Happy Friday!  We’ve been sorting out plans for a redesign and relaunch for 2012 (So. Excited). So we apologized about the slow news day yesterday.  However we are THOROUGHLY making up for it today with our coverage of YolanCris, a Barcelona-based wedding dress brand with a penchant for bohemian style.  I’m kinda, sorta, totally in love.  YolanCris has crafted delicately, beautiful dresses with all the flair and romanticism of the 1970’s love moment.  The completed 2012 bridal collection is captured and expressed in the following film short entitled, Modern Craft Universe.  Prepare thy self for the perfect amount of feather, lace, flowers and vintage detailing.  ENJOY!

The Sarahs are ruling supreme in the wedding style world. Between Sarah Seven and Sarah Houston, my thirst for SUPER STYLISH wedding dresses has been satiated. They’ve both added that little spice to the wedding dress industry that it very much needed. An indie/vintage spice, if you will. I’ve long loved Sarah Seven’s dresses and pouted a bit that I didn’t know about her designs when I got married. Sarah Houston is a Toronto-based wedding dress designer who’s vintage detailing put her on the map as a local fave. Both gorgeous wedding dress designers that the indie bride should definitely know about! Here are some of my favorite dresses from “The Sarahs”:

Top 6 Dresses: Sarah Seven |  Bottom Two Dresses: Sarah Houston

That’s right. I said it. The Kate Moss/Jamie Hince wedding is my own personal royal wedding. I’ve been anticipating (almost nervously?) these photos for months.  Lily Allen and her weird wedding ear muffs almost gave me a nervous breakdown.  Please tell me Kate isn’t going to wear something completely dumb.  Please oh please.  But thankfully, I returned from a weekend at camp to the feeling of sheer stupidity.  Delightful stupidity.  Um, OF COURSE Kate Moss isn’t going to look silly, Chantale.  She’s Kate STINKIN’ Moss.  And yeah, on top of that fact, she’s also marrying Jamie Hince.  For those of you who have spent the past few years in musical darkness, he’s the front man for The Kills.  He’s super hot.  And in his own right, super fashionable.  How could I have doubted them?  I think like many, I was a bit unnerved by the “TERRIBLE GROSS THING” that happened with Galliano.   But the fact remains that this dress right here is sheer gorgeousness.  DOWN RIGHT STUNNING.  Rumor has it that the wedding may even be featured in Vogue.  Because it should be.  Because the following photos not only show some amazing wedding style – but guess what, Jamie and Kate look legitimately happy.  Like “the real deal” kinda happy.

Happiness, right? That’s all I see. Which for my BFF is going to be upsetting. Because she loves Jamie Hince and his co-Kills musician Alison Mosshart, and not-so-secretly wishes they would be together. Reason being, the two of them ooze of sexual tension in concert. I have witnessed it. It’s tangible. But so is this happiness I’m observing between Kate and Jamie. It ain’t fake. This is the real thing, my friends.  It’s almost innocent.  Which is clearly NOT the word for Kate Moss.  But surrounded by thousands of flower girls, with that coy smile on face like she’s sharing a joke that only Jamie gets – Kate Moss seems almost angelic.  Wowza.

We’ll be dissecting this wedding a bit more tomorrow with viewpoints from Michael in Dudesday, along with aforementioned BFF, Krista Locke.

Photos by Mario Testino via Lainey Gossip

It’s everywhere and it’s contagious. Florals.  They’ve taken my life by storm.  My clothes.  My apartment.  I’ve become a complete floral freak. It’s literally all I can do to keep myself from buying every floral item I get my mitts for.  I found myself giving cut eye to a floral-bustier-wearing girl that walked by me the other day.  I wanted it.  Because I can’t get enough blossom-y goodness.  Because it’s summery.  And because it’s feminine and I feel like being a tad girly these days.  And of course, florals are weaving their way through my closet, past my shoe collection and finding a place in a wedding near you.  Whether it’s a sweet floral flask for one of your bridesmaids, a 60’s bikini in full bloom, an adorbs top for your bridal shower, or a vintage flowered fabric for your bridesmaid dresses – I’m voting for a little flash of flower power in your summer wedding plans.  I highly suggest any of the following as a suitable addition to your own floral collection:

Photo Sources (Left to right, top to bottom): Floral Wall Paper | Floral Heels |  Floral Top |  Headband |  Bikini |  Flask  |  Fingernails |  Floral Bouquet |  Invitations |  Floral Bra |  Bridesmaid Dresses

I confess to having many “do over” moments.  I’m not the type of bride that had an easy time picking a dress.  My style changes and I felt so completely overwhelmed by the fact that I would forever look at my wedding photos, of ONE DRESS that would define my wedding look.  It was terrifying to me (drama queen).  So I went the simple, classic route.  And I don’t regret that choice.  HOWEVER, if you think I don’t see a million dresses, offering a million different ideas of versions of my wedding style that I could have had…well, I’m afraid that happens to me almost on a daily basis.  So as a cathartic release of all my pent up wedding style ideas, I figure I’d do a feature every once of what I would wear if I were getting married TODAY.  My first Marriage Revisited feature is inspired by my obsession for Opening Ceremony.  I often think if I got married today, I’d do a small backyard shindig.  Nothing fancy.  Just small and cute.  And this is what I would want to wear:

A sweet drop-waist dress with INCREDIBLE lace platform booties (PS They’re called “Chantal” booties. Um. Perfect.) and topped off with an angelic hair halo.  My imaginary wedding outfit is kinda the bomb, right?

Dress and Shoes: Opening Ceremony | Hair Halo: BHLDN