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~VOW Wedding Show!!~An Ethereal Water Colored Day Dream Delight!
9:05 AMCapitol de Beaute Blog by Melanie Woodroffe
This runway show was super refreshingly gorgeous?
I am still in awe! This show was a vision!
It was the equivalent of the perfect wedding day dream. The bride drifting off on a white chaise, and envisioning floating soft pastel lights, beautiful gowns with sparkles and glitter, out of the ordinary bridesmaids dresses with prints like a perfect English garden, then on to a more edgy leopard with tufts of black tulle. The latter puts the typical, yet safe, satiny bridesmaid shift dress to shame! Who doesn't want a chic, confident bridesmaid?
Let's continue on with the day dream!
An acoustic guitarist accompanied by a voice so lovely, one would expect to see angels and little cherubs floating above her head, they step to the stage and the melody begins. The backdrop is infused with ethereal video, keeping the dream very much alive.
I started to drift and day dream too for a brief moment, I thought it was the extra Prosecco!
No, it's just a beautiful, mesmerizing runway show with a rock star production team.
Not one glitch, gown after glittering gown.
Bravo Atlanta Apparel, I will be counting down the days for the next VOW show!
{all photos and video property of Capitol de Beaute}
Summer looks aren't just about beach & festival wear!
You also need sophisticated pieces to wear every day.
Below are a few great looks that go from work to play!
Enjoy!
{Compliments of Belk PR Team}
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~Odd du Jour!~The Victorian Age
11:06 AMCapitol de Beaute Blog by Melanie Woodroffe
I love the odd, for what we deem today as creepy, use to be the norm more than 100 years or so ago. Some traditions & practices still exist today, and are part of our history.
So, as I spent my perfect Sunday afternoon in Atlanta, browsing the brilliant & imaginative Paris on Ponce, I refreshed my memory, also learning a few new things about the history of the Victorian era.
My favorite stop at Paris on Ponce is Absinthe, a gorgeous vignette of odd Victorian-age finds that include animals that have long left this life. Diana, the owner, walked me through & pointed out a few of her most interesting pieces. {See pics below!}
If you didn't know already, the Victorians, like the Egyptians & various other cultures were fascinated with the dead. Animals, people, insects were dissected & studied after death, the preservation techniques that we use today, actually came from that period in time! So what to do when natural selection decides to take your favorite pet? Call a taxidermist!
Back in the Victorian age, this was part of everyday life. Well-loved pets were skinned after death, stuffed and frozen in time. Many animals that are now preserved in museums are due to this quirky practice, that became a skilled art & required having license to perform.
Interesting enough, when a {human} loved one died, the family would actually bring the deceased home & receive friends before the burial. They would also 'stage' the dead & take photographs with them. Just everyday life in the late 1800s, early 1900s!
If you haven't been to Paris on Ponce, you should really check it out. If it's been awhile since your last visit, you should really go, it's an updated visual & historical wonderland!
