Ever After Bride - Leanne

Hi There dear Blog readers....

 

We would like to share with you today the wedding of Leanne and Jaco..

 

 

Leanne wore the beautifull dress Eden by Maggie Sottero.

Her bracelet was designed by Hayley Goodrich: www.hgaccessories.co.za

The photos were taken by Abigail K photography; www.abigailk.co.za

 

 

Leanne was such a lovely bride to work with... She was always friendly and warm.  Leanne you looked stunning on your wedding day and the Ever after Bridal team would like to thank you for giving us the opportunity to be part of this special time in your life. We wish you all the love and happiness that life can bring...

 

Ever After Bride - Taryn Murison

Good day all of our Ever after Bridal blog readers...

The weather has changed to rainy and cold all of the sudden so let us warm up by looking at these beautiful photos of one of our Ever After brides - Taryn.

Taryn got married on the 1st of March 2014.

Venue: Piekenierskloof in Citrusdal.

Jewellery was designed by Hayley Goodrich - www.hgaccessories.co.za

Dress Norma by Maggie Sottero supplied by Ever After Bridal.

Photography -  www.lvstar.co.za

 

 

Taryn you looked amazing!!! Congratulations and thank you for giving Ever After Bridal the opportunity to share in this special time of your life.

Ever After Bride - Tamsyn

To all our Ever After Bridal followers...


Today we are featuring on of our Ever After Brides Tamsyn. Tamsyn got married on the 2nd of November 2013.

Tamsyn wore the beautifull dress Octavia by Sophia Tolli.
Her jewellery were done by Hayley Goodrich - www.hgaccessories.co.za
Photos taken by Monica le Roux. www.monlero.co.za

Tamsyn you looked stunning on your special day. Thank you so much for sending us the photos and the note.

I must say before I walked into your shop in Durbanville, I really had some bad experiences with trying on wedding dresses, so I didn’t know what to expect……. and boy was I surprised.

It was an amazing experience. The ladies that helped me each time I came to the store were absolutely wonderful. So helpful and so patient and friendly. I am so glad I found Ever After Bridal.

The perfect dress for me was Octavia by Sophia Tolli. I looked like a princess on my wedding day. It was the perfect size from day one when I first fitted it on, it fitted me like a glove, so I had to place an order to buy it, there was no way I was going to hire it. It was as though it was meant for me………….

All my jewellery was made by Hayley as well as my bridesmaids bracelets. Absolutely perfect as well

Fake Designer wedding dresses - Scam!

 

This is the most important piece of advice that I can offer to any bride: whatever you do don't be tempted to order a designer "copy" dress over the internet. There are literally hundreds of websites, at the moment, offering what looks like gorgeous wedding dresses "direct from the factory" at amazing cut prices. At a time when the economy is suffering and couples are looking for ways to save money on their wedding I can see why theses sites would be so appealing, but it is the single biggest pitfall that a bride can experience. The websites look beautifully professional and show perfect images of the dresses to make brides feel confident enough to order. The information is in English and some sites give the impression they are based in the UK - but don't be fooled; these are sites set up by people who are very experienced in providing this illusion.   The reason that the photos look so good is that they are the professional photos lifted illegally from the websites of top bridal manufacturers. These sites are set up in the Far East, The bride thinks they will get the dress in the picture, in exchange for their payment, but what they actually receive is something of such bad quality that it can barely be compared to the original. When the excited bride receives her parcel the first warning bells ring at the tiny size of the package they also are poorly made in really awful, cheap fabrics. The copies have no structure to them (the ones I have seen have no boning or any corsetry). The pattern which has been made often bears absolutely no relation to the pattern of the dress originally shown on the site and as well as the fabric being different and below the standard of what is offered, the beading details are really terrible The websites selling these dresses can sometimes claim that they are the original factory where the top bridal manufacturers produce their designs and that by ordering the dresses "direct" that you are being smart and saving money. The problem is that these are not the factories the manufacturers are using -they would never sell a design, which is copyrighted direct, to brides when these large companies place all their business with them. Instead these are copycat factories whose entire business is to look at a photo of a dress and turn out something vaguely similar but with much cheaper materials and without the more expensive hand finished workmanship.            As a wedding dress designer retailer I know first hand how many brides are falling for these sites. This last year many brides have come to ourselves and fellow designers with sad tales about dresses which are really too terrible to wear at their weddings and we have needed to make rush order wedding gowns for them, to save the day. For any brides out there still tempted to go this route I would advise that there are other ways to save money, which will not result in the kind of tears we have seen. * Consider buying off the rail - retailers are now producing some really nice, cheaper range wedding dresses. They may not be designer gowns but they are infinitely nicer than the dresses sent from these copy websites. * Wait for a sample sale - held by designers, such as ourselves. Most designers hold a sale and there is nothing wrong with these gowns - they are usually from previous collections, are discontinued or could be prototypes. Either way you could make huge savings and get a designer dress. * Ask your local bridal boutique if they have any manufactured dresses they would be interested in selling  you their sample of. Some stores may not but others may be happy to make space for new styles coming  into their stores and would offer savings on the dress as it is their sample. Once dry-cleaned it would look  great and have cost you far less than if you had ordered a new one in. Most importantly just don't be taken in by the sites - if something seems too good to be true it usually is.

Ever After Bride - Michelle

Dear Ever After Bridal blog readers.....

Something to warm us up on this cold winter's day..A blog on one of our Ever After Brides Michelle.

 Michelle and Trevor got married on the 17th of May 2014.They got married at langkloof rose farm. The beautiful pictures were taken by Tasha Secombe. Michelle looked so elegant in dress Tigris by the White One collection.

Thank you so much for sharing your beautiful day with us Michelle. You looked breath-taking!!! We wish you all the best on your journey together.

Ever after bridal team