…Less than one minute old
I never thought through love we’d be
Making one as lovely as she
But isn’t she lovely made from love…
Dear Maya,
This song is for you tonight.
We all have been waiting for you for nine months
and now you are here
we want to wish you a happy life
full of lullabies, candies, colours and lots of love!
Hi girls!
Do you remember when I wrote about my bronze wedding dress – by the way it was more then one year ago, I cant’ believe it! Well, it seems that bronze colour bridal dress are pretty appealing and that some of you are wishing to know more about them…
My dress was hand-made by a wedding dress designer, but I thought of doing a quick search and give you more inspirational ideas…
I already wrote about his wedding dresses a couple of times, but Luca Rondoni has a style I really like, so I will mention him again. I love this bronze wedding dress which is part of his new collection:
Another inspiring photo is the one from photographer Brittany Andersen
American websites are a great source of inspiration… and cheap…Take a look at the below right dress Kekopeanstitches website would sale for only $213! This is an amazing price really! I like the fitted top to hip crinkled-ruffled skirt with spaghetti straps and delicate silver accents!
Last but not least, take a look at the last dresses I’ve found out for you designed by Badgley Mischka! These are evening dresses which I thought could be a great alternative for an original coloured wedding gown! What’s your opinion? Would you feel uncomfortable with purchasing a bridesmaid dress and to wear it as your wedding dress???
Hi loves,
Who said you need to fly to Japan if you want to go for a Japanese inspired style wedding? Italian designers and stylists have plenty of ideas for you, that mix the Japanese wedding tradition with the modernity of brides dresses!
The inspiration came to me when walking to my hotel in Milano, a few months ago I passed by Bassani Atelier Show Room. I stopped right in front of the show room window and felt in love with their wedding gowns!
The first one which catched my eye was the wedding dress in the below picture: a wedding dresses completed with a kimono designed by Bassani stylists indeed! The Japanese style is not only into the kimono, but look at the shoes worn by the bride… Not quite sure how comfortable they are, but they look fab!
Dresses: Acquachiara, Sartoria Bassani
Shoes: Fendi
My second choice goes for a silk wedding dress, completed with an orange colour satin scarf by Surimono, a designer who has two shops in Milano and Bologna. Surimono is specialized in ethnic clothes and objects from Japan.
Dress: Peter Langner
Accessories: Surimono
Goood morning ladies!
How cold is it out there today? Here in Stamford is freeeeezing, so I thought of telling you the story of Stella and Rob, an American couple, and their winter wedding in the Italian mountains.
This is a story of a traditional winter wedding in the Italian Alps (near Passo dello Stelvio) made of snow, sledges, mull wine and a lot of love!
I want to thank Dan, their photographer, who posted these pics so that I could find them! Here their day through some amazing photos!
Stella and Rob wanted to get married in January in snow country. They wanted to ski an have fun with their friends and family and they choose the South Tyrol, the Italian Alps, to do it.
It was a winter wonderland. They had everybody hike up a mountain for an hour then watch their wedding ceremony, have a hot mull wine and dance. Then everyone hopped on a sled and flew down the mountain. It was fantastic and the weather was perfect.
To see all the photos (more…)
Hello,
Let’s get back on track with burocracy…yes, we know you love it!
This week I want to tell you something more about the steps you need to consider if you are planning of having a civil wedding ceremony in Italy.
If your future husband and you are both resident in the UK and both British citizens, remember that:
> There is no requirement for a residency stay in Italy for getting married here
> You need to give notice of your marriage, to the Superintending Registrar, in your local district, where you live in the UK. You will need to wait then between 17 to 23 days whilst the banns are publicized. If there are no complications, the couple will be issued with a certificate of non-impediment, which is a document any Italian Registar office will need to allow you to get married in Italy. The certificate of non-impediment does not require translation into Italian or legislation by means of an Apostille (“legalizzazione della firma del signatario del document”)
> This document along with your basic documents and the first five pages of your passport must be sent to the British Consulate in the Italian city where you wish to marry
> Once the paperwork is with the Consulate it may only takes 3 -5 days to process
> A Nulla Osta is then issued which must be taken to the Anagrafe (Registry office) in order to book a date for the wedding. Then each city can ask for different formats to be filled in ( i.e a format through which general information about the couple are given)
Keep tuned with us as we would tell you in a next article what would happen once the ceremony is performed…
Picture courtesy of Danilo Maraschi
Hello sweeties!
I’ve got a nice story for you today.
It’s one of those stories which show how much romantic you can be no matter if it’s not your wedding day.
Gaelle surprised her husband organizing a day off the Prosecco hills…a b&b with a stunning view and an original osteria without waiter were the ingredients of her surprise!
