Good afternoon.; Today is all about offering you a taste of beautiful alternative wedding day style - starting out with this bride in her The Kooples blazer and David Fielden Special Occasion Dresses , and ending now with bride Kate in her Collette Dinnigan dress and self-made black fascinator - utterly sublime
Makeup Artist Kate Radford and her Husband Paul tied the knot on 26 February 2011 taking inspiration from the colours black and white, and the 1940s.; These photographers were submitted by their hugely talented photographer, Nikole Ramsay.; The wedding took place at Fairfield Amphitheatre in Fairfield which is an open air space with a bluestone amphitheatre overlooking the Yarra River in Melbourne, Victoria Australia, followed by a reception was held at The Fitzroy Town Hall, Fitzroy in the Reading Room which is the original library.
So many elements of this wedding are beautiful - those little boys, the cute
dog, but the dress wins it for me...
"Collette Dinnigan is an amazing Australian designer, world renowned for her stunning gowns.; It was my second marriage, I was nearly 40 years old and already had two children so I didn’t want to look too traditional! This dress was elegant and stylish and made me feel fantastic!"
Love My Dress Wedding Blog - Photography Copyright (c) 2012, Nikole Ramsay
Being a Makeup Artist, Kate knew just how to apply the perfect red lip, look at that smile!
"My two sons, Kit 9 years and Darcy 5 chose their own Special Occasion Dresses - black trousers and vests with white shirts and grey converse sneakers..."
"We had met 16 years ago, travelled the world together, had two beautiful children, renovated a house etc etc...by that stage marriage wasn’t really on the cards. So I was taken completely by surprise when Paul proposed out of the blue at the dinner table with our kids sitting with us.
It was very sweet and funny and the kids were so excited to think they could be a part of the celebrations. They think it’s pretty cool they got to see their mum and dad get married..."
"Paul didn’t have any groomsmen but our 16 year old dog was waiting with him at the ceremony. She had a spa that morning and a new black and white collar and lead to match the rest of our outfits!"
"I made my bouquet….search all over Melbourne for white hydrangeas!; We had white gardenia’s with camellia leaves for the boys button holes. And the flowers at our reception were all arranged by me and some girlfriends on the day.
I chose all white flowers of about 12 different varieties and clumped
them together in vases of all different shapes and
sizes
.."
.......adorable alert!
"Our photographer was the exceptionally talented Nikole
Ramsay.
Nikole has an amazing ability to capture candid moments with such beautiful and unique style. We were absolutely thrilled with the photos from our wedding..."
"My two beautiful sons walked me ‘down the aisle’ My father had died 18 months before and my mother when I was only 21, so it was all about our kids and our family being together..."
"We had a civil celebrant marry us and a Buddhist Monk bless us and our children. We’d been together for 16 years, had two children and neither of us are particularly religious..."
"We had a white chocolate croquembouche with a simple thick grosgrain ribbon around the bottom. Made by Eiffel Tower cakes. It’s my favourite cake and we served it as part of dessert..."
Words of Wedded Wisdom...
"Enjoy it - don’t stress the
little things, make lists, write down your speech, I thought I’d remember what I
wanted to say but didn’t!"
This bride clearly knows her own style so well - talk about how to pull of the wow factor in a non-traditional wedding dress!
Huge thanks to Kate and Paul for allowing me to share their wedding with you today and many thanks to the lovely Nikole Ramsay too - Nikole shoots weddings in Australia and her former home the UK - drop her a line if you are interested in chatting to her about taking your wedding photographs.
Now, who has Collette Dinnigan dress envy?
So much love all,
Annabel
Photographer - Nikole Ramsay
Venue - Fairfield Amphitheatre +
The Fitzroy Town Hall, Melboure, Australia
Brides Dress - Collette
Dinnigan
Bride;s Fascinator - made by the bride
Brides
Shoes - Louboutins
Brides accessories - French Swarovsky crystal
Earrings from Tessori Bellini in Brunswick, VIC Australia
Grooms
Suit - Black Calibre suit and white shirt, black tie
Bouquet - made
by the Bride