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elcome to C Weddings...our pre- a wide array of hand-picked resources throughout the miere foray into all things bridal. Golden State. From the most elegant and innovative floFrom the ultimate guest arrival ral designers to the top 10 wedding cake artisans, we’ve giftbag full of local goodies to the sourced every facet required for putting together the
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s the finale dress of the Rodarte Spring 2009 collection floated down the runway at New York’s Gagosian Gallery, Vogue magazine’s newly engaged West Coast Fashion Editor Lawren Howell sat transfixed. “I luckily knew the designers from work and after the show, I called to see if they thought the dress could be transformed into a wedding gown.” Howell was married to Kristopher Moller last fall in San Francisco in the designers’ answer: a custom Rodarte silk tulle one-shoulder gown layered with inter-worked sequin panels. The dove grey tint, which was achieved using an intricate dip-dye technique, set the tone for the rustic yet refined affair. L.A.’s Gregory Parkinson designed the bridesmaid gowns in a palette of “dusty and destroyed ballet colors,” while guests were shuttled from the chapel to S.F.’s stately Ferry Building in eco-friendly yellow school buses. ABOVE Lawren Howell in her custom Rodarte One hundred and fifty guests wedding dress. BELOW The scene at S.F.’s dined along narrow tablescapes Ferry Building. RIGHT lined with homemade mossThe bride and groom. covered clay pots and the family’s heirloom silver before heading next door to Sinbad’s for an oldfashioned after-party. “Nothing was too over-the-top or too serious. I just wanted it to be beautiful,” says Howell. K.M.
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