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The Lavish Humphries-Kardashian Wedding Details

Tuesday, September 13th, 2011

Hollywood’s newest IT couple tied the knot a few weeks ago at a lavish California wedding.  In usual Kardashian fashion the ceremony and reception was posh and perfect. Although everyone might not have 20 Million to spend on wedding but future brides and grooms can still get some ideas from Kim and Kris’ fairytale wedding.

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Finally, it’s over! We mean the Humphries-Kardashian wedding ceremony and this just signals a new beginning for the two as Hollywood’s newest Royal Couple said ‘I Dos’ last Saturday, August 20. In early reports, Kim said that she wanted her wedding cake to resemble that of Prince William and Duchess Kate’s. Obviously, her wish went beyond it as the posh and much-hyped $20 million wedding ceremony was lavish enough to call it one of the weddings of the decade.

The news about the wedding became an instant sensation since Kris and Kim proudly broke the news not only because of their stardom but because of the fact that Kim never goes off style. Future wives sensed that it will be a wedding-cum-fashion show where they can get ideas for their own wedding celebration. And it was – from the wedding shower to the gown to the cake and reception to the floral designs.

Let us take a peek at how the Humphries-Kardashian nuptial went.

Here Comes The Bride…

Kim donned three sleek Vera Wang creations – one, a white strapless wedding gown in full tulle skirt with basque waist and Chantilly lace appliqué which highlighted her almost-perfect figure, and the second, a mermaid gown with bodice accentuated by more Chantilly lace and skirt embellished with hand-cut organza petals which the bride quickly slipped into after the ceremony. Wearing her hair up, her veil had jewel and diamond accents that touched the forehead. Kim completed her wedding attire by wearing a pair of Guiseppe Zanotti shoes. As a whole, the chic wedding attires revealed the TV star’s classic allure layer by layer.

The maids-of honor Kourtney and Khloe, and bridesmaids Kendall, Kylie Jenner, and Kaela, Kris’s sister sported Pippa Middleton-inspired silk strapless ivory mermaid gowns.

On the other hand, the groom was spotted garbing a white peak lapel tuxedo jacket with white shirt and white bow tie matched with a pair of black tuxedo pants designed by Ermenegildo Zegna.

Kim’s good friend Lorraine Schwartz designed her engagement ring as well as the couple’s wedding ring.

Wedding Bell’s A-Ringing

Black and white dominated the Humphries-Kardashian wedding. Guests were requested to come in their black or white attires as per the bride’s request probably so that all of them can match the yin-yang-ish backdrop.

After the ceremony, a magnificently prepared reception served as the scene of the festivities. It was so awe-inspiring that it could give the Royal couple a run for their money. Built in the multi-million estate in Montecito, California was a huge marquee that housed the sun-down after-party. Over 440 A-lister guests attended to share with the reality TV star and basketball player’s happiest moment as bride and groom.

Ryan Seacrest and actress girlfriend Julianne Hough, Ciara, Lindsay Lohan, and Avril Lavigne were among Kim’s prominent attendees. Robin Thicke performed ‘Angels’ for the couple’s wedding dance and Earth, Wind & Fire belted out their classic hits as well.

What’s Eating?

At the reception, the guests feasted on luscious dinner catered by culinary expert and celebrity chef Wolfgang Puck who also designed the towering 6 ft. 10-tier white cake with chocolate-chip and vanilla icing embellished with black-and-white decorations. The cooking genius served buffalo mozzarella, tomato salad, agnolotti pasta with sweet corn mascarpone and summer truffles, and roast chicken with Yukon Gold potato puree, caramelized brussels sprouts and summer truffles.

Mr and Mrs Humphries held a fairy-tale wedding that every aspiring bride would love to experience the same joy, same lavishness and same guest list but do not have the same budget. Anyway, consider the whole wedding something that may give you a few wedding suggestions.

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Vanessa Minnillo’s wedding: Top 10 tips

Monday, August 8th, 2011

Preparing for your big day can be confusing and stressful, and nobody knows that more than newlywed Vanessa Minnillo. Thankfully, she’s posted her top 10 tips for those brides-to-be  to make the wedding both memorable, and stress-free! When you’re done, make sure to check out what Branches NJ Catering Hall can do do help make the wedding of your dreams a reality, either at our hall, or somewhere beautiful off-site.

