Vogue Brides Australia is here! It is your complete guide to a fashion enthusiasts dream wedding! Check out ‘Love Story’ featuring the gorgeous Bambi Northwood-Blyth with her fiancé Dan Single, who is photographed in our beautiful bohemian KAREN WILLIS HOLMES georgette skirt!
Hope you enjoy flicking through the awe inspiring, pastel pages as much as we did and did, again and again!
Karen and the KWH team xx
Leigh and her husband Brett first met in High School and remained in contact until the year after they finished school, which is when they got together. 13 years later, Leigh and Brett tied the knot.
The pair married on Saturday 17th March 2012 at O’Reilly’s Rainforest Retreat, Lamington National Park, concealed in the Gold Coast Hinterland. ‘We’ve lived near the ocean our whole lives and everyone we know gets married at or near the beach, I just wanted to get married somewhere different and I love the look of rainforests with big old trees in photos, I found O’Reilly’s and it just seemed to be perfect. It was only 3 hour’s drive away from home, so I convinced my husband to be to go have a look at it and we both fell in love with place as soon as we got there.’
Leigh had seen a wedding photo in a magazine with a couple getting married on the edge of a cliff and thought it looked amazing and we agree! With the majestic views of the Lost World Valley and Great Dividing Range, set amongst beautiful aged trees, O’Reilly’s Rainforest Retreat was the perfect place for Leigh and Brett’s vintage inspired wedding.
‘It was overcast and there was a bit of light of rain. However, the rain held off enough for us to have the ceremony outside. The umbrellas in the photos added to the character of the day.’
On a trip to Bali for Leigh’s 30th Birthday, Brett led her down to a secluded beach and gave Leigh the best birthday card she will ever get. ‘He proposed by writing in my birthday card asking me if I wanted to be a McLennan, and then he pulled out the ring. I was a bit speechless, I wasn’t expecting it at all.’
Leigh first saw the Madelyn gown in a wedding magazine and it was the exact style she was looking for. Leigh along with her Mum, Sister and Sister-in-law, ventured to the KAREN WILLIS HOLMES store in Brisbane where she tried on about 10 different wedding gown’s, ‘they were all so beautiful, it was a little hard to choose.’ She was able to make up her mind and decided on the stunning Madelyn bridal gown, ‘I loved how the gown fitted and how soft the fabric was’.
Leigh’s adorable bow shoes are from Tony Bianco and look perfect with the wedding dress.
We would like to thank both Leigh and Brett for sharing their special day with us and wish them all the luck in the world for their future together. Also an enormous thank you to Andrew Thurtell, from Thurtell Photography, who took these breathtaking photos. Leigh came across Thurtell Photography and says ‘I stopped looking for anyone else when I found him. He did such a great job with our photos, it was so fun when we were getting them taken and I couldn’t have imagined the photos being any better than what they are.’
Karen and the KWH team xx
We are excited to share with you a little video from the wonderful people at The Knot. This video was taken at New York Bridal Fashion Week last month which KAREN WILLIS HOLMES was a part of! One of our own stylists from the KWH team, Kelly, was lucky enough to accompany Karen over to New York to model our exquisite wedding gowns. Kelly was a recent feature in our Real Brides post after having celebrated her wedding in France, wearing our very own Caitlyn wedding gown,which she is wearing in Look No.3.
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Look No.1 and No.2: Paige gown, embellished sequin bodice with organza skirt and the contemporary and dramatic Paige Overlay.
Look No.3: Caitlyn gown (Kelly’s own wedding dress) from the KWH by KAREN WILLIS HOLMES collection. This wedding dress is a flattering sequinned gown with cap sleeves and an elegant back feature.
Look No.4: Genevieve gown with Genevieve overskirt and velvet deco belt. The Genevieve gown is a full lace wrap dress, worn in this look with the ethereal Genevieve overlay in soft vapour tulle.
Look No.4: Sienna gown, this alluring gown is made with beautiful corded lace bodice and a dreamy georgette skirt.
