The Dessy Group Introduces the Pantone Wedding Chiplette and 2012 Fan Guide

So we all know that I love the Dessy Group and even used their pretty dresses in my wedding. They have great options for bridesmaid dresses, and flower girls and they will all match exactly in color and fabric. Well now the Dessy Group and Pantone (the color system that all of us designers use) are working closely together to create a color reference based on Dessy’s color ways and the Pantone Fashion + Home color system. Stemming from Dessy Group fabrics, each color is measured and matched up to a corresponding Pantone color.

The new Wedding Chiplettes allow the bride-to-be to find the perfect color palette for her dream wedding. Each 4” X 1.75” Pantone Wedding™ Chiplette is a full color card with the Pantone TPX reference number. A QR code is printed on the back of each Chiplette, which can be scanned to return a mobile user to the Dessy.com site. The bride can then share her color choices with the wedding party and distribute them to wedding florists, caterers, bakers and invitation printers.

In addition to the Pantone Wedding™ Chiplette, Dessy has also developed a new Pantone Wedding™ Color Planner for exclusive use with chiplettes. Each planner can accommodate up to six individual chiplettes. The Color Planner has a bride’s checklist and six perforated chiplette holders which are dye cut to contain a chiplette. On the back of each chiplette is a place for the bride to input her contact information serving as a ‘color business card’. Dessy currently offers a complimentary Color Planner with the purchase of every 6 chiplettes.

Awesome right?!

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Gold and Ivory Wedding Inspiration Shopping Guide

Shop Lela's look and recreate the gold and ivory wedding color inspiration for your own special day!

Details:

1. Bouquets via Bows and Arrows

2. Gold Shimmer Eyeshadow via Sephora

3. Gold Truffle Box Wedding Favor via Just Weddings

4. Bridal Dresses via BCBG

5. Table Setting via The Knot

6. Candleholders via Frontgate

7. Gold Embellished Headband via Twigs and Honey

8. Gold and Pearl Earrings via Kate Spade

9. Gold Clutch via Judith Leiber

10. Gold Bracelets via Ross-Simons

11. Gold Wedding Ring via Sundance

12. Gold Bouquet via Blossom and Branch

13. Guestbook Table via Martha Stewart Weddings

Enjoy!

Real Wedding Rainbow Inspiration Plus Shopping Guide!

We are bringing you a fun, bright and inspirational wedding trend to complement New York's newest law, allowing same-sex marriage.  This idea of a rainbow theme will add a splash of color and personality to anyone's wedding!

Source: via Brooklyn Bride

Details:
1. BHLDN
2. Thread
3. J. Crew
4. Ann Taylor
5. Jenny Yoo
6. BCBG
7. Banana Republic
6. Two Birds

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Pronovias Dress Sale | Cocktail Dresses at 75% Off

Pronovias is having a cocktail dress sale with up to 75% off! I know! You need to make an appointment for this one so ladies start dialing or registering ;)

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New Wedding Boutique | Shopbop

Great news! Shopbop, one of the biggest online fashion boutiques, has officially opened their new Wedding Boutique online. I am so excited! They have everything from wedding dresses, bridesmaid dresses, lingerie, accessories, shoes and bags. They even have a honeymoon section to help you pick out a fab wardrobe to getaway in. Happy Shopping!

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57 Grand Bridesmaids Friends & Family Sale

Yay Spring is almost here, and just in time for 57 Grand Bridesmaids Friends & Family Sale!
Order by April 8th, 2011. For more details see below.

Enjoy!

Rent your Wedding | Bridesmaid dresses they'll LOVE

So I have to admit, the bridesmaid dresses are one of the hardest thing to choose. The guilt of wanting everyone to be happy but also feeling that you want them to be bridesmaid dresses. Unlike the hideous dresses that your once true confident now bridesmaid from hell won't stop sending you picts of!
And the excuse for those fugly dresses, "I won't be able to wear them again" Well, I don't think that your wedding has to be recycled again. And now they don't even have to keep them. You can rent them. That's right rent the perfect bridesmaid dresses and accessorize too!
If you haven't heard of Rent The Runway yet, where have you been, but also, take a look! They now have a wedding section that yes, includes bridesmaid dresses.

Designers include Badgley Mischka, Nicole Miller, Rebecca Taylor and others. With pretty colors to choose from. They also have all kinds of accessories to coordinate those unruly bridesmaids and transform them into the lovely ladies you know and love.