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Vanessa Minnillo has married the man of her dreams. In the process of getting hitched to Nick Lachey, the 30-year-old learned a thing or two about being a bride and the wedding planning process. Here are Vanessa Minnillo’s top 10 tips for other brides!Newlywed Vanessa Minnillo

Vanessa Minnillo, whose big day was featured on TLC’s Nick & Vanessa’s Dream Wedding, writes on her Twitter page:

Tip 1: Try on different styles of dresses. Even if u know what u want, it may surprise u. Go for it all & be girly! Most importantly, HAVE FUN

Tip 2: I Love a “little” splash of color! I had a beautiful bouquet of gloriosa’s, BUT I didn’t put my matron of honor in a fuchsia dress

Tip 3: Listen to your groom & have elements of what “he” wants in the Wedding. After all, it’s both of your day. Nick had great suggestions.

Tip 4: A welcome bag w/”personalized” goodies is always nice! We did beach towels w/their names embroidered, & all the beach essentials.

Tip 5: Make sure to take time before the wedding & spend it with ur fiancee. A night with a glass of wine, or a weekend away. #QualityTime

Tip 6: To save money: use venue’s place settings & glassware, but we brought in our personalized linens and chargers for a more custom feel.

Tip 7:If you can, have multi-photographers. We loved Yitzhak Dalal, & he brought 2 others w/him. There’s always more than one angle u want!

Tip 8: Consider weather when planning an outdoor ceremony. The ONE thing I regret is we didn’t have fans or a.c. at the ceremony. #sweating

Tip 9: Do something special for ur fiancee b4 the ceremony, a gift, &/or a hand written card. Let them know how u feel & that u Love them!

Tip 10: HAVE FUN! Once it’s the day of, try ur hardest not to let ANYTHING get in the way. You’ll regret it if u obsess about small stuff!

*Tip 11: Secure a wedding sponsor or three and air your nuptials on television to help off-set the cost of your dream day.

*We kid, we kid!

Congratulations to Nick Lachey and Vanessa Minnillo on their gorgeous wedding!

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HOW TO: Follow the Royal Wedding Online

Tuesday, April 26th, 2011

The Royal Wedding is in less than 4 days and in case you hadn’t heard these royal nuptials will not only be broadcast through your television screen but there will also be quite a few ways to watch (and listen) online! Since we already know where the ceremony and reception will be taking place, the only details that have been left to our imaginations are what the future princess will wear down the aisle!

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If you haven’t heard, the UK’s Prince William and Catherine (better known as Kate) Middleton are getting married at Westminster Abbey in London on Friday, April 29.

(We assume you have.)

It will be easy enough to follow along on TV with nearly every major news network running hours of coverage ahead of the wedding which takes place at 10 a.m. BST (9 a.m. GMT, 2 a.m. PT, 5 a.m. ET). There are, however, plenty of options for getting your Royal Wedding fix online.

Live Video

Livestream: AP Live, CBS News, ET TheInsider.com and the UK Press Association are all hosting live coverage and commentary on Livestream beginning at 5 a.m. ET (9 a.m. GMT). Viewers can RSVP to various channels to receive reminders about the event.

YouTube: Beginning at 5 a.m. ET (9 a.m. GMT), YouTube, in conjunction with Clarence House and St. James’s Palace, will host the official Royal Wedding livestream. A multimedia live blog will accompany the stream — a YouTube first — with commentary, historical information, additional footage and an integrated Twitter feed.

BBC: The BBC is hosting its own livestream from 5:30 a.m. ET (9:30 a.m. GMT) to 8:30 a.m. ET. A live blog will also be running on the BBC’s site, featuring input from Brides editor Millie Bratten, on-the-ground correspondent Fraser McAlpine and MacKenzie Wilson, who’ll be gathering reactions from fans and observers. Royal correspondent Peter Hunt will join in with commentary later in the day.

Facebook, Twitter & Tumblr

Those who prefer to receive Royal Wedding updates via their social networks can get updates via the British Monarchy’s Facebook Page and Clarence House’s Twitter feed. St. James’s Palace has put together an official Royal Wedding hub at officialroyalwedding2011.org, which pulls in updates from Facebook, Twitter and Flickr.

Facebook users will be able to host their own Royal Wedding livestream on their Walls courtesy of E!, which plans to release an embeddable stream, a Facebook spokesperson tells us.

On Twitter, we recommend you follow the BBC’s diplomatic and royal correspondent Peter Hunt, who will be answering questions on and leading up to the big day. (The BBC will also be tweeting and retweeting others from @bbcroyalwedding.) CNN will be tweeting live updates from @royalweddingCNN, as well as from the accounts of individual presenters Anderson Cooper, Piers Morgan, Richard Quest, Kiran Chetry and Cat Deeley. The Today Show will be tweeting from @royalwedding.

The Royal Wedding also has an official hashtag: #rw2011.

