Now that you’re engaged, don’t be surprised if your mom pulls out a dusty box from storage with her old wedding dress in it to reminisce.

When you’re styling your bridal gown, keep this saying in mind: “Something Old, Something New, Something Borrowed and Something Blue.” Finding something new, something borrowed and something blue is the easy part; but finding something old can be a little trickier.

Brides are putting a modern spin on this trend by incorporating either their mom’s and/or grandmother’s wedding dress into your dress.

It is the perfect something old to complete your wedding gown. You don’t need to use the whole dress but, if your mom and/or grandmother are comfortable with you cutting up their gowns, use pieces from their dresses and sew them onto your gown/ veil in a creative way. Use a piece of lace, an embellishment and/or fabric from their dress and make it your own. Even if you would rather not add it in your gown you could tie it into your wedding bouquet, use it as a hair piece or as a handkerchief. Now your modern look will have an heirloom twist!

Inspired by this wedding ritual, Malene Grotrian Design helps brides to restore their mom’s or grand’s wedding dress and turn it into a modern couture wedding for the new bride-to-be. Each vintage dress is altered to each bride’s exact desires to create the wedding dress they’ve always dreamed of. Malene has brought a fresh and new approach to a beautiful tradition.

Not only are Malene Grotrian’s brides walking towards their groom wearing the gown of their dreams; they also have something that is both old and new - a wedding dress that is truly special. The beauty of Malene’s art is that the special memories of the past and present will carry on for another lifetime through each wedding.

Resources used:
http://www.somethingoldsomethingnew.co.uk/

With summer sadly coming to a close, fall wedding trends are making the change of season a little less bittersweet. An astonishing 32% of weddings take place in the fall and we can understand why – the colours and cuisine are so warm and inviting.

The hottest trends include: rustic and gold accents, dim lighting, and harvest-inspired wedding favours and cakes are all a must for this season! We love the idea of using wheat grass as a centerpiece or bouquet!

Wheat bouquet

http://maryandopie.blogspot.com/2009/04/diy-wheat-bouquet.html

Apples

http://www.decorguide.tk/about/wedding-decoration/fall-wedding-favors-ideas

Wedding Pie

http://www.eventstoatdc.com/tag/wedding-pie/

Ceremony

http://bestweddingdecorations.com/fall-wedding-decoration.html

Pumpkin Aisle

http://boards.weddingbee.com/topic/fall-wedding-ideas-1

Pumpkin Table Number

http://ruffledblog.com/rustic-fall-wedding/

Flowers

http://www.katewebber.com/

Wheat Centrepiece

http://www.eventstoatdc.com/?s=fall

Wedding Dresses

Think lace! floral flowers and tulle detailing! Our favourite trends for this fall are Trumpet Dresses (also known as the “mermaid” dress), sweetheart necklines, textured skirts, short dresses (which might not be the best option for Canada’s chilly fall weather), lace dresses, and ball gowns. Here are some of the dresses from various Fall 2011 Fall lines that caught our eye:

Lazaro

http://www.marthastewartweddings.com/photogallery/lazaro-fall-2011-collection

Vera Wang

http://www.marthastewartweddings.com/photogallery/vera-wang-fall-2011-collection

Oscar De La Renta

http://www.marthastewartweddings.com/photogallery/oscar-de-la-renta-fall-2011-collection

J.Crew

http://stylepantry.com/2011/04/04/j-crew-2011-bridal-collection/

Jasmine Collection

http://www.marthastewartweddings.com/photogallery/jasmine-colection-fall-2011-collection

Colours

The traditional colours of fall such as orange, red, yellow and brown are the first to come to mind when discussing Fall wedding themes however, don’t be afraid to mix in other colours too. This season peach, forest green, burgundy, and lilac are all on trend and luckily enough they are flattering colours on many skin types. J. Crew’s 2011 Fall Bridesmaid line offers wonderful bridesmaid dresses in these colours.

The Edmonton Fringe Festival starts today and runs until August 21^st in Old Strathcona. This year marks the 30^th anniversary of the Festival and what better way to celebrate that accomplishment then by giving out free underwear! That’s right; Derks Menswear will be at the Fringe Festival on Saturday August 13 and August 20, giving away Bjorn Borg underwear! Here’s the catch: to receive the underwear you will have to change into the underwear in our portable change rooms and model them for our camera. The pair that you model for us will be yours to keep! For those of you that are too shy to bare all we will also be passing out $10 off coupons for Bjorn Borg Underwear sold at our Southside location. To participate or receive a coupon, look for the models wearing “I Love Bjorn Borg” t-shirts at the festival. See you there….in your underwear!

In addition to getting $10 off Bjorn Borg Underwear, the coupon also entitles you to an extra 10% off all items on sale at the Derks Menswear Southside location! We have some amazing brands on sale including Sand, J - Lindeberg, Stenstrom, and many more. Don’t miss out!

She got something a little better than Pajamas…

Nicole & Weir ~ 7/28/12

Nicole’s fiancé proposed to her on Christmas Eve 2010. She had known from the very beginning that Weir was the one that she wanted to grow, learn and explore life with. While celebrating the holiday season with his family he had informed her that everyone opens a Christmas gift on Christmas Eve and that the presents are usually pajamas. Nicole had joined the entire family in the living room and go figure she had to open the first gift as Weir was already sitting down with a wrapped box in his hands. She remembers saying to him that she didn’t want to go first because everyone was starring and it was super awkward (he told her to suck it up.) Nicole began to open the box, and noticed it was a Wii console but the box was empty, so she thought that he was surprising her with the Wii and had set it up at home. As she was smiling and chatting about it being such a great surprise he was getting down on one knee saying “You are the bacon to my eggs, the peanut butter to my jelly and the baseball to my glove, I can’t wait to spend to rest of our lives together and for you to be the mother to my children, the happiness to my day and the adventure to our lives…will you do me the honour of becoming my wife, will you marry me?” It was breath taking, and not only was she surprised but his family as well as no one knew he was going to propose!

Just imagine an amazing all-inclusive 7 day luxury Honeymoon to a Destination OF YOUR CHOICE.

The package will include round-trip airfare, transfers and 7 nights in an all-inclusive accommodation.

Visualize spending 7 nights in a resort of your choice with everything taken care of. That could be you and your fiancé when you enter to win at our upcoming Bridal Conference: Fall’s Boutique Bridal Show taking place on Sunday September 25, 2011; tickets are now available for purchase.

Black-out dates (but not limited to): Christmas, New Year’s, Reading week, March break and Easter week.

Choose from any of these fabulous locations:
Bahia Principe (CUN)
Grand Sirenis Riviera Maya (exclusive SQ section) (CUN)
Occidental Grand Xcaret (exclusive SQ section) (CUN)
Gran Melia (CUN)
Occidental (PVR)
Celuisma (CUN)

*All trips are subject to availability and some restrictions apply

Courtesy of Flight Centre and Sunquest Vacations*