Anne Bowen

We loved the Anne Bowen bridal show! Some adorable mini dresses and some truly elegant gowns. A very strong showing for her second season. More pictures to come.

Welcome to Bridal Market!

Our first NYC Bridal Market since we began blogging is upon us! Yesterday was our first day in market and we saw some beautiful gowns to add to our collection here at The Bridal Atelier. Other than the fantastic fashion, the best part about bridal market is seeing all of our industry friends from around the world. It's four days of fashion and celebration. We will be video blogging all day from the shows today as well as sending updates on twitter. Follow our tweets at @markingrambride and @lindsaymann. Let us know what gowns are your favorites!

Video blog from Monique Lhuillier

Our consultant Alene reviews the beautiful Monique Lhuillier show.

Atelier 2 Welcomes Rose Taft

We are thrilled to announce we have added Rose Taft Couture to our Atelier 2 collection of special occasion gowns. Beginning this Fall, Rose Taft Couture will be exclusively available in New York City at Mark Ingram. We will be celebrating our newest line for "mothers of the occasion" with an appointment only trunk show on Wednesday, November 4th. Marcia Taft, daughter of the late Rose Taft and President of Rose Taft Couture, will be making her only New York City appearance for the season at our trunk show. Marcia and her daughter Melanie, create luxurious evening wear in the tradition started by founder Rose Taft over 40 years ago.

We are honored to welcome the fabulous Marcia Taft and her elegant collection for Rose Taft to our Atelier! Below is a sneak peak of some of the gowns we will be featuring at the trunk show. To see more of the Rose Taft Couture collection click here.

Town & Country Weddings

We love the feature on the Bridal Atelier and Atelier2 in the new issue of Town&Country Weddings! The entire issue is divine, as always T&C produced a beautiful book that is a must read for any style savvy bride. Thank you to Anna Reyes for your kind words and to Heidi Mitchell for including us.

Marchesa

We LOVE Marchesa! We have been dying to get our hands on their bridal collection and we are counting down the days until we see it at the upcoming NYC bridal market in October. In the mean time, we got a tease by going to see the Spring '10 ready to wear presentation yesterday. It was divine! The collection was shown at the Chelsea Museum and each piece was modeled on platforms in a maze like setting. Beautiful gauze drapes divided the maze and the celebrity filled crowd wandered through to view the pieces of the collection. We loved how the editors, buyers and celebs all mingled together. Below are some of my favorite pieces. I think they all could be interpreted beautifully into bridal!

Anne Bowen Personal Appearance

We will be welcoming Anne Bowen and her new Bridal Collection to the Atelier September 21st throught the 23rd. Stop by to view Anne's acclaimed premiere collection of Bridal gowns and meet with the designer! Anne has created beautiful gowns that have been worn at the Oscars, the Golden Globes and the Cannes Film Festival. To learn more about Anne Bowen click here. Brides will have the opportunity to discuss their "red carpet ready" bridal gown with the fabulous Anne Bowen.

By appointment only.

The "Pre-Wedding" Wedding Party at Bloomies

After some Fashion Week stops, we made our way over to Bloomingdale's for their "Pre-Wedding" Wedding Party. Hannah Soule from Bloomingdale's put together a lovely and lively event with Martha Stewart Weddings, Monique Lhuillier, Slyvia Weinstock Cakes anf ThomJames Florals. Darcy Miller of Martha Stewart Weddings and Monique Lhuillier presented a Q&A for the attending engaged couples and friends and we had our favorite models Candy and Chandra modeling some gorgeous new Monique Lhuillier gowns. We were able to meet some brides who have visited us already and some newly engaged brides who will be shopping with us soon. Here are some pictures from the event!






Mark, Darcy, Candy, Chandra, Monique and her husband Tom







Juliette of Unison Event Planners - A fan of our blog!









Mark, Candy and Chandra

Monique Lhuillier Collection Displayed

Amy Wilkins, Publisher of Martha Stewart Weddings, Mark, Anthony Luscia of Martha Stewart Weddings, and a bride

A Great Day with Monique Lhuillier

We had a very busy, but fun filled day today to start fashion week and celebrate Fashion Night Out. First we stopped by the Monique Lhuillier Spring ready to wear presentation at Christie's Auction House. Monique was inspired by the intricate draping of the Masai Warriors and let me tell you the collection was fierce! Later on we joined Monique and Martha Stewart Editorial Director Darcy Miller at Bloomingdale's for a fabulous wedding event. More on the Bloomies event to come, but here are some pics from the Monique Lhuillier ready to wear show.





A very beautiful and pregnant
Monique in our "prom picture."






Models on the runway.






Elegant fringe gown with beaded bolero.






The lovely Rachel Leonard, fashion editor of Bride's, who is off to Africa this week for a photo shoot!

The "Pre-Wedding" Wedding Party

We are thrilled to be part of the upcoming "Pre-Wedding" Wedding Party at Bloomingdales in NYC this Thursday with our favorite wedding divas: Designer Monique Lhuillier and Martha Stewart Weddings Editorial Director Darcy Miller. We will be showcasing gowns from the new Monique Lhuillier Bridal Collection and discussing the latest fashion trends with all you wonderful brides to be. Please stop by and see us!