Red carpet inspiration for you brides-to-be:

America`s sweetheart Sandra Bullock in a gleaming Marchesa gown that made her shine even more. Winner!

Mama Mia! Amanda Seyfried`s all-white strapless Armani Prive gown with a structured bodice and pleats.

A sparkling Cameron Diaz in an equally glitzy Oscar de la Renta gown

`She-who-wanted-to-be-a wedding-planner` Miley Cyrus in a [...]

Photo via Preview magazine`s Associate Fashion Editor Daryl Chang`s blog
Eye-popping design by a Pinoy, based in a beautiful island called Cebu, read on…

Last year, I was privileged to visit the world’s first store entirely dedicated to `Barbie` on Huai Hai Rd. in Shanghai, China, one of the busiest shopping streets in cosmopolitan downtown Shanghai.
In [...]

Hello brides and grooms-to-be, Cynthia reporting for duty. Apologies for having been absent these past few months but I hope you are enjoying my partner-in-crime Marbee’s very fun, useful and valuable tips on planning for your big day.
Before anything, I would also like to congratulate the winners of the contest We Heart Weddings [...]

Sharing with you all this piece, which we feel is very much what WE tell brides-to-be issue after issue of Wedding Essentials, about following your heart in choosing the best- in this case, gown for yourself, despite that little bugger called economy, or the other one called `other people`s perception`- because it`s your day. And [...]

Rica Peralejo`s wedding gown designer Rajo Laurel landed on the cover of Women`s Wear Daily last February 10,2010 with his “slinky body-con dress… wrapped in a cobweb of shredded silk jersey.”

If it looks familiar, it`s because it`s the same process Rajo used for Rica`s wedding gown`s cobweb overlay…

WE did a little Q & A [...]

Ciara Sotto on her wedding day. Through Mich Dulce`s custom made corset, Ciara`s waist was reduced from a size 26 down to a size 22.
WE all want a small (er) waist don`t we? Especially if the process involves:
No surgery.
No photoshop.
No magic camison
No `oatmeal only` diet (but that works too)
Find out how Ciara [...]

Many have been inquiring about Rica Peralejo`s wedding gown with a cobweb overlay…

Here with Rica are Teena Barretto- her wedding planner and Rica`s niece Nika

WE can`t wait for later when Rajo Laurel, together with F&C Jewelry (which WE featured in our January to July 2010 issue) collaborate to create ‘couture translated into new [...]

Wedding planner wanna-be Miley Cyrus at the 2009 Golden Globe Awards in a white dress embellished with gold sequins by Marchesa
In an interview with Globe Magazine, Miley Cyrus said that she would have loved to have been a wedding planner instead of a rock star.
Miley told the magazine, “My dream job was to [...]

It`s none other than Pinoy supermodel Charo Ronquillo =)
For Macy`s Wedding Channel print ad campaign

For designer Alfred Angelo

Incidentally, if you`re on the look-out for gown ideas, there are over 100 gown designs you can take inspiration from at www.alfredangelo.com
They have styles for the sweet…

the sexy…

the luxe…

and the romantic…

Good news everyone! New York based Pinoy designer Robin Tomas, whose first bridal creation was featured in the magazine last year made news recently when he won the Supima Award for Best Reinvention of the Tee.
Jasmine Maierhofer in a Robin Tomas creation for Wedding Essentials magazine July- December 2009 issue

The [...]