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Loving Pastels for Bridesmaid dresses - New York Wedding Dress & Bridesmaid Dresses by Ivy & Aster

So I'm in love with the soft pastel color trend and these romantically soft bridesmaid dresses from Ivy & Aster are so pretty! I love this palette.

xo

photo credit: sweetlittlephotographs.com

Save-the-Date for the 57 Grand Bridesmaid Dress Sample Sale

Save the Date for the 57 Grand Sample sale featuring their beautiful bridesmaid dresses.

Enjoy!

Nick Verreos Season 8 Project Runway MyLifetime.com Recaps: Episode 6

Bridesmaids Redo, Tupac Drummond, Goiter Peplums, and much more...

Last night on Season 8 Project Runway, the Challenge was to re-make and re-work semi-NASTY Bridesmaid Dresses into hot, chic, sexy outfits that the women could wear out again...The results were mixed: Some worked and some, not so much. First of all, I hope most of these women aren't friends with the actual Brides anymore. Any Bride who would put you in any of these concoctions IS NOT YOUR FRIEND ladies. Just kidding! We suffer anything for a good friend, right?!? Well, at least none of the original Bridesmaid Dresses looked like this:

The Michael Costello Hating continued and it was PRICELESS to see the rest of the contestant's jaws drop when he actually won this Challenge with...

a very Heidi Klum-esque black cocktail dress, perfect for the Red Carpet, or in this girl's case, a night in Manhattan. Also, loved his "Props to Mood Fabrics" t-shirt! They better give him a LIFETIME SUPPLY of tulle for that free advertising!

Also, on this episode: For some reason "The Other Michael", Michael Drummond decided to bring back the Do Rag. Leave that to Tupac huney, may he rest in peace...

Speaking of Michael D., I kinda liked the dress he made for his "muse" Jacleen. The cheap "Mosquito Netting" was ghastly but she looked wonderful and the fit was nice. Plus, the "sisters" were lookin' good! Now for Miss Peach: Bless her Pink Sweater Heart!

It was a mess! The khaki lace, the dimensions, the silhouette and then she put her in those Booties!!! Oh Momma Peach! Leave it to Michael Kors to come up with one of the best one-liners in AGES to describe a dress. Where in the name of GAWWWWD, does he come up with these things???

Halter+Peplum+ Goiter!

I leave you with that...(sorry for that nasty photo, but TRUST ME, there are WORSE on the web...
And here's a teaser of my MyLifetime.com Project Runway Recap:

Bridesmaid Runway Wars: Pink Poly, Peplum Goiters and more DRAMA!

Well, kids, it took a while to wash off last week's nasty and stressful team challenge episode where designer Gretchen Jones turned into General Patton Runway and all of her teammates drank her "Just-do-as-I-say" and "Boy, Isn't-Michael C.-such-a-bad-designer/patternmaker/draper/sewer" Kool-Aid. Only a slight (and secretly wonderful) residue of Tim Gunn bi***-slapping them at the end of the episode was left! With that, we begin the next challenge, and one filled with more Michael C.- hatin', lots of fire-igniting polyester and plus-size issues. Let's begin, shall we?.....

To Read the entire Recap, click HERE...and make sure to leave me your comments and what YOU thought!

Pretty in Pink Wedding Inspiration Board by New York Luxury wedding invitation designer Lela New York

I have been loving all things pink lately. And when pink is mixed with gold I just fall in love!
So here is a Pretty in Pink Inspiration Board for your viewing pleasure.

Lela New York designed the custom luxury wedding invitations in gold and pink engraving. It was later die-cut in a beautiful scallop shaped design.

Enjoy!

This one is for the Bridesmaids :)

Hello,

Yes, we LOVE our Brides, but this one is for your wonderful ladies that will help you when you are having a mini breakdown :) Please be good to them when picking their bridesmaids

dresses.

Here are some of my FAVES:

Michelle Williams of Quail reently launched Quail Bridal, focusing exclusively on bridesmaids. She says "Bring anything that has the exact color you are looking for, whether it be an umbrella, a t-shirt, a sock, anything! And we will find a match." (via East Side Bride)

Also, NEW is BCBG's Wedding collection which has pretty bridesmaid dresses as well as accessories. See the pretty picts below!

Enjoy!