A CJS Sales Vintage Wedding [below reblogged from Grace Ormonde Wedding Style]
- DR. ELYSE SCHIMEL & DR. ADAM MUES September 11, 2014 In New York, New York
Elyse Schimel and Adam Mues met through an online dating service in January of 2013. Their first date was dinner at an Italian restaurant in New York City followed by drinks and dancing at a nearby sports bar and club. Although the outline of the date was standard, they both felt a strong early connection with one another.
- Judith Leiber purse part and stones from www.cjssales.com. Refurbished by Christopher Crouch of moanscouture.com
- Vintage 1920's ring from J S Fearnley http://www.jsfearnley.com
Adam began courting Elyse over the next several months with frequent dinners, movies, brunch, sporting event dates and whatever he could think of in order to spend time with her. Four months later they took a vacation to San Francisco and had many exciting adventures including the idea that they wanted to move in together when they returned to New York City. Adam quickly realized that she was a wonderful supportive person that he would be lucky to spend the rest of his life with.
- Rhinestone parts from www.cjssales.com made into studs and boutonniere by the brilliant Larry Vrba! Tux, bow tie, shirt custom made by Tom Barnett http://tombarnettcustom.com/
After about a year of living together, Adam proposed to Elyse at his childhood home in Nebraska while the two were visiting for his high school class reunion. Although Elyse had been waiting for some time for this news, the proposal was a surprise to her and she was very excited to share the news with family and to introduce herself as Adam’s fiancé.
- Wedding was at The Waldorf Astoria Hotel in New York City
After a whirlwind engagement and planning period of 3 months, Elyse and Adam decided to have their wedding at the Waldorf Astoria Hotel in New York City. They chose the location for its classy Art Deco period style and elegance. Extended family and friends traveled to New York City for the event and for mini-vacations. The wedding had an Art Deco theme highlighting Elyse’s business (and her own personal style) that included unusual jewelry and stones used in the couple’s clothing, accessories, wedding cake, and in the ceremony itself. This included rhinestone embellishments to Elyse’s dress and Adam’s cuff links, tuxedo set and cummerbund were all custom made with rhinestones and other jewels from Elyse’s company.
- Floralia Decorators www.floraliadecorators.com put CJS Sales Vintage Jewelry on the backs of wedding chairs as decoration. Chris Crouch of Moans Couture http://moanscouture.com cleaned and reworked vintage necklaces and belts to get them wedding ready!
Although everyone was trying to absorb all of the beauty, style and emotions surrounding the occasion, both Elyse and Adam admit that the event was difficult to remember in totality. The wedding day was filled with excitement and chaos, but everything went according to plan and was considered by everyone to be an enormous success.
- Larry Vrba (head designer Miriam Haskell 1960's/1970's) designed my headpiece and the top of my dress from CJS Sales vintage rhinestone parts! He also did my cuff and my husband's: studs, boutonniere, cufflinks, and cummerbund!
- Wedding Dress: Galia Lahav www.galialahav.com
- My dad, Carl Schimel, walking me down the aisle!
- Reception Dress by Naeem Khan http://naeemkhan.com
- The flower girl wanted a train, so Floralia Decorators attached a Ranjana Khan blusher to the back of her dress
- Vintage Rhinestone and jewelry parts from CJS Sales used by Floralia Decorators to decorate wedding
- Floralia Decorators hung vintage chandelier parts from CJS Sales off of the flower arrangements and used vintage rhinestone and jewelry parts to decorate the tables and chairs!
- Cake base designed by the Waldorf Astoria Hotel New York
- Cake topper designed by Kate Sullivan of Cake Power http://www.cakepower.com
- My cousin Sabrina Kuratana of Art Gallery Cookies design these cookies for me to give as wedding favors to my guests! http://www.artgallerycookies.com
- The fabric trim on the bottom of my dress was designed by Ranjana Khan
- The photographer was Brian Dorsey of Brian Dorsey Studios http://www.briandorseystudios.com
- Dress was purchased from the fabulous Cristina of Bridal Reflections http://www.bridalreflections.com
- Floralia Decorators used CJS vintage brooches on ribbon as napkin rings! Chris Crouch of Moans Couture cleaned and refurbished brooches to make them wedding ready
Make Up Artist Tamara Dominguez, Managing Head Make-up Artist/ Regional artist at Trish McEvoy tamarad14@gmail.com
Hair Devi Shrestha of Louis Licari Work 212 758 2090
Favors vintage broaches from CJS Sales (www.cjssales.com), vintage cufflinks from Kim Craftsmen designed by Carl Schimel in 1960’s, Cookies picturing invitation picture from http://www.artgallerycookies.
And of course, all vintage parts used for decoration were from CJS Sales www.cjssales.com!!!!