Those who prefer to follow the Royal Wedding on Tumblr can do so on a curated #Royal Wedding page.

Photos

The British Monarchy will upload photos from the big day on its Flickr account. In addition, Flickr is crowdsourcing photos in The People’s Royal Wedding Album, designed to capture “the people’s view of the Royal Wedding” in London and around the world.

Get Involved

If you want to do more than just follow the Royal Wedding, you’re invited to send your congratulations to William and Catherine via a video guest book on YouTube, donate to the charitable gift registry, and submit to Flickr’s Royal Wedding Album and contest.

How do you plan to follow the Royal Wedding? Let us know in the comments below.

Disclosure: CNN is a Mashable content partner.

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TLC to Throw Royal Wedding Viewing Party in Times Square

Friday, April 8th, 2011

The royal wedding is only a few weeks away and to celebrate the biggest nuptials of the year TLC is hosting a viewing party in Times Square. There will be live coverage of the most anticipated wedding of the decade as well as a live performance by Colbie Calliat.

Source: The Hollywood Reporter

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Colbie Caillat will perform, “What Not to Wear’s” Clinton Kelly and “Say Yes to the Dress’” Randy Fenoli and Monte Durham will host.

TLC is taking over New York City’s Times Square on April 29 to celebrate Prince William and Kate Middleton’s wedding.

After airing 89 hours of coverage, the network will send Say Yes to the Dress’ Randy Fenoli to host a live broadcast of the nuptials and pre-show, which will be broadcast on two giant digital billboards.

Grammy-winner Colbie Caillat will perform her new song “I Do.”

What Not to Wear’s Clinton Kelly, Say Yes to the Dress’ Monte Durham will broadcast live from London.

The live televised portion will be produced by ITV Studios America.

“Since so many of us in the US are caught up in the excitement of William and Kate’s wedding, we thought we would bring some of the festivities and live coverage across the pond to the hometown of TLC’s hit wedding series Say Yes to the Dress,” says Tom Carr, the net’s SVP of marketing in a statement. “And if you’re going to celebrate the biggest wedding of the decade in NY, there is no better place to do it than in Times Square.”

“This is without question the most widely anticipated wedding in a generation,” adds ITV Studios America president and CEO Paul Buccieri.  “We couldn’t be happier continuing our relationship with TLC on this exciting live event”.

Source: The Hollywood Reporter

Michael Bublé’s Wife Wears Two Wedding Dresses

Friday, April 8th, 2011

We love Michael Bublé and his wife looked gorgeous this past weekend at their wedding in Buenos Aires. She donned three dresses over the course of the weekend wedding festivities (we loved the Marchesa creation the best!) and Christian Louboutin heels. Her picks would be great for any beach wedding or even at an outdoor waterfall garden.

Source: People StyleWatch

Michael Buble and his new bride.

Michael Bublé, his new bride and two of her three dresses.

They say good things come in threes, which mus really be the case for Michael Bublé’s new wife, Luisana Loreley Lopilato de la Torre, who donned a trio of dresses for the couple’s two weekend wedding ceremonies! For their civil ceremony in Buenos Aires on Thursday, the 23-year-old Argentine TV star wore a flowing violet dress with crystal details. Then on Saturday, the festivities continued with a religious ceremony and reception in the capital city, where 300 guests gathered to celebrate at private mansion Villa Maria Paz, a source tells PEOPLE. Lopilato’s father Eduardo, visibly moved, accompanied his daughter down the aisle as she glowed in a dress created by Argentinean designer Sylvie Burstin. The gown featured a satin bodice with a plunging neckline, plus a feminine, tiered skirt, made up of layers of tulle and ribbons with silk thread embroidery. She topped the look off with Christian Louboutin heels. Following the ceremony, the couple joined revelers in a spacious tent for the reception, where the newlyweds danced to Dean Martin’s “Everybody Loves Somebody.” South American singer Ricardo Montaner got the crowd moving with his hit, “Soy Feliz,” and not to be outdone, Bublé performed “Haven’t Met You Yet,” which he dedicated to his bride. Halfway through the party, Lopilato changed into a silk chiffon v-neck Marchesa creation (sketch above), with a delicate embroidered waist and detailing at the shoulders. “The wedding was unbelievably joyous,” the source tells PEOPLE. “Crazy dancing until six o’clock in the morning. [The] bride and groom and families and friends had a phenomenal time.” And it hasn’t ended yet: having finally found each other, the couple wants to keep the celebration going. The newlyweds are expected to have another reception in Vancouver, Canada — not far from Bublé’s hometown of Burnaby — in May.

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Source: People StyleWatch