Archive for October, 2011

A gothic glam pre-weddding session in Venice

Monday, October 31st, 2011

Hi there!

Have been looking for some Halloween inspiration today, but was not really convinced of publishing anything having to do with pumpkins, Tim Burton’s corpse brides style or skeleton grooms…

Was looking for something both gothic and glam, and I came across with wonderful sexy pix taken by Jose Begega in Venice! A fantastic shot idea any creative bride-to-be-in-Venice may think about as a gift for their future husband and themselves really!

Well, I know, there’s no pumpkin in here, nor autumn brown or orange colour inspiration! But pearl corset mixed in a glam and sexy way with dark old evergreen gothic Venice…

Photographer: Jose Begega

Love, Bride and Rock ‘n’ Roll

Thursday, October 27th, 2011

Hi girls!

Ever seen a bride playing drums on her day?!
Anything can happen on your day! Even when friends ask you to sit and play drums, like in the old, really old teens times!
And this is exactly what happened to Giulia when she married Massimo this summer in Spilimbergo, a lovely medieval city, the Italian capital of mosaics, not far from Venice, in our Friuli region!



Look at Giulia! How rock is she? She really desserved a hug when performance was over! A great thanks to Monika who captured the rock ‘n’ roll atmosphere of the day!

Gianluca and I were already gone when the bouquet time arrived! Nevermind, I’m already married! But how funny was the moment! Only men wishing to catch the bouquet! Not sure Massimo was really convinced about it! He stares at Giulia in a pretty suspicious way!


Wedding religious venue: Duomo di Spilimbergo
Wedding venue: Eurohotel in Maniago, Friuli
The Friend Wedding Photographer Courtesy: Monika Rui
Spilimbergo medieval old town pictures courtes: Sara Corsini

Unusual tempting delicacies…

Friday, October 21st, 2011

Cake, ice cream or coffe?
It might happen that you’ll get all of them if you attend a proper Italian wedding! We are quite famous for neverending meals and I have to admit sometime they are really too long for Italians too.
I think the moment I prefer is the dessert time, especially if there are some unusual delicacies to try. So when I saw these photos I thought: what about an original dessert instead of the traditional cake?
The caffe’ “Al bicerin” (wich letteraly means little glass) in Torino is a historical and traditional caffe’ where you can find all sorts of desserts and very good coffe too.
This is a zabaione sorbet, a mixture of egg yolks, sugar and wine beaten over a gen – the wine can vary from marsala to barolo. It’s possible to add some wipped cream and serve it with some biscuits.

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The hot chocolate can also be a nice choice for a winter wedding. It must be made using the finest cocoa following a long process of preparation. Recommended with a gentle sprinkle of fresh wipped cream!

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Last one is another winter choice – this is a traditional treat in the Torino area: hot expresso coffe’, chocolate and milk cream all served in a tall flute!

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By the way, if you are in Torino, don’t miss this caffe’ – a little gem of tradition and taste! You will find hundreds of other delicacies to tempt you…

Winter Italian Wedding Dresses

Thursday, October 6th, 2011

Hi girls,

How are you today?

This morning it was a bit colder than yesterday, so I had a good excuse to take out of the wardrobe my Karen Miller leather jacket I bought last year on sale. I think after last couple of weeks with such a glorious weather we will struggled to get into a winter mood! That’s way I thought to talk about winter wedding dresses…and I’ve selected some of my favourite Italian wedding dress stylists.

If you are thinking of a winter wedding in Italy, bear in mind it could be quite cold, expecially in the Venice area where we come from. The coldest time of the year is probably from January to March, but those are certainly the quietest ones (a part from the short carnival time in February).

The first ones are two dresses from Atelier Aimee. I simply love their style and this mixture of tulle and fur – I find the black and white match really elegant and sophisticated.

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I also like the new Max Mara Bridal collection: I’ve selected two different styles; in the first one I like the fact the sleaves get a nice full and airy shape thanks to the game of different fabrics such as silk and fur;  the second one is more sophisticated and I really like the minimal long lenght dress matched to the fur coat.

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white fur for winter wedding dress

Then I got stucked in front of the vintage touches of Le Spose di Gio’ winter bridal collection! I love these two close-fitting dresses which recall me the 30′s and 40′s divas of the black and white movies. I also like the idea of wearing a vintage style jacket, which can be nicely matched with a long lenght tulle skirt as well as with nice accessories like a pearl neckless and a birdcage veil.

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OTHER IDEAS

Organdie appears to be an ideal fabric for winter wedding dresses, which keeps you a bit warmer then silk. Instead of having a full fur coat to cover your shoulder you can have small pieces of it around your cuffs, neck and to the end of youe skirt.

Next time I will find nice accessories to match your winter wedding gown!

Have a nice week-end!