Look No.5: Kelly gown and Kelly Lace Overlay are made with the stunning heavy Twill fabric. This strapless gown is paired with the intricate Kelly lace overlay which features a scallop framed back.
Karen and the KWH team xx
The wonderful team at Polka Dot Bride have featured another gorgeous summer wedding. Sacha and Mick tied the knot at Abbotsford Convent in Melbourne. Sacha is wearing a KAREN WILLIS HOLMES gown from the Demi Couture collection. The Rachel wedding gown is a flattering full lace bridal gown with a stunning sheer portrait back. The dainty cap sleeves add an ethereal edge to vintage inspired wedding dress. Read the full story of Sacha and Mick’s wedding on one of our favourite blogs: POLKA DOT BRIDE!
Karen and the KWH team xx
The team at 35mm Fashion Photography always know how to satisfy our sense of sight. How gorgeous are these photographs? They make me feel warm, relaxed and ethereal. The bridal gowns from our Demi Couture collection were used for this shoot and I feel that both the Doris gown and the Matilda gown suit this scene beautifully. It's the magnificent lace and the sheer elements.
CREDIT
P: 35mm Fashion Photography
MUA & H: Melonie Santos
Stylist: Lyndel Yeo
Model: Hannah J @Giant Management
Karen and the KWH team xx
DAVID JONES hosted another gorgeous event last weekend featuring the best in bridal brands and services On Seven at Elizabeth Street Sydney store. I was invited to host the parade on Sunday with Philippa Brophy, who is Vogues Fashion Editor. The parade inspired a very eager crowd of brides-to-be, who viewed glamorous wedding gowns by designers such as Collette Dinnigan and Akira Isogawa. Our KAREN WILLIS HOLMES bridal gowns were also invited on the runway, including styles from both the Demi Couture and KWH by KAREN WILLIS HOLMES Collection.
Karen and the KWH team xx
Maria and Brian tied the knot at St James Church in Kilkenny, Ireland on the 13th of September 2012. Their beautiful reception was held at Faithlegg House. Maria was drawn to this setting for its beautiful grounds and the bright and airy reception room - ‘which was particularly important since the weather was so unpredictable’. But as you can see from the photographs, the couple were blessed with a glorious sunny day.
Maria looked stunning in the Paige bridal gown from the Demi Couture Collection.
‘When I was looking for a dress I didn’t really have a clue where to go as most of my married friends are in Ireland. I lived near high St. in Melbourne and since every second shop is wedding related it seems to be a good place to start looking. When I was deciding which shops to make an appointment for, I looked at some websites and I called in to a few shops. I ended up calling in to KWH one Saturday afternoon, just to see what the dresses were like... I ended up trying on my first dress. As it turns out the first dress I decided to try on was the dress I bought, I tried on numerous dresses after it but I always came back to Paige wedding gown.'
We would like to thank Maria and Brian for sharing their special day with us. Their photos were taken by David McClelland, who has done a spectacular job at capturing this wedding. We wish Mr and Mrs Smith a lifetime of happiness together.
The Big Wedding
IN CINEMAS MAY 2
With an all-star cast lead by Diane Keaton, Robert De Niro, Susan Sarandon, Robin Williams, Katherine Heigl, Amanda Seyfried and Topher Grace, THE BIG WEDDING 'IN CINEMAS MAY 2' is an uproarious romantic comedy about a charmingly modern family trying to survive a weekend wedding celebration that has the potential to become a full blown family fiasco. To the amusement of their adult children and friends, long divorced couple Don and Ellie Griffin (De Niro and Keaton) are once again forced to play the happy couple for the sake of their adopted son's wedding after his ultra conservative biological mother unexpectedly decides to fly halfway across the world to attend. With all of the wedding guests looking on, the Griffins are hilariously forced to confront their past, present and future - and hopefully avoid killing each other in the process.” http://www.thebigweddingmovie.com.au/
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