December 31, 2010
The year we got married
2010 is coming to an end, a year that will be unforgettable for me for many reasons, but mainly because it was the year my Consort and I got married. Mario and I got married. I got married. Wow, it still feels quite incredible today.
Here we are, a promise is a debt. You've asked for the photos many times, and enough time has passed for me to show them without feeling shy or making you fear an overdose of wedding-related posts. Besides, with a Consort like this, how can I not show them? Have you seen how dapper he is? That elegance, that presence, ohh! He spent quite some time deciding on his groom's suit with Lander Urquijo and managed to surprise me with the vest and tie, and I also appreciated that it was blue, not black.
The first thing I'd like to tell you, above all else, is that it is NOT the most important day of your life. Seriously, if you start from that premise, maybe you should rethink some things or stop watching romantic comedies. But to avoid turning this blog into a self-help one (hey, do those exist? Goldmine, right?), let's just say that we treated it as a super party to organize for friends and celebrate that we were signing a pact of honor.
Everything was planned so they would have a good time and enjoy themselves as much as possible.
The end result is that the Consort and I exchanged rings...
...and spent the rest of the day half laughing, half scared of the mess we had made.
HAPPY NEW YEAR 2011
MAY YOU HAVE MUCH HEALTH
MAY YOU HAVE MUCH LOVE (in the form of a partner, family, friend, or dog)
MAY YOU HAVE MUCH LUCK
MAY YOU WORK HARD SO YOU HAVE MUCH LUCK
The first thing I'd like to tell you, above all else, is that it is NOT the most important day of your life. Seriously, if you start from that premise, maybe you should rethink some things or stop watching romantic comedies. But to avoid turning this blog into a self-help one (hey, do those exist? Goldmine, right?), let's just say that we treated it as a super party to organize for friends and celebrate that we were signing a pact of honor.
That's why we chose a place with a huge, slightly wild garden, that was beautiful in itself without us having to do much. The chosen venue was La Chopera estate. We held the civil wedding and the cocktail reception outdoors, which for me was the best part of it all because our friends married us and it was both emotional and fun. The cocktail reception is the time to greet everyone, the biggest high when you see each person who has come and when you taste two of the three most important points of a wedding:
- The Ham (and the loin, since I'm from Extremadura)
- The Wine (and the champagne that our friends from Pinkleton and Wine gave us in the form of a bar exclusively dedicated to sparkling wine)
- The Music (our DJ was Julio Torres, who has now become a friend and invites us to all the parties he DJs)
The interior of the tent where the main meal was served, we did decorate with hundreds of helium balloons. Oh, how I love a balloon! You see, that's what your wedding day is good for, so you can say... I want 300 helium balloons tied to all the chairs. Okay, they're XX€... umm... OK, give them to me, it's just one day, in fact, make it 400. And you're so happy with your balloons that on any other day you wouldn't be allowed.
Let's talk about the dress, I know that's what you like most. Voilà!
Between 15 and 20 meters of silk tulle. Bodice with crisscrossed tulle strips, with pearl and rhinestone strips sewn between the different layers. Asymmetrical straps. Skirt with five layers of ruched silk tulle, shorter in the front than in the back, with a top-stitched hem. No train, or rather, with a train that came from the left shoulder, falling like an extension of the strap but not reaching the floor. Buttoned back. Made by La Condesa.
In this photo, you can better see the crisscross bodice I mentioned. It's funny because I designed it months in advance, and we worked on it little by little in the workshop, as a secondary priority to the jackets, until people started asking about the dress and we realized we needed to make something simple and comfortable, as I wanted, but also "a display of couture," as we affectionately called it. In the end, between sketches, discards, and changes, it took four months to finalize the design.
So we kept perfecting it until we made it... detachable! During the waltz, to the rhythm of Michael's "Wanna Be Startin' Somethin'" (my husband is a Jackson fan), I shed the skirt so I could comfortably dance the rest of the wedding without ruining the long skirt.
My florist (I love saying I have a florist, it makes me feel like I belong to the Upper East Side) Javier from Flores Borealis gave me the bouquet. I didn't even see it before the wedding day; I asked him not to make it corny, that I liked peonies but wanted something red, like my lips and nails. He showed up a few hours earlier with this magnificent bouquet of burgundy peonies, just about to burst open with how beautiful they were.
The photos... do you know who took them for me? Hehe, well, the only person who makes me look good in them, of course, Monsieur Mañas, the outdoor wizard. And the video was by our friend David. In fact, it's greatly appreciated that we had a lot of freedom to organize everything with the help of our friends' services. I insist that a civil wedding makes everything easier, even the music you get married to; no religious hymns, but Coldplay and Alicia Keys if you feel like it. Two days before, I was choosing the background music for each friend to read to, and during the ceremony, I almost made myself cry because of how well-thought-out it was.
We gifted our guests polka dot ballet flats, Givenchy makeup and perfumes in the bathrooms (which lasted exactly 15 minutes), colorful Wayfarer sunglasses for the dance floor, a cocktail bar, a dessert bar, and these beautiful Condesa and Consorte dog-themed t-shirts that Moniquilla (a master) helped me design.
Everything was planned so they would have a good time and enjoy themselves as much as possible.
The end result is that the Consort and I exchanged rings...
...and spent the rest of the day half laughing, half scared of the mess we had made.
HAPPY NEW YEAR 2011
MAY YOU HAVE MUCH HEALTH
MAY YOU HAVE MUCH LOVE (in the form of a partner, family, friend, or dog)
MAY YOU HAVE MUCH LUCK
MAY YOU WORK HARD SO YOU HAVE MUCH LUCK