My husband’s birthday felt a Tuesday this year, so right after work on Monday night, after picking up our daughter from the nursery we started to drive East…he didn’t have a clue where we were going, he was just following my driving directions!
After a bit more than an hour, we arrrived in the lovely village of Santo Stefano (commune of Valdobbiadene) in the gorgeous bed and breakfast Relais Dolce Vista, an ancient renovated farm overlooking the lovely Prosecco hills. We loved the style of the place : a mixt of both contempory and old, and the setting was just amazing and so romantic! Our room had a big bay window providing a gorgeous view on the valley and the vines, better than any poster or painting !
For dinner we went to a very good fish restaurant in Valdobbiadene called Da Ugo.
Then the day after we wandered around the pretty villages close-by and for lunch I took my little family to a very unsual Osteria : “l’Osteria senza oste” that could be translated as “The restaurant without any waiter”… (more…)
Hi loves,
It’s always a drama to find out how to dress to an Italian wedding when you receive an invitation… It’s even more difficult when you’re pregnant…like me!
I almost got crazy when I got this invitation to our friends’ wedding which took place last summer…in the end I managed to find something I really felt confortable with…have a look and…by the way, my bump is doubled now!
I wanted something elegant and comfortable at the same time! When you’re pregnant you just want to avoid having to spend the whole wedding day in a smart dress, but which would stress your body so you remember the wedding day in an awful way.
I went for a dark colour silk blouse, black, blue and brown colour with a large elastic band on the bottom which would not stress the belly and underneath a comfortable large fluid black sleeveless overall from Northland!
Nothing exciting really at first sight with the exception that I tried to carefully chose the accessories:
> A black rose made of bright material and pearls to give light to the dress
> High heeled pair of pumps from Paula Mendez – a must-have for any Italian wedding! I did not forget to take a back-up pair of shoes for the evening party!
Hi there,
Yes, yes…I feel really guilty…I’m here in the sofà looking at these stunning pics of vintage wedding dresses taken by Louisa Coulthurst at Urbanbridesmaid and I think sooner or later I will surrender to my deepest irrational desires which are in order:
- buy and/or made a birdcageveil (not sure which colour though)
- buy a vintage dress (actually I was planning to go to London next week end…)
…plus if Louisa wants I can easily volunteer for a vintage photo shooting 
What I really like about this photo shooting is the funky and elegant dresses and the atmosphere these girls have been able to create around them! I’m glad I’ve discovered another little world of vintage fans…so now I feel in good company, plus a quite good number of good supplier references (see end of this post) which might be quite handy while planning your vintage wedding…
Photos: Urbanbridesmaid
Dresses: Vintage Mode, Yemi Osunkoya of Kosibah Creations, Luella’s Boudoir
Hats: Little Red Robin Hood
Make up: Juliet Onyeka
Ciao ragazze!
I don’t know you but when Amélie’s French movie came out at the cinema, a few years ago, I completely felt in love with her main character! I have to admit that it might have been because of my French origins, but I still remember my Italian friends getting crazy about this charming tale of a young French girl who helps strangers find love and happiness!
So you can imagine my reaction when I saw this wedding dress by Luca Rondoni Atelier…the model and her style reminded me Amélie…didn’t she?
Dress: Luca Rondoni
Movie: Le Fabuleux Destin d’Amélie Poulain
Happy Monday girls!
I hope you had a great Halloween week-end, mine was excellent since I spent an entire day shopping in York!
To start the week with energy I thought to write about another great destination wedding in Tuscany (I’ve already written about destination wedding in Tuscany…do you remember Emily & Nick’s story?).
Well, this is the story of Janice and Chris, two American guys who decided to get married in Tuscany last summer. What I really love about this wedding is the fact that they completely experienced the Italian life style! They stayed in a great villa with the whole family and invited a chef to teach them how to make hand-made pasta!
They travelled around the little villages of Lucca province and experienced the beauty and freshness of local open markets…
I leave you with the story of this great wedding told by their photographer Alexandra Roberts – I love her style and when she told me she is from Boston, where I studied for a while during uni, I liked her even more!
I met Chris and Janice as they were looking for a photographer to bring on this crazy trip. We instantly connected on many levels. Janice likes to tell the story about how she hugged me when we met up at a little coffee shop in Winter Hill and how I might have thought that was weird since we had only just met, but I wanted to hug her too! I got the phone call that they were picking me 3 days after we had met and I was just floored.
Not only was I excited to go to Italy for a week, but I knew that we were going to be friends for a really long time. Since we were going to be spending a week in a house together, we made a point to hang out a few times just to get to know each other better. (more…)
