Today’s real wedding features a bride who will be familiar to many of our readers. Anna Lucas, who had been documenting the build-up to her Dubai wedding each month over the past year or so, tied the knot with fiancé Tom back in April. Originally hailing from Wales, the couple decided to hold their wedding at the gorgeous Al Qasr at the Madinat Jumeirah. With guests traveling from all over the world, Anna and Tom’s…
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Top Tips For Your Wedding Day From Past BCME Real Brides  When you’re planning your wedding and the big day is quickly approaching, it’s always nice to hear from people who have been there. Valuable advice is often given by well-meaning family and friends, but it’s also helpful to hear from expat brides and those who have recently gone through the stress, tears, and joy of preparing for one of the biggest days of your…
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A Timeless Wedding At Desert Palm By The Purple Chair With gorgeous neutral tones and an array of natural materials, we fell in love with this real wedding as soon as we received the images. Styled and planned by The Purple Chair and held at one of our favourite venues, Desert Palm Resort & Spa, Dana and Tarek’s wedding was actually a destination wedding, as they both live in London. Read on to find out how The Purple Chair planned…
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A Middle Eastern Inspired Styled Shoot In Dubai By Encre d’Or When dreaming of traditional Middle Eastern imagery, one tends to think of opulent, rich colours, palatial venues and exotic fruits. Today’s styled shoot incorporates all of these things and more besides. Encre d’Or are event designers and planners based in Aix-en-Provence, France. No stranger to destination weddings, they chose Dubai as the location of their latest styled shoot. Whilst it is possible to have…
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A Catch Up With Lizelle Goussard Photography Today we catch up with a BCME favourite, who has collaborated with us on styled shoots, has had many real weddings featured on the site and was also our Assistant Editor Rachael’s wedding photographer! Lizelle Goussard has continuously wowed us with her beautiful, dreamy images, so we felt that we were long overdue a chat to find out what she has been up to. Turns out, Liz has been…
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Loren’s Elegant Outdoor Dubai Wedding If you’ve been following BCME for the last year or so, you’ll know that our real bride contributor Loren Penney got married in April at the Ritz-Carlton, Dubai. Loren had envisioned an intimate, elegant outdoor wedding and we are thrilled to be able to share this with you today. Of her dream wedding, Loren says, I had always dreamed of a small, outdoor wedding with lots of lights and bespoke…
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A London Wedding Video Full Of Speeches & Celebrations Get your tissues ready, as today’s real wedding from our vendors The Wedding Film Makers is guaranteed to make you shed a tear! Taking place in London, Manal and Aamir’s wedding was clearly a joyous occasion with plenty of smiles from the glowing bride and the couples’ guests. The wedding film is based largely on emotive speeches from friends and family, accompanied by a gorgeous soundtrack…
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Kim And Simon’s Multi-Themed Beach Wedding By Lavender Blue Many brides-to-be struggle to decide upon a theme for their wedding day. But who says that you must pick only one? Kim and Simon’s beautiful beach wedding, brought to you by our fabulous vendors Lavender Blue, incorporated a travel theme alongside nods to Kim’s Chinese heritage and also featured super pretty colours. Below, Nancy from Lavender Blue takes us through how she helped to bring Kim…
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Ocean Paradise: A Yacht Themed Styled Shoot in Qatar By Eventario Although we are based in the UAE, we have a good number of readers in other parts of the GCC and beyond, so we were therefore very excited to receive this styled shoot in Qatar recently. Taking place aboard a luxurious yacht, this shoot was styled and planned by Eventario and is the perfect dose of inspiration for those of you who are planning…
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Salma And Muhannad’s Dubai Garden Wedding, Captured By Goldfish Photography & Video With Pantone’s ‘Greenery’ being the colour of the year for 2017, it’s no wonder that garden themed weddings have been popular of late. In fact, it was only at the beginning of the month that we posted a beautiful ‘Enchanted Garden’ mood board to inspire all you ladies who are planning something similar for your upcoming wedding. We are therefore delighted to share with…
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