Dec 16, 2011

{ Photography }



This is the wedding of Deena and Omar,

 which took place at Le Manoir Rouville-Campbell in Quebec.

All pictures credit: shaima al-khalili photography





Deena say:  

Often times, when a women wears hijab, she chooses to have a segregated wedding (men and women in different halls) in order to have the freedom to wear what ever dress she wishes. 

Yet when a wedding is not segregated, Arab hijabi brides generally wear a white wedding dress with a matching head veil.  But truthfully, I never really liked the look

I always felt that being fully covered in white makes the bride look ghostly or like an egg.  I was determined to find another solution. I therefore decided on a champagne colored dress instead of white.






All pictures credit: shaima al-khalili photography


 ''A piece of advice I would give other brides is to try to be original and incorporate some of their own touches to their wedding''




12 comments:

  1. She looks absolutely stunning mashallah. And love the head piece purely original <3

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  2. Beautiful.. what a unique headpiece !

    www.hiddeninstyle.blogspot.com

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  3. Wow, that is so unique, Masha'Allah. Did she make that herself?

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  4. Love the original head ornament..I guess you could say.:)

    xx

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  5. I am so surprised I did not leave a comment when I first saw this post! I love, love, love her headpiece and outfit. And what a cool idea for a wedding. How do you find this stuff? Ihave the page bookmarked.

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  6. Thank you all for your comment <3

    Sippingchai, Sakina : SHE SAY: One day, i stumbled into a jewelry artist’s kiosque where she displayed a variety of hand made necklaces made of malleable wire and crystals. It then hit me; perhaps I could design a headpiece made of the same materials as her jewelry. Since my dress was champagne, I decided on a light golden wire, with orange, orange-red, champagne and colorless Swarovski crystals. Since this was the jeweler’s first headpiece design, it truly was a joint effort. My vision was to have vines surrounding my head holding flowers of different colors and sizes. I did not want the piece to be glued to my head, therefore, I asked that she incorporate some volume by lifting the wines and cascade them towards the right. The wines were positioned and tied together on a bed of golden loops, and the entire piece was lined with champagne colored organza.

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  7. Oh WOW mashAllah love the dress,headpiece and whole concept! Im new to your blog, are you a photographer? Photos are very sweet!

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  8. Soraya: Welcome sis! yes i am photographer, but this is not my photographie :)

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