Divine Star Inspirations!

I just love the Golden Globes! It's the first major Hollywood event for the year featuring a generous amount of couture gowns and fab up-do hairstyles guaranteed to inspire contemporary brides. Let's face it the wedding has become one's red-carpet moment now that our lives are bereft of balls, formal parties and dressing for the opera. It must have been fun in the old days having all those frock occasions  but these days, unless you are an A-Lister, the one time for dressing up and feeling special is your wedding day. That's why when you check the images from "The Globes" and see white, silver, pink or cream gowns, you can picture yourself sweeping up the aisle (or wherever you may be tying the knot) in just that type of creation.

So anyway - here's my picks from this year. I love Jennifer Garner's pretty soft hair and the shape of her sexy dress (see above) - it may be a bit grey but if it was in sparkly white that would be hot!!
 

I think Tony Collette (above) looks just fantastic. It's a hot dress but you would need to be a pretty modern gal to pull it off as a bride.

I adore Emily Blunt (above in the pink!). She looks so soft and gorgeous in this feminine dress and I really think thats a great shape for a wedding gown. Beautiful colour and lovely accessories - elegant understated bling. Love the neckline.

Ruffles! So popular now and Christina Hendricks (above in that glowing gold!) and Chloe Sevigny (below) are working this look so well that their frocks have won me over. Daring for a bride but why not?? Very fashion-forward.

As for Drew Barrymore - I know that weird little sticky out part of the dress - (what the? - is it a shelf??) -  is a tad off putting but isn't her hair and make up divine and the rest of the dress is pretty fab? Yes I think so but it's only my opinion.

The next bit of star-watching, frock spotting is the Oscars. You lucky brides -  Nothing more fun than searching for your perfect wedding outfit.

Until next time.
Kirstie

(Pics from Fairfax Digital)

Summer Bliss! Island Haven

Thinking about a gorgeous summer wedding as it warms up?

We had such an amazing time shooting the fashion story for Bride’s Sumer issue (just out this week) in that luxurious and breathtakingly beautiful location - Hayman Island.

It’s one of those destinations in Australia that is so well known – you almost feel like you know it even if you’ve never been there (like me!) but it really is quite incredible!

It totally exceeded my expectations! The colour of the water and the sky, the beautiful   light, sunsets – all magic. Our little crew was so well taken care of too. All the food was delicious and quite special. The backdrop to every meal was so romantic!  Beach views, oriental landscaped gardens, and balmy air. Pity we were all work colleagues! (above Carolyn our model, Kim Tavares hair & make up, me and photographer Tony Owczarek.)

Hey brides what I learnt about taking wedding dresses to an exotic location is you have to make sure the dress isn’t heavy or awkward to carry and easily crushed. My other top tip - if it’s chiffon or satin you can steam it by hanging it up in the shower room! (see below!).  

I hung all the gorgeous frocks up in my bathroom and they came up beautifully for the shoot! My room looked very pretty with all those divine creations brightening it up.  Being totally paranoid about these gowns all arriving safely I carried them all on the plane myself (I never lost sight of them!) so there was no dramas about a missing dress. I have to say my arms were killing me. It would probably be advisable if you were a bride flying off for a “destination wedding” to do the same. I can’t think of anything worse than a damaged or lost gown! 

I thought I’d share some cute pics of me and the crew living it up. No seriously we are working really. (see me with our very clever hair and make up gal Kim Tavares below - we're having a lunch break and keep scrolling to see our view!) 

Check out the actual shoot in the magazine  (we’ve called it Island Girl), as it is really is a hot one and if I do say myself quite perfect for inspiration if your dream is a beach wedding. Now that summer’s here it’s very apt reading.

Merry Xmas too.

Kirstie