Aisle Style: Atelier Des Modistes

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We’re taken with the you-won’t-see-it-everywhere-else glamour of bridal gowns by Russian Hill designer and Atelier Des Modistes boutique owner Suzanne Hanley, whose one-of-a-kind gowns are constructed of Italian silk satins and shantungs and embellished with vintage French trims and bead work featuring precious and semi-precious stones.

If you’re headed down the aisle and Hanley’s style appeals, make haste: this weekend is the Hyde Street bridal shop’s annual sample sale. What’s it to you? Up to 75 percent off gowns, veils, headpieces and bridal jewelery. Prices start at $500.

Feel free to swing by and peruse, but call ahead if you’ve got designs on the dressing room, as try-ons are done by appointment.

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Win Tickets to Operation Aisle Style Fashion Show

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Want to watch the latest looks from Project Runway alum and Kenneth Pool lead designer Austin Scarlett hit the runway alongside alterna-bride gowns and wedding attire created by fashion design students from the Art Institute of California, all while sipping cocktails and taking in a performance by The Hooks at downtown’s W Hotel? We thought so.

We’re oh-so-happy to be able to give away a pair of tickets to this Thursday’s invite-only Operation Aisle Style event, which features two runway shows and an afterparty at the XYZ bar.

The event is a collaborative effort from W San Francisco, Destination I Do magazine, Skout.com and Anti-Bride Productions — whose Anti-Bride Chronicle Books series by local author Carolyn Gerin has given many a tradition-bucking bride hope.

Operation Aisle Style takes place on March 12 from 6 p.m. to 11 p.m. To win a pair of tickets to the event, be the first to comment on this post below. Let us know your dream honeymoon destination – or where you went on your real honeymoon. Be sure to include an email address so we can get you your tickets – and please, only respond if you can actually attend the event.

[Photo: DanielaNob via Flickr]

The Firm Wants to Give You Champagne & Cupcakes

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This reminds us of a long-honored piece of wisdom we try to live our lives by: When someone offers you Champagne and cupcakes, take them.

In this case, you technically should be the subject of an impending wedding to partake of this event from The Firm & And Something Blue. Suppose how far you’ll go depends on just how much you like the aforementioned goodies.

(P.S. If you’re looking for some fabulicious bubbly, may we strongly recommend a visit to Iron Horse for the Ultra Brut. We had it last weekend and can’t stop thinking about it. Good thing there’s a bottle of it chilling in the wine fridge right behind us. And yes, our wine fridge IS in the same room as our desk.)