Fashion forward brides, get ready to swoon! Designer Rubin Singer has just launched an extraordinary bridal collection of couture wedding dresses filled with luxurious, intricate details and dramatic, architectural lines. Singer’s creativity is no surprise – he comes by his creative vision through family heritage. As a third-generation couturier, his father and grandfather before him dressed the Bolshoi Ballet and Russian royalty respectively! This debut bridal collection will be available at Kleinfeld and Neiman Marcus beginning in September 2013. Check out the wedding dress images from his look book here, and then look out for more gorgeousness to come. I’d say this man is one to watch!
What three adjectives best describe your vintage wedding?Unique, inviting, and joyful.
What was your wedding color palette? Different shades of purple with jewel tone accents.
What inspired your personal wedding style, and how did you incorporate your style and personalities into your big day?We have a love of antiques and all things vintage. We incorporated a lot of items from our home and enjoyed hunting for additional pieces at antique shops in the area. We even wanted our activities to have a vintage vibe to them, so we had a silhouette artist and a photobooth with old fashioned props.
Overall, we just wanted our wedding to feel like one big celebration of our twelve year journey together. One way we were able to infuse our personalities was through our music choices, which ranged from The Turtles to The Arcade Fire to the theme from the movie Up. Friends read passages by e.e. cummings and Vincent van Gogh, and our bridesmaids and groomsmen held up signs reading FINALLY when we had our first kiss as husband and wife. The dance floor was packed all night and we topped it all off with a dance routine to Robyns Call Your Girlfriend. These lighter moments really reflected our personalities and sense of humor.
Looking back, what are the moments, decisions or memories that you love the most about your wedding?We really wanted to pay tribute to our grandparents who had been such an important part of our lives as a couple, but had passed away before the wedding. One of our officiants spoke of their influence on our lives as part of the ceremony.
It was also so meaningful to see Johns grandmother looking through the old wedding photos we had on display with tears in her eyes.
On a lighter note, we were happy that we encouraged everyone to meet new people throughout the night by using Party Pals – little vials containing clues about guests at the wedding. We loved watching people hunt for their new friends!
What piece of advice would you give to a bride planning her wedding today? Dont let your fiance procrastinate with his wedding tasks! Just kidding (sort of). Stick to your guns and plan the wedding that you want to have and that you would want to attend. On the night of your wedding, make sure to take it all in and enjoy every moment. Throughout the night, you and your husband will be pulled in a million different directions. Make sure you set aside time to reconnect!
Junebug readers, you’re in for a treat today! Christine and Jason’s incredible wedding day started with classic Chinese wedding traditions, moved on to a beautiful Jewish wedding ceremony, and ended in an over-the-top circus themed reception at Circus Juventas, complete with performers flying high above the guests! What a celebration! Read on to hear their wedding planning story and to see all of the wonderful design, images and video from Fete Perfection, Cadence and Eli Photography and Sky Focus Films.
The Goals:Our primary goal was to include traditions of both of our families. Christines family follows many Chinese wedding traditions such as the hair combing ceremony the night before the wedding, the tea ceremony in which you offer tea to your elders, and a grand banquet. The Jewish wedding ceremony was performed at the Synagogue and included traditions such as the signing of the Ketubah, use of a Chuppah, Hakafot (bride circles groom seven times), and Birkat Kohanim (breaking of the glass).
We have been together over a decade and overtime have grown to love many things we often keep secret between each other. Our wedding gave us the opportunity to entertain our guests through tastes, sights, and sounds that best represent what we enjoy but that may have not been revealed before.
The Design:We wanted to take our guests along on a rich, passionate, and mysterious journey. We selected colors such as dark purples, silvers, and black. After selecting Circus Juventas at the venue we decided on an overall style reminiscent of Cirque du Soleils Alegria.
We began with mysterious invitations, an alluring website, and we shrouded most of the details in secrecy. To set the mood for the ceremony we had used theatrical lighting and had a light up chuppah that mirrored the architecture of the synagogue.
For the reception we knew not only the live performances would get a lot of attention but also the venue structure itself, a large almost industrial permanent Circus tent is stunning to look at. We decided to have theatrical lighting for the performances as well as moving light washes to add depth to the ceiling, walls, and seating area.
We worked with Create Catering to make a menu from scratch with flavors we love (such as Barramundi, Butternut Squash, Pumpkin, and Sushi).
The tables were placed in a way to maximized viewing angles of the performances and easy access to the dance floor. Although dinner was plated we decided to have dessert passed by butlers so that guests would get up to socialize at the bars and make their way to the dance floor.
The Look:We both love classic styles with sleek lines. This was easy to achieve for Jason with a peak lapel tuxedo. To give it the extra touch we found a tuxedo with grosgrain trim and added a covered button dress shirt to complete the James Bond look.
For Christine the challenge was finding and tailoring three dresses. Multiple dresses is a common Chinese tradition so we found a the perfect sequined red dress that would represent Chinese style of the dynasty era as well as the early 20th Century. For the Ceremony dress she went with a classic Audrey Hepburn look. For the final dress of the night, a fun silvery ball gown.
The bridesmaids wore deep lapis gowns with black cutout necklaces that highlighted their neckline. The Maid of Honor wore black opera gloves.
The Moments:We had the joy of video conferencing Christines grandmother into the tea ceremony as she could not fly from Hong Kong due to health reasons.
Stopping at our house to take pictures with our twin bunnies, Rev and Axela, was the most memorable moment of the weekend.
Our greatest success was hiring Anna Senrick from Fete Perfection. She was absolutely brilliant at understanding and helping us find the perfect vendors. She thoroughly organized and managed a wedding with a reception venue that had not only never hosted a wedding before but included intricate live performances.
The Pros: To learn about all of the incredibly talented wedding professionals who contributed to Christine and Jason’s wedding, jump over to their page in our Real Weddings Library. And for the full experience, don’t miss this absolutely spellbinding wedding film from Sky Focus Films!
Thank you for sharing your wedding story and images with us Christine and Jason! We simply adore the way you made it your own.
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