Guest post by Mia from highstylife.com Tying the Knot: Glamorous Brides Edition There are very few moments in a girl’s life when she gets to be all decked out…
Saying your vows in a barn filled with hay and animals (whoo, that smell!) may not seem like the ideal setting, but after Kaley Cuoco’s wedding this past weekend,…
There were quite a few crossover trends between the NYFW runways and the bridal NYFW collections this season. While some bridal designers go classic, certainly others love to lean…
Has Elie Saab been binge watching Game of Thrones like the rest of us? The designer’s latest couture collection had medieval royalty written all over it in one giant…
The Inspiration: Joan Crawford Alon Livné took a relatively more minimalist approach for his latest collection, considering his usual unrestrained extravagance. These looks were decidedly pared back, but no…
Breakfast at Tiffany’s with Reem Acra In an anything but traditional style, Reem Acra began her Spring 2018 Bridal Week at Tiffany & Co., celebrating her partnership with…
Intricate and ornate is in his DNA, and Zuhair Murad delivered on this promise in over-the-top, gotta have it now collection for Spring 18. He took inspiration from…
Christian Siriano is becoming known as a designer that caters to very specific niches of fashion consumers. Perhaps a little off-beat, but with a penchant and purse strings…
It was a display of fireworks on Zuhair Murad’s Spring 2017 couture runway – the designer taking literal inspiration from the advanced pyrotechnic displays of Japan. The concept…
The Focal Point: Empowerment A favorite design house for the A-list red carpet, Ralph & Russo keeps stepping up their game. For the Spring 2017 couture collection, the…
Lagerfeld took it back to soft sophistication (with a twist) in a sugary sweet palette accentuated by metallics for his Spring 2017 Chanel couture collection. The looks, classically…
Claire Pettibone has always been a personal favorite – so distinct in her vintage 1920’s – 1940’s inspired aesthetic. Femininity shines through, but for the artsy, creative bride…or…
Temperley London went for it this time with a Fall 2017 collection full of bohemian fantasy, modern romance and even some pops of color. I have so much…
Just 7 dresses made Carolina Herrera’s Fall 2017 bridal collection in celebration of her 35th year in business. The designer wanted to return to the heritage of her…
The Alon Livné White runway opened with an off-the-shoulder feathered peplum top over sleek trousers with a giant wide-brimmed hat introduced what promised to be a modernist’s show.…
For the bride looking for something a little different from the traditional, husband and wife team Sachin and Babi Ahluwalia may be the way to go for the…
New in New York: Monsieur Saab With a Madison Avenue store set to open in 2017, it was New York as Elie Saab’s muse for his Fall 16 Couture…
J. Packham: Inspo Level 100 Jenny Packham has always been a designer that leaves us with plenty of dreamy visual inspo. Bring your visual appetite Her designs are…
I love when a fusion of cultures culminates in stunning, wearable garments. When it comes from the outside looking in, it can feel so much like a costume.…
Taking the more traditionalist approach to their Spring 2017 bridal collection was Reem Acra. While other designers dabbled in color and experimented with less romantic silhouettes and designs,…
Peter Copping chose no muse for the Oscar de la Renta Spring 2017 bridal collection, but instead showed looks for all brides, and oh were they stunning. Modern…
A partial departure from her previous flirty aesthetic, the Spring 2017 Jenny Packham collection was unconventional, perhaps in celebration of the designer’s own nuptials that just took place…
Light, feminine, but modern silhouettes, the Anne Barge Spring 2017 collection felt like it could have been curated for instagram. I mean that in a good way. The…
Georgina Chapman and Keren Craig of Marchesa took to the 3D trend for their Spring 2017 bridal collection, creating popping floral appliques on gowns with Spanish flair. Plunging…
Taking inspiration from European fashions of the 18th century, Zuhair Murad designed his Spring 16 Couture looks around placing women in a figurative “gilded cage”, which translated into…
For the Fall 2016 bridal collection of Alon Livné White, Livné chose the 19th century Russian ballet as inspiration with a particular focus on the swan. His interpretations were executed…
The Trend: Florals Romona Keveza took the floral trend of the Fall 2016 collections to a new level with bold floral garden prints on voluminous gowns and mini dresses.…
Mark Badgley and James Mischka took inspiration for their Fall 2016 bridal collection from Buenos Aires in the 1950s, an extension of their Spring RTW just presented last month. There…
The inspiration of the Monique Lhuillier Fall 2016 collection was a lush floral garden – the ever poignant motif in bridal. The collection fused fresh and playful silhouettes with a…
Move over Pnina Tornai; You no longer have the sexy wedding gown market cornered. Welcome to the bridal risque game, Inbal Dror. Already known for her impeccable detail and…
Vionnet’s S/S16 RTW collection is a full of sensuality and romance, with their signature draping in goddess and column gowns. There were a few missed marks, like a…
Marchesa’s Spring/Summer 2016 collection is for the birds…or at least inspired by them with the concept noted as “a botanical menagerie of caged birds.” And if Georgina Chapman and…
Dennis Basso’s Spring/Summer 2016 RTW collection was designed for the young, “hip, international woman”…. “It’s very youthful and vibrant, and it’s all about the cities south of the…
The Zac Posen Spring/Summer 2016 RTW collection at NYFW was romantic, chic and fashion forward. The looks were monochromatic with mostly black looks. The looks evolved from a…
Pamella Roland rolled through the soft palettes of the color wheel with her Spring/Summer 2016 collection. She used textured and sheer paneling and little pops of geometric colored…
Inspired by Anne of Avonlea, Erin Fetherston created looks in a pastoral palette of khaki, olive green, and blue with pops of orange and vintage florals. The collection…
Taking inspiration from springtime in Japan, Tadashi Shoji’s Spring/Summer RTW 2016 collection was sweet and feminine with florals over crisp white frocks and sheer fabrics with embroidered blossoms.\n\n\n\n
Themed after young Russian tsarinas storming off into the forests the night before their coronation, the Ralph & Russo Fall 2015 couture collection was fantastical…designed for a majestic princess…
The mysterious night sky was the inspiration for Zuhair Murad’s Fall 2015 Couture collection. His signature crystal embroidery dazzled like the cosmos against the dark backdrops of red,…
Alberta Ferretti took inspiration for her Fall 2015 Couture collection from the lavish estate she recently moved her Paris offices into. The setting is the ground floor of…
One of my absolute favorite designers, Elie Saab created another stunning, ethereal collection for the Fall 2015 Couture season. This time, he added a few new elements like…
Taking inspiration from their childhood memories of the sun-drenched days of the late 1960’s in Malibu, Badgley Mischka created a collection of classic, cheery looks of the luxury…
Inspired by the sunsets on Lake Michigan by her home, Pamella Roland created an entire collection of oranges, ombres, pinks and blues to mimic those awe inspiring dusk moments…
The 2016 Yolancris bridal collection hit all the season’s trend notes beautifully. The body hugging sheer lace looks screamed Kim Kardashian (and a safe three steps away from…
I’ve been married once before – a lovely large production of a wedding that I barely got to enjoy, being pulled every which way for greeting all guests,…
Naeem Khan’s F/W 2015 collection was anything but RTW. It was sheer couture, red carpet ready gowns that just wowed. His color choices were a little unexpected. Beyond…
Jenny Packham, a favorite designer of Kate Middleton, showed a F/W 2015 RTW collection inspired by Spanish artist Raimundo de Madrazo Garreta, who was known for painting portraits of…
The 1970’s era is weaving its way throughout major runway collections, and Reem Acra is another designer who has caught the bug. Acra took inspiration for her F/W…