Wedding Dress Mini-me

I have decided on my wedding dress! I will not reveal anything of course....but I can give you a sneak peek of the fabrics as the designer gave me a cute tiny puppet with patches of the fabric in my dress...

If you recognize who the designer might be, keep it to yourself :) My fiance cannot know! ;)

Topshop - The Importance of Being Kate

In 2007, the fast-fashion chain Topshop began its four-year long design collaboration with top model Kate Moss. The collaboration was inspired by Kate Moss’ unique sense of style. The Autumn – Winter 2010 collection was Kate Moss’ 14^th for Topshop and her last. Reportedly Moss decided to end the lucrative partnership because of other commitments.

Notice hottest model of the moment Cara Delevingne in this AW 2010 campaign video!

But it seems that Sir Philip Green (Owner of the fashion retail group Arcadia with brands such as Topshop, Miss Selfridge, Dorothy Perkins) has found himself a new fashion muse, a new Kate, Kate Bosworth. 

The affair started in the winter of 2012 when Kate Bosworth was the face of Topshop's first ever Christmas campaign and fashion film directed by her fiance Michael Polish. She performs the song Winter Wonderland standing on a piano in a fabulous concert hall - a scene inspired by Michelle Pfeifer's piano scene in the film The Fabulous Baker Boys.

Now, Kate Bosworth has taken over Topshop's 2013 Spring-Summer Magazine which she guest edited with her fiance. In the editorial 'A Real Heart Breaker', the lovely actress poses in outfits styled by herself and she is photographed by her fiance Michael Polish. 

For now, she is not designing her own line for the brand, but it wouldn't surprise me if we can expect something to be announced in the coming year...

On Wedding Dress Shopping

I have had such an amazing weekend! A weekend full of laughter and one that made me feel so blessed and thankful for the fantastic friends around me!

It all started last Friday when I was sitting at home, having finished my article on Lichtenstein and wishing for the warmth of the sun, trying to heat up on the gazillion-th latte of the day, as the doorbell rang.

And there she was! The sunshine of the day!! My close friend Nadja suddenly at my doorstep hiding behind a bouquet of pink flowers. She had flown over London on her way back from NY to Munich, especially to go wedding dress shopping with me! You cannot believe how loud I screamed with excitement seeing her! 

This needed a good night out on the town for the much needed catching up! We started our evening at Mark's Bar in Soho for our first of many glasses of fine bubbly. Mark's Bar is really one of those sweet spots in London to enjoy a cocktail in its cool interior of leather chesterfields and soft lighting.  

Nadja at Mark's Bar

After our aperitif we headed to Yauatcha to meet Evi for little packets of deliciousness - dim sum! One of my favourite foods that I got hooked on when I was living in Singapore a couple of years ago. Evi, of course, had known all about the surprise and had made sure that I had already made the reservation much earlier :) If you make it to Yauatcha, be sure to try the Prawn and beancurd cheung fun! It is absolutely delicisious - it both melts in your mouth as giving you some sense of crisp with the tempura'd prawn woven through the roll! And if you like spicy, then you should really taste the steamed halibut with home made chilli and salted radish! 

at Yauatcha

We ended our night with a late night cap at the bar of The Connaught in Mayfair - relaxed atmosphere, again dim lighting, soft chairs and beautiful 20s decor. 

The next morning, on Saturday, I had my appointment at Temperley in Notting Hill to try some of their exquisitely flowing wedding dresses! Four of my friends joined me as the bridal fashion police to give me their honest opinion. Priceless :)

Temperley in Notting Hill!

Temperley Wedding Dresses

Evi trying on a veil :)

I'm sure you're wondering which dress Natalia, Camille and Evi are looking at ;)

Trying on all the different styles of wedding dresses is just a blast! How cliche it might sound that you do feel like a princess - well I was feeling more like an Oscar worthy actress ;) but close enough and much more glamorous ;) And they all tell me that I'll know when I will have found 'the one'.

Of course I will not reveal....still a fitting at Browns to come and the groom cannot see the dress before the big day - so you will have to wait too ;)

On Planning a Wedding

I am getting married in the fall! My sweets asked me to marry him on a desolate walkway in Venice next to the the Canale della Giudecca last November. Tears of joy ran down my cheeks and a soft ‘of course’ crossed my lips.

But people are starting to spook me and I am almost getting afraid that tears of frustration will run down my cheeks with all the wedding planning that has to take place. If their predictions are right, I will be fretting about the thickness of ribbons on the wedding invitations in two months’ time and turn into a total bridezilla in three. I doubt it. Really. But who knows, I might have hidden depths I didn’t know about :)

I just keep ‘zen’ with two pictures in my mind! My wedding mood board consists of exactly two pictures, and they revolve around people, not things. So as long as I focus on that, all other material elements will be fine. 

Except for the wedding dress, that needs to be perfect ;) , oh and the photography of course because that stays with you forever, oh and the food – as a total foodie I could not bear bad food, oh and the music – I want a blast of a party so I need the perfect DJ, oh and the flowers!! They need to be colourful and abundant….Oh nooooo, there we go…the transformation to bridezilla is starting… 

Just kidding, I have the essence captured in my mood board pictures. It’s enough to guide me.

I’m really dreaming of a small wedding, a wedding where we are surrounded by the people closest to us - the people we love and love us back. I imagine our wedding as a celebration of us being together and of our promise to each other; the promise that we will build a life together as a team and that we will love each other through the good and the bad moments. I am picturing a wonderful day with lots of smiling people, lots of hugs, lots of dancing and laughing, plenty of jokes and the making of many memories! Us, friends and family dancing a sparkling night away! It would make me so happy to see everyone having a good time! So that at the end of the evening I can kiss my love and scream with happiness while looking at some fireworks :)

In any case, since so many of our friends are coming from abroad, I will make sure they will have a good time - and that requires some planning - so back to work and my lovely timeline that will help me through this as efficiently as possible :)