A WuraFola Wedding...

Hello lovely readers, I hope you all understand by now that when I leave the blog for so long, some more exciting creations are being worked on for your viewing pleasure :) This time is no different. I mentioned in March that I had a few weddings lined up for the year, here's the story of my most anticipated one - most anticipated firstly because I have so much love for the bride Evelyn Ojo, now Mrs Oluwole, secondly I had the honour of designing the dresses for her bridal party that consists of 8 bridesmaids and 2 junior bridesmaids as well as her evening dress and third because it has been a long time coming! gosh! lol. Evelyn is a lovely lady with a brilliant personality and has been a big supporter of the brand, she is set to take over the world! haha! Her husband is warm, cheerful and together they have such great chemistry that came through in what was the most beautiful wedding I have been to yet. I am glad I was a part.

So the theme for the wedding was GLAM and the colours were yellow and grey/silver. The bride wanted floor length dresses with some kind of peplum going on. (It really wouldn't be an Ojo wedding if there wasn't any peplum action as the bride and her sisters are my only clients who repeatedly opt for the peplum styles for their bespoke pieces in different shapes, sizes and levels of stiffness! lool yes it's their thing!) I was able to source out a pretty shade of buttercream yellow for the dresses and the dreamiest grey sequins for embellishing and the rest of it was inspired by my ultimate style icon - Grace Kelly. The bride also wanted a slight variation in style for her Maid of honour and Chief bridesmaids. As challenging as the task was, it was such a joy and a rewarding moment seeing the girls in their different shapes and sizes looking absolutely stunning in their dresses. Thank God! It also helped that their hair was fabulously pinned up by Jadoy Hair; I love teaming up with my sister! I have to take a moment to gosh about the bride's dress, so beautiful! I am such a fan of the drop-waist shape, I myself opted for that for my outfit. Here's a sneak peek at it:

And now for the dresses:

The Chief Bridesmaid:

The Maid of Honour:

The Junior Bridesmaids:

And that's all for the bridal party. I hope you love it as much as I do. The bride chose a midnight blue sequin fabric for her evening dress. She wanted a sweetheart neckline and left the rest to me plus strict instruction from her sisters to make the tail LONG! Lol...

Surely that's not all I've got for today's post :D What do you wear to a glam wedding?! Here's what I made for myself:

Here's what I made for my sister, the hands behind Jadoy Hair:

My friend Janet decided to wear something I made her way back in 2009 LOL! I had just started learning so I got a bit of help with this from my teacher. It's nice to see that she's kept it till now.

And lastly, one of the bride's sisters Michelle also wore one of our pieces. Working with this heavily beaded lace was such a challenge but we made it through and brought a stunning dress to life:

I hope not too long till next post

WuraF xo

Quarter of a century & then some...

Hey lovely readers :) So I said in my last post that 2014 is an exciting year! Well, hello March, excitement has begun :D Besides the many weddings lined up (iLOVE WEDDINGS), it is also the year of landmark birthdays. I myself will be 25 in December, woop!!
Today's post features the Bold, the Bright & the Beautiful. Two of my dearest friends Janet & Yinka (a regular face on this blog) turn 25 & 30 respectively this March. I'm blessed to have these ladies in my life, each one sits in different special places in my heart, lol! So as is common tradition at my church, they decided to do special thanksgiving for their lives. I was really glad that they opted for WuraFola dresses for the special occasion. I should also add that they both serve in the hospitality department(the ladies featured in my 'For the love of womanity' post in March 2013) at church, hence the lovely kitchen set-up in the photos.

Right, so here goes the BOLD aka Janet Nneka Jaey Omalicha! Ha!! She opted for silver sequins for her silver Jubilee nicely paired with black accessories. Who says you can't wear sparkly in the daytime?!!!

And then the BEAUTIFUL aka Yinka Yinkurr Americana Sheedat ChicksBeLike! lool! She makes 30 look like 21! We opted for a very simple silhouette; to let her intricate figure to do the talking ;) in a lovely pastel blue which our darling Lupita Nyong'o has just tagged the 'Nairobi Blue' on the Oscars red carpet ( I watch as I type right now lol)

And lastly, the BRIGHT aka me of course! lool! The bright mind behind these lovely designs you've come on here to see, woop! :) :) Ok it's actually more about the colour I chose to wear: Orange!! Love this on my skin tone. I had to make myself something special too, xoxoxo

*whew* that's 3 dresses in one long overdue post :) I hope you like them as I much as I do. A mini surprise party was thrown for these lovely ladies right here in the kitchen!! Look out for the AMAZING cake made by my dear sister with the gifted hands.

ALL DRESSED IN WF ;)

and OMG look what's happened here:

loool... EXCEPT I'm always Blair & she's not my Serena. sorry boo xx

Till Next Post

WuraF xo