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  • La Belle Couture launches E-commerce Platform in Singapore

    La Belle Couture launches E-commerce Platform in Singapore

    Wedding supplies specialist La Belle Couture has launched a Singapore online bridal store.

    The store offers more than 50 designs of wedding dresses, along with wedding styling props and decorations.

    The new store launched with the newest gowns from the label’s Simplicity collection.

    A curated selection of lightweight gowns with detailed craftsmanship, featuring trending design elements such as lace detailing, illusion necklines and blush hues. More designs will be continue to be added to the collection.

    After visiting the online store, brides can visit their boutique on Tanjong Pagar Road so that stylists can assist them in perfecting their look.

    “We also observed that more and more brides are leaning towards a la carte options where they have more freedom of choice when it comes to choosing their makeup artists, photographers, etc,” said Teo Peiru, MD of La Belle Couture Weddings.

    Along with its wedding dresses, La Belle Couture launched a curated selection of wedding decorations for rent, from its partner Rosette Designs & Co.

  • Tokopedia enters wedding industry, buying Bridestory

    Tokopedia enters wedding industry, buying Bridestory

    Indonesian e-commerce platform Tokopedia has acquired local wedding-service marketplace Bridestory, which allows users to plan their big day on their smartphones.

    Bridestory targets the Southeast Asian wedding market, connecting couples with venues, organizers and vendors/service providers in the wedding industry. It has reportedly connected more than 3.5 million customers with at least 27,000 wedding vendors annually.

    “It all started with a web application,” said Bridestory CEO Kevin Mintaraga, “then we slowly saw the change in behavior as people became more mobile-centric. We also wanted to help brides to plan their wedding anywhere and anytime with their smartphone”.

    The Tokopedia acquisition includes Bridestory’s new service, Parent story, which help parents and expecting parents connect with age-specific activity providers for their kids.

    Tokopedia has stated that the site will continue to operate independently, while Kevin Mintaraga will join Tokopedia’s management in a VP role.

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  • Link’s Stanley Plaza launches seaside speed-dating for dogs

    Link’s Stanley Plaza launches seaside speed-dating for dogs

    Link’s Stanley Plaza is presenting Hong Kong’s first seaside speed-dating event for dogs. Now in its eighth year, the Paws by the Sea 2019 event will involve a series of events held at the plaza on the weekends from March 23 to 31, including the doggie speed-dating activity. Dog owners and their dogs are invited to attend together to find their true love, and loving dogs-in-waiting will have the chance to be adopted into a new family.

    The events constitute part of Link’s Stanley Plaza’s commitment to providing innovative services for customers and their pets as Hong Kong’s first pet-friendly shopping mall.

    Stanley Plaza and the Society for Abandoned Animals will hold a “Walk the Dog Experiential Tour” for people who are considering adopting a dog to assess their chemistry with the dogs being considered for adoption. On March 31, Link will also host the “Doggie Wedding Gown Exhibition and Design Competition”, in which dog owners can design a unique wedding dress for their doggies and dress up them as a model in the catwalk show. At the same time, there is a dog wedding exhibition which collects various dog marriage information for each dog owner.

    Stanley Plaza will also challenge the Guinness world record for the “Longest Line of Glass Bottles” again on March 24, where dog owners will write love letters to their dogs and decorate their own “love bottle” to add to the line. After the event, owners may take their bespoke bottle home as souvenir.

    Several large-scale dog photo spots, exciting activities and workshops are also being arranged concurrently, including a photography tour, a “Love the Dogs Educational Workshop”, a “Pet Doctor Workshop Doggie” and “Love Is in The Air Carnival Exhibition”.

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  • Vogue opens first Tokyo wedding dress salon

    Vogue opens first Tokyo wedding dress salon

    International fashion magazine Vogue has opened its first wedding dress salon. Facing Aoyama Kotto-dori in Tokyo’s Omotesando district, the salon has hired specialist staff to offer tasteful suggestions not only with regard to dresses and accessories but also extending to hair, makeup and photography services.“The biggest single keyword for contemporary today’s weddings is ‘diversification of values’”, said Vogue Wedding creative director Mayumi Nakamura. “Now is a time for brides who embrace different values to rejoice in their individuality.

     

    “At Vogue Wedding Salon, in addition to traditional wedding dresses, we have prepared a wide variety of more adventurous styles. These items include stunning bridal gowns from popular designer brands that will be familiar to readers of Vogue such as Alexander McQueen, Giambattista Valli, Oscar de la Renta, Sergio Rossi, and so on. I hope that at Vogue Wedding Salon you will enjoy choosing a stylish dress that is not bound by existing rules.

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    In addition to traditional wedding dresses, visitors can expect to encounter a variety of fashionably styled modern dresses selected by Vogue and created by top international designers based in the world’s fashion capitals beginning with Paris, New York, Milan, and London. Visitors will find a lineup of popular luxury bridal gown brands, as well as a selection of brands that are available exclusively from Vogue Wedding Salon.

    The salon is also equipped with a photo space where aspiring brides and grooms can take advantage of Vogue’s wedding photography services.

    In addition to wedding dresses, an extensive range of eveningwear and luxury brand shoes and accessories are available. The salon can also offer customers a luxury shoe brand custom order service.

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  • Pronovias enters China with Shanghai store opening

    Pronovias enters China with Shanghai store opening

    Spanish bridalwear firm Pronovias has launched its first Chinese location in Shanghai. The 500sqm store is opening in luxury shopping centre Plaza 66, which hosts a range of high-end brands including Chanel and Dior. The move sparks off a greater strategy for the region, in which the Shanghai location will serve as Pronovias’s flagship.

    The brand was founded by BC Partners explicitly to tackle the difficult Chinese and American markets. China is the world’s largest producer of wedding dresses, and local custom is often to hire rather than buy the dress.

    The firm is simultaneously moving to expand in the US, with eight openings planned for the American East Coast.

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  • How Much For A Hong Kong Wedding?

    How Much For A Hong Kong Wedding?

    Couples planning to walk down the aisle in Hong Kong better have some deep pockets. Even as consumer prices generally have dropped on the Chinese island, the average cost for a wedding is up to 314,000 Hong Kong dollars (about $40,000).

    Retail sales in Hong Kong have been falling for the last eight months, in part because of fewer Chinese tourists arriving, but weddings costs have curiously spiked. Receptions alone now cost on average the equivalent of $21,000, and rings and jewelry around $6,500. The average honeymoon now sets couples back $4,900, and the rest of the budget covers the photo shoot and all additional expenses, according to a study on the ESDlife ecommerce website for brides.

    The flipside is that this expensive reality is mitigated by cultural tradition. Wedding guests tend to arrive at the celebration feast with red envelopes stuffed with cash that generally cover the cost of their meals. In Hong Kong, the envelope is known as a “favor.”

    Everybody knows exactly how much to put in their “favor.” If invited to a reception at a top-class hotel, a guest would give between, say, $130 to $150. But if the invitation is to a standard restaurant, the “favor” would only be about half as much.

    Chinese pragmatism also dictates that there is no such thing as a wedding registry, and cash is a sign of sincerity. It is for this reason that any invitation to a wedding is colloquially known as a “red bomb.”

    Unlike in the West, where people generally marry in spring or summer, the favored time for Chinese weddings is the New Year. The rush to the altar is from November to February, so any unmarried girl in March knows she’s going to have to wait one more year. At least.

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