South Asian Bride Magazine (featured!)

A memo to the Editor of South Asian Bride . . .

Dear Sadaf Kherani:

You are gorgeous and I kinda wanna be you. The Summer 2010 issue is simply stunning and thank you SO much for featuring our work!

Yours,

Calder Clark

Check OUT the latest issue of one of the boldest and loveliest wedding magazines on stands- it is rife with color and includes the latest wisdom from none other than Colin Cowie (love). We are flattered!

Click here to read the full article.

Missed the other gossip on this wedding? Click here for the feature in Real Simple and click here for the feature in Weddings UnVeiled.

Chantilly Lace + a Purty Face

I was born and raised among bins of fine antique lace- the kind that is worthy of being framed and catalogued in a museum exhibit. My mother is an amazing seamstress and does such lovely things with lace, you can only imagine.

Thanks to her, I could go on and on about veils. I know some brides eschew them these days in favor of a fresh flower or to let their elaborate and beautiful gowns stand alone. I’m here to tell you, though- you never get to wear one again, and- they are SO elegant and fun.

Try a few on- from birdcage to cathedral length . . . treat them like gowns, shop around and figure out what you love. Mine was an heirloom veil from Brugges that my mother bought waaaaay back before I was born, just on the off chance that a.) I’d be born and b.) I’d be a girl and c.) I’d be a lace freak. Mother’s instinct! I can’ t wait for my best friend to borrow it for her own wedding in a few weeks’ time.

Below are just a few beautiful veil samplings and sources for you to peruse.

from Maria Niforos

from Antique Lace Veils

from Kristina Eaton

from Jennifer Leigh

from Designs by Kristen

from Christina Garcia

Chantilly? Alencon? Belgian? So much lace, so little time. Fingertip? Chapel length? Cathedral length? Tough call. Click here for a great synopsis on veils.

Now, for a real life sneak peek at some of my gorgeous past clients:

Eliza Hamnett wore a stunningly simple chapel-length veil with a border of the sweetest Alencon lace flowers, which meshed perfectly with her tiny column of a Vera Wang.

Lesley Wienke wore an heirloom chapel-length veil with a heavy Alencon border, which complemented her Vera very very well.

Lucy Doswell wore her chapel-length Alencon lace veil mantilla-style, again with a stunning Vera Wang! I see there’s a trend among my girls, hmm!

Callie Solomon selected a fantastic ruched trumpeted gown, so she opted for a simple veil of silk tulle in lieu of heavy lace- don’t you love the drama?

Tina Staz wore a jaunty little birdcage veil- putting a retro spin on her ensemble as only a stylish bride can do.

{Real bride veil credits, top to bottom: Tracy Turpen Photography, David Edwards Photography, Christopher Record Photography, Tina Rowden Photography, A Bryan Photo}

Which veil will you choose for your big day?

Gem (Jem), Truly Outrageous

If you can’t rock that reference, you just lack an Eighties upbringing. No sweat – because there is nothing dated and everything rad about the below baubles from Gem Palace in Jaipur.

My very hip friend and buyer for Capitol Charlotte, the ever-stylish Ruth Caldwell, casually mentioned that her engagement ring was designed by Gem Palace, thus throwing me into a pendulum swing of jewel lust . . . and it all began with a simple convo about Madeline Weinrib’s genius. Really, Ruth? Let a girl just be . . .

If you’re still with me and not off visually galavanting through pictures of Ruth’s pad, peruse the below and let your imagination conjure up bazaars full of cabochon stones and heaping piles of exotic spices:

Fierce with a capital F. And you thought you’d go all mellow and greige and muted on me with your Fall 2010 accessories? Step up.