Weddings… as I (sort of) Remember Them
The one where I was a flower girl, age 6: It was my older cousins wedding, cousin # 1. I remember wearing a pale pink dress with bushels of frilly lace. My hair was french braided on both sides so tightly, and my bangs were curled in individual locks. They put makeup on me and...
I Alessandra, Take You Vera Wang…
On November 19th at At 6:22PM Eastern Daylight Time, I did what I thought was the unthinkable. I bought my wedding gown. I committed. A million things flashed through my mind as I floated out of my body and watched myself in slow motion hand over my credit card and sign a nearly unrecognizable signature on...
My Bridesmaids, aka Fashion Leaders of the Free World
I have seven bridesmaids. Lucky number seven, as ordinary as it seems in both syllables and sound, is a very curious number. Being that it follows six and precedes eight, it is the fourth of the prime numbers, the amount of sides on a heptagon and corresponds with G in the alphabet (G for Gold...
Why I Want to Be a Weird Bride
Style Me Weird: Exiled and Inspired by Sandy’s Wrath By Idojour’s resident bride-to-be, Alessandra Perez-Rubio As I sit here, exiled from the shambles Sandy has left on lower Manhattan, I count my lucky sequins that I am safely situated in a friends cozy apartment in the Upper East Side. Things are getting pretty bleak down...
Queen Victoria & The Dress that Started it All
I’ll start with Kleinfelds. Although one half (not accurate statistic) of New York Brides shop at Kleinfeld’s, the amazingly grand NYC Bridal salon, (made famous by that TLC bridezilla-centric show, which name currently escapes me) has become somewhat of a icon in this billion dollar industry of ours, I don’t get all the hoopla. (Shop...
The Engagement Party Hangover
I woke up last Tuesday morning with a killer headache, dry mouth and an intense craving for a bacon, egg and cheese sandwich. I was sweaty and disoriented and needed water. Badly. It could only mean one thing – a monster hangover. I tripped on my shoes on the way to the bathroom to investigate...
Do Exclusive Wedding Venues offer Discounts?
When I first moved to New York, Bryant took me to Imperial Number 9, a locally sourced seafood restaurant in the Mondrian Soho. It was and is the most beautiful place I’ve ever seen – a picturesque setting in Manhattan with its chandeliers, a glass roof ceiling, palm trees and impeccable lighting. Then and there,...
On Faith, Alec Baldwin and Cathedrals
Talking about church is not very exciting, but I am going to discuss it anyway. Only because this is the one major recent development since last week, Rosanna ridiculously DEMANDS an article every week (editor’s note: every OTHER week), and I know you don’t want to hear me blather about my pintrest boards (100 pins!!!). ...
Twenty-Something & Engaged: “The Making of a Wedding Freak”
We were ecstatic to hear the news of our little sister’s engagement, and even more thrilled to see her so over the moon. But as we all know, wedding planning can be stressful and overwhelming, so we’re giving Alessandra a forum to share, to vent and to document her journey to the altar. ...
