2008 Bridal Runway Fashions…
Here's our double booth all set up for the show on Saturday morning. (Right before the doors opened) 🙂 John & Melissa did an AWESOME job of helping me with everything this weekend. I couldn't have done it without them! Here's Barb and Delaney during the runway show…many of you probably remember Barb from this post, she's the pilates instructor with the adorable kitties. 😉
Here's Hillary looking gorgeous as always! Chuck from The Florist at Allisonville Nursery created all of the amazing bouquets for the fashion shows and I believe this particular dress was a designer gown from Nancy's Bridal. Nancy is SO sweet and her gowns are just stunning.
The guy models from MW tux showing off for the ladies! 🙂
Recognize her? It's Pam from The Biggest Loser!
Gorgeous gowns!
I'm IN LOVE with this new style…what an awesome gown to photograph! Can you even imagine the amazing detail shots we could get with this?! Ladies, go see Nancy at Nancy's Bridal if you don't have your gown yet!
Remember me telling you about this last week? Here are the hilarious (and disgusting!) photos as promised…LOL…
These 5 grooms dressed up in old wedding dresses and had the chance to dive for prizes in this cake!
How fitting that the groom who won our free engagement session prize wore a pink wedding dress! LOL Congrats you guys, call me when you want to do your photo shoot!! 🙂
The aftermath…so gross! LOL
Back to the runway…
Check out the open back dress style and her amazing hair! WOW!
Sooooo cute!! 🙂
At the end, they surprised us all with a confetti burst, it was awesome! Here's Pam again, she tossed her bouquet into the crowd!
And here are all of the wonderful make-up artists and hairstylists of the uber fabulous, Karen Hall & Co!! If you haven't booked someone for your hair & make-up yet, I HIGHLY recommend calling/e-mailing her ASAP! I know they get really booked up quickly too, especially after producing these amazing fashion shows every year. 🙂
Final group shot of the 2008 Convention Center Bridal Show…thanks for another fabulous year everyone!
Runway pics coming soon!
There are so many runway pics that I wanted to post…but I had to narrow them down or else you'd all be scrolling through them forever! LOL Anyway, I wanted to write about the new 2008-2009 fashion trends that were showcased on the runway this year before posting them all!
In bridal fashion, I noticed that they've incorporated lots of color – and not just pastels or in bridesmaids dresses. There were darker hues of pinks, greens, corals and all shades of vibrant colors! Low and open back dresses seem to be in style, as well as low waisted gowns, ruffles, criss cross back straps and sweep trains. I also noticed a lot of vertical embellishments down the center of the dresses and some stunning Renaissance style couture gowns this year!
In bridesmaids dresses, I noticed a lot of fun & flirty dresses…some tea length dresses….and even the mermaid style dresses for a more swank affair. In florals, crystal bouquets are becoming popular, as well as jeweled bouquets and hand tied ribbons. It also seemed like the longer stemmed bouquets are making a comeback. They've been incorporating a lot of color, florals, jewels and extensions in hairstyles for 2008 and the make-up styles are natural but the level of "drama" depends on the style of dresses and themes incorporated into the wedding. The lips & eyes were definitely more defined and of course, air brush make-up is still the hottest thing since sliced bread. 🙂 Pics coming soon!
P.S. We even had a celebrity at the runway show…did any of you recognize her??? 🙂 The first bride-to-be that comments or e-mails me with the correct answer wins a $50 gift card for our services!!
Life. Love. Lipstick.
Another blog I subscribe to, "life. love. lipstick" just featured one of our bridal shoe shots yesterday! Love it! I actually used that same image as the main shot on a new sample album we recently created, CLICK HERE to check it out! 🙂
Happy New Year!
Thank you to all of you who helped make 2007 a fantastic year for us!! We're looking forward to working with all of our wonderful clients & friends in 2008! 🙂
Black Friday Specials!
Just a quick note to everyone…make sure you check your e-mail early Friday morning for 2 AWESOME Black Friday specials that we're sending out to everyone who is in our database. Even if you're not yet a client but you'd like to receive the specials via e-mail, send me an e-mail before midnight tomorrow (Thanksgiving) at [email protected] with the subject line "add to e-mail database" and we'll make sure you are in the know! 🙂 The Black Friday specials will only be valid through this Sunday evening at midnight and you won't want to miss this!! 🙂