The days when the women in a wedding retinue took center stage are changing. What was once a trend seen last year among the bride and her bridesmaids of mismatched colors and textures is reflected this year with the groom and his groomsmen, moving from a traditional tux to playing with color variation, expanding to include texture to celebrate their own sense of individuality from old school classics to eccentric charms.
The suits or low key waistcoats can include variation in the same color to give a cohesive elegant feel or in contrasting colors or complimenting shades. This can extend towards mismatching accessories to even the lining. To keep things creative and on a budget this trend can work by selecting a style and color palette, leaving the rest up to the groomsmen by allowing them to use exiting well fitted suit pieces they have to keep things on a budget and practical.
This trend is really fun and doable when planning a destination wedding, where different complimentary suits come together to be a cohesive palette on the day and will be a lot easier to organize. We are loving how these trends showcase each of the groomsmen unique personalities and style.
So never underestimate the beauty of imperfection as it has a lot to offer – style, personality and a lot of spunk!
Photography – Katherine Ashdown
Photography – Eclection Photography
Photography – Ryan Ray
Valentine’s Day is just a night away and all us partnered or with secret admirers are expecting to be whisked with milk baths, chocolates, roses and candlelight dinners. Cliché as it sounds, none of us would ever give up on the opportunity to be showered with any form of affection in the very hectic world we live in. So let’s begin by thanking St. Valentine for the increase in rose sales and for giving everyone a day to declare their love!
Not known to many or to St Valentine, is that Valentine’s day is one of the top four days where the greatest declaration of love is being made. It is, the day when your special someone gets on one knee and says the words “Will you marry me?”. The gushing, the excitement and adrenaline is far from the day’s greatest build up to finding that one perfect ring. The task is not easy as the choice is endless! Ask us as we help many a young man or woman fulfill their greatest wedding proposal with our service Amore .
The numero one question every proposer asks us is, what is the right engagement ring? We all know the four perfect “C’s” cut, colour, clarity and carat but everyone is searching for that irrevocable ring that is the truest representation of the person they bestow it to. Take for example Carrie Bradshaw in Sex in the City, when her beloved Big B presents her with an eye-popping 5 carat black diamond ring and tells her “because you are not like anyone else”, at that moment there wasn’t a dry eyed soul in the theatre. Engagement rings are synonymous for needing to be special and unique.
As rhetoric as it sounds diamonds reign supreme, with Diamonds continuing to be a girl’s best friend, with rings that have a centre stone with side stones being the most preferred look, however there is a slow but tiny revolution of non-diamond precious stones like emeralds, morganite and sapphire rings (heads up to our own Duchess of Cambridge’s 12 carat sapphire and diamond engagement ring). The classic setting called the prong setting is still most favoured, with white gold followed by platinum being the most favoured metals of choice. Mixing metals such as rose gold, yellow gold and white gold are trending too.
Keeping with the fads and trends, an engagement ring must also be a unique representation of the bond you share with each other. We always find vintage stores a great place to start for inspiration. Look for beautiful curves or straight simple lines to give inspiration from different periods. Just looking around the place you live will give inspiration to the different types of other precious stones and metals to use like Pāua or moonstone. Today many stores offer custom made designs, where you can select the stone and later come in to have the ring designed and have the setting placed, giving you room not to make the wrong call if design is not your forte. Heirloom jewellery too adds a special touch to the day, with little additional touches a jeweller can add to make it significant to each wearer from generation to generation. A new forging trend with many of us having a bit of a travel bug in us, is to have rings inspired from nature and fauna of the land where the couple had travelled to, showcased in the ring design.
So make an inspirational declaration we say. Talk to your boutique jewellers to create something you specially designed for your soon to be better half and she or he will love you for all the effort you took. Enjoy the ride and journey, as we wish every man and woman the very best in finding their one unique ring of love. May every declaration of love be filled with spasms of excitement, joy, laughter and many a great celebration. From the DU Soirée team we wish everyone a very…
Happy Valentine’s Day!
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We are so excited to welcome everyone to our new wedding decor blog and our fully revamped website – Kia Ora, Bula, Bienvenido, Aloha, Namaste! You find us welcoming everyone in different languages, as we are that excited to be in this space where we get to share ideas, the latest wedding trends and events we have styled.
Since DU Soirée’s conception, we have been busy doing styled shoots while at the same time, we have been working on the launch of our sister brand DU Bridals, September 2016. With the height of bridal season upon our us after DU Bridals launch we have also been adding a lot of new and exciting features to DU Soirée.
Our new décor services have become even more accessible and creative than ever before, with our new set of style bundles available to our New Zealand and Australian customers, with creative ingenuity to make something fun and uniquely yours.
To those who haven’t read up on us before or would like a little “freshener”, I am Dillz, the owner and the head event stylist for DU Soirée. I have majors in Business Management and Fashion with vast experience in fashion to luxury interiors which encouraged me to create an event styling company that would bring dream like design concepts to life. We want to bring creativity back and make it accessible to all kinds of events and to young couples. Since the inception of DU Soirée in 2014, we have also a new addition, Daisy who comes in with years of experience in the building sector and fashion, we are excited to have her on board with us.
Come back each week, as we showcase our dream like design ideas. To start the year off, we would love to hear your wildest decor dreams. #DaretoDream and share your thoughts in the comments box.
Have a fabulous weekend!
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