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last chance to win a couture gown
Just a reminder this is the last week to enter the fabulous couture wedding gown giveaway with Hitched Salon and designer Jorge Manuel! Details here. ...
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Divine Indeed: Divine Couture GownsThis dress is stunning. I love the bare back. I also love the ruffles. The ruffles give the dress a soft touch. It is made by Divine Couture and there are more great dresses in this collection. Here are a few gorgeous choices from Divine Couture:email your questions to: bridalwishlist@gmail.com & visit our sister site, the capitol fashionista (http://thecapitolfashionista.blogspot.com)...
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Cengiz Abazoğlu 2010 Spring/Summer Couture GownsClassy gowns in the prettiest shades from Cengiz Abazoğlu 2010 Spring/Summer Couture collection. Above, we have lovely dresses in bright whites; below, the perfect pastel gowns in gentle turquoise and pale yellow — the prettiest runway lineup yet! We’ll take one of each, thanks. Earthy tones — especially love the shiny metallic strapless one at the center and the one-sleeve one on the left. Seeing a lot of nudes worn by celebs recently, these three are definitely red-carpet ready. Candy colored — adore the beautiful strapless gown on the left, the one in the middle is Barbie girl g...
