20/02/2012

The World’s Greatest Honeymoon Destinations

By Arpie & Maral Couture

You’ll prob­a­bly spend some time pon­der­ing your choices for a hon­ey­moon. After all, you want it to be a spe­cial, roman­tic, mem­o­rable time. So, it’s impor­tant that you find just the right loca­tion. There are, of course, an end­less num­ber of poten­tial hon­ey­moon des­ti­na­tions. And your choice is likely to depend upon your, and your new spouse’s, per­sonal tastes, the time of year and what you intend to do over the course of the honeymoon….well, yes, that’s a given, but what else?

Honeymoon Destinations

Hon­ey­moon Destinations

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17/02/2012

Introducing … Designer Wedding Gown ‘Flamenco’

By Arpie & Maral Couture

Designer wed­ding gowns don’t get any more styl­ish or lush as our Fla­menco cre­ation. We have cre­ated a unique look that says it all in a glance. Using only the finest of fab­rics, mate­ri­als, Swarovski Crys­tals and exquis­ite metal­lic thread, our Fla­menco wed­ding gown flat­ters a female fig­ure superbly. Inspired by the music and pas­sion of Fla­menco, this beau­ti­ful gown is a state­ment all on it’s own. The Fla­menco wed­ding gown is bridal cou­ture at it’s finest.

Flamenco Wedding Gown

Fla­menco Wed­ding Gown

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13/02/2012

How to Choose The Right Wedding Bands

By Arpie & Maral Couture

The wed­ding ring is an out­ward sign of com­mit­ment and a sym­bol of the ever­last­ing love that you and your future hus­band share. Hope­fully, it is some­thing that you, and he, will wear for the rest of your lives, so it is impor­tant to choose wed­ding bands that are com­fort­able, styl­ish and, most impor­tantly, ones that will stand the test of time.

Wedding Bands

Wed­ding Bands

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10/02/2012

Unique Wedding Traditions From Around The World | Interesting Wedding Customs

By Arpie & Maral Couture

If you think about it, wed­dings are all about tra­di­tion. How­ever, not all coun­tries, cul­tures and reli­gions do things the same way. Here are some of the most unique and inter­est­ing wed­ding tra­di­tions from around the world.

Three Wed­ding Gowns

You thought find­ing that one per­fect wed­ding dress was a dif­fi­cult job. Spare a thought for Chi­nese brides who have at least three cos­tume changes dur­ing the course of their wed­ding cer­e­monies. First, for the cer­e­mony itself, a Chi­nese bride wears a slim-fitting, embroi­dered wed­ding gown known as a ‘qipao’ or ‘cheongsam’. Usu­ally, this is red, which is believed to be a lucky colour in China.

qipao - Wedding Traditions

qipao — Wed­ding Traditions

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06/02/2012

Introducing … Golden Rose Wedding Gown

By Arpie & Maral Couture

We have designed our Golden Rose wed­ding gown to cre­ate a fan­tasy look that brides dream of when they are lit­tle girls. Inspired by flow­ers, this lovely wed­ding gown is lov­ingly made with silk Dupion and Ital­ian Tulle with French lace to add that fin­ish­ing touch. Each and every pearl and Swarovski Crys­tal is hand embroi­dered with a metal­lic thread which glis­tens in the light. The design is a lovely soft touch that accen­tu­ates your bust-line in a del­i­cate and fem­i­nine way.

Golden Rose Gown - Wedding Gown

Golden Rose Gown

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03/02/2012

Tips for a Fabulous Wedding Day

By Arpie & Maral Couture

It’s the day that you should remem­ber fondly for the rest of your life, so you’ll want to make sure that your wed­ding day is as fab­u­lous as it can pos­si­bly be. Now, of course, much of that hinges on who you’re marrying.

And, assum­ing you’ve found Mis­ter Right, your big day can sur­vive almost any­thing, with the pos­si­ble excep­tion of a wed­ding dress mal­func­tion halfway down the aisle. How­ever, to ensure that it doesn’t have to sur­vive some minor dis­as­ter, here are some handy hints:

Plan Every­thing

It’s a great idea to ensure that you’ve taken into account every­thing that can rea­son­ably be taken into account. The wed­ding day should have a sched­ule, slightly flex­i­ble (after all, you want a wed­ding not a mil­i­tary oper­a­tion), but some kind of time­frame will help things run smoothly.

Have a Schedule

Have a Schedule

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29/01/2012

How to Choose the Right Designer Wedding Dress

By Arpie & Maral Couture

Per­haps the most impor­tant ele­ment of your wed­ding plan­ning (at least as far as you’re con­cerned) is choos­ing the right wed­ding dress. Shop­ping for a designer wed­ding dress should be a fun and excit­ing expe­ri­ence. How­ever, unless you avoid a few com­mon pit­falls it can also become a lit­tle stressful.

Thank­fully, with the fol­low­ing sim­ple steps, you can steer clear of poten­tial anx­i­ety and ensure that you choose the per­fect gown for you.

Designer Wedding Dress

Designer Wed­ding Dress — Arpie and Maral Couture

Step One: Where and When Are You Get­ting Married?

Nat­u­rally, bridal gown shop­ping is the most excit­ing part of wed­ding prepa­ra­tions, so you might be tempted to place it at the top of your to-do list. How­ever, before you can begin to make a deci­sion about what style of designer wed­ding dress will look good on you, you might like to think about what style of designer wed­ding dress will suit the loca­tion and date of your wedding.

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27/01/2012

Reasons Not to Buy Your Wedding Dress Online

By Arpie & Maral Couture

When it comes to shop­ping for almost any item, it is usu­ally cheaper and cer­tainly more con­ve­nient to do so online. How­ever, before you pur­chase a wed­ding dress on the inter­net, it is a great idea to keep the fol­low­ing in mind.

  • Design­ers do not sup­port online stores. So, if you’ve found a designer dress at a frac­tion of the price, there’s a very good rea­son for that…it isn’t a gen­uine dress. The only time design­ers will adver­tise online, is in stores that also have a high street bou­tique. If it’s an exclu­sively online retailer, those ‘designer’ dresses are just repli­cas. Con­tinue reading

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23/01/2012

A Birdcage Veil: Alternatives to a Bridal Veil

By Arpie & Maral Couture

The bridal veil is an ele­gant addi­tion to any wed­ding dress. How­ever, if you’re not crazy about the full, sheer veil, the good news is that there are alter­na­tives. For instance, have you ever thought about wear­ing a bird­cage veil on your wed­ding day?

Grace Kelly Bridal Veil

Grace Kelly Bridal Veil

Birdcage Veil - Arpie and Maral Couture

Bird­cage Veil — Arpie and Maral Couture

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20/01/2012

Kim Kardashian’s Designer Wedding Dress

By Arpie & Maral Couture

Let’s face it, Kim Kardashian’s designer wed­ding dress took longer to make than her mar­riage lasted. She also com­mit­ted the con­nu­bial faux pas of wear­ing white, even though it was her sec­ond mar­riage. Nev­er­the­less, she looked like the tra­di­tional fairy­tale princess in the stun­ning Vera Wang dress.

In a black and white themed wed­ding, which is rumored to have cost over $3 mil­lion, Kim wore three (pre­sum­ably, she was copy­ing the Chi­nese tra­di­tion) custom-made Vera Wang gowns.

Kim Kardashian’s Wedding Dress

Kim Kardashian’s Wed­ding Dress

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