Shozna & The Raishma Islam Dress!..Part 2

Just before the royal wedding took place, i did a post on Shozna see here, but i totally forgot to see how she looked on the actual day!! 

Looking stunning, love the colour..

The outfit worth £1,500, was made from silk hand-dyed in India and embellished with hand-sewn beading and embroidery. its was by celebrity fashion designer Raishma Islam.

Her hair was given the royal treatment by Warren Holmes, creative international director for Nicky Clarke, Shozna went from having a short collar length bob to having tumbling long brunette curls.

She was given a celebrity makeover by Armand Beasley.  Who gave her a fresh and yet sophisticated look, she also wore a pair of nude-coloured designer heels from upmarket shoe retailer Jimmy Choo and a matching clutch bag to accompany her dress.

Royal Wedding - Effects on the "Asian Wedding"

The Royal Couple

So you along with the rest of the world you watched the royal wedding, everything was much talked about, the dress, the hair, makeup. Its no wonder that copy cat dresses are already available, and of course people will want a similar cakes, hair, heck some brides might even want to do their on makeup (like Kate did).

could you see yourself, swapping the red for white?

But what about Asian weddings, one does wonder if it will effect them too, will we be seeking inspiration from this spectacular wedding, well I asked some industry professionals for their thoughts.

Marc, Scarlet Events - London
I think the Royal Wedding had a huge impact on the Asian Wedding industry over the Bank holiday weekend. All of our brides want to look and feel like a Princess on their Wedding day and a Royal Wedding is every Brides dream. There has been a massive last minute demand, by our clients for Royal colour schemes. Our clients had already decided on their colours according to what they were wearing so the main colour scheme couldn't be changed last minute, however what they did ask for was to add in the colour Gold as a secondary colour or a highlight. Gold is associated with Royalty so this was by far the biggest demand we had and the great thing about Gold is that it works well with almost every colour. Those clients who had Gold as their main colour scheme asked for other Royal colours to be added into their theme such as Red, Purple and Blue. Overall I think the Royal Wedding has only played a short term effect on the Asian Wedding industry and I think in the long term it will go back to being somewhat traditional.

Jules, Chester Cakes - Cheshire
We think that there was such a good feel good factor behind the build up to the Royal wedding and it's been a long time since the last memorable one of Charles and Di.
I think people might be seeing the romantic side to getting married these days, we have definitely seen an increase in wedding cake orders since earlier this year and a few couples have mentioned about the Royal wedding when we've had a general chats about what they are planning for their big day. It's been said that marriages have been at there lowest for some time now and it would be great to think that an occasion as important as the Royal wedding would be enough encouragement for couples to tie the knot.


So its seems the after effects maybe a little short lived when it comes to the “asian wedding”  but we will have to wait and see if the effects filter to real weddings and bridal gowns. At least the romance factor is on the up :)

With thanks to Marc see more from scarlet events - www.scarleteventdesign.co.uk
Jules from Cake Chester contact her here

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The Royal Wedding - My favorite part after the dress..The CAKE!

two cakes?..a trend that i will be more than happy too see happening everywhere.. what do you think has it hit the mark?

Fiona Cairns, stands next to the wedding cake that she and her team made for Prince William and his wife Kate, Duchess of Cambridge,

confectionery masterpiece covered in cream and white icing and decorated with up to 900 delicate sugar-paste flowers..

a multi-tiered chocolate biscuit cake at the request of Prince William, who is said to have developed a soft spot for the treat. McVities crafted the chocolate creation

 

The Royal Wedding - The Dress/Trends/Reception

I wasn't going to, i only wanted to have a quick look, but next thing you know I'm watching the ceremony getting teary eyed and getting way to exciting at the sight of her dress. but hey you know what i realised no matter what you might think a wedding is a beautiful thing!! And these two are all about the LOVE. their just adorable. a true fairy tale wedding!

Now that wedding dress by designer Sarah Burton, who is creative director of Alexander McQueen, some of us may have expected someone more, but Kate stayed true to her style and i loved it! even her dress for her reception a strapless circle-skirted gown which had a sweetheart neckline and glittering crystal-studded band at the waist that, if possible, made the her midriff look even tinier than her earlier dress. again echoing the fifties styling of Grace Kelly.

{Fashion trends} that are sure to be set by Kate Middleton (and Pippa): full-length sleeves, lace, tiaras, drop earrings, white bridesmaid dresses (Queen Victoria was first to start this trend back in 1840). bouquets featuring lily of the valley, and stephanotis, hair half up and down.

see more here

just few pictures

you look beautiful..did we not all just melt!

get on..the whole world watching!

Elegant: Pippa Middleton wore a cowl-neck cap-sleeved gown by Alice Temperley for her sister's wedding