Kelly Lundberg’s Style Advice for UAE based Grooms When it comes to planning what your wedding party are going to wear on your special day, it’s easy to overlook that person who is an equally important half of the couple, and who also happens to be the person you’re marrying: the groom. So many hours are devoted to dress shopping for the bride and discussing colours, fabrics and styles with the bridesmaids, that our poor…
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Bride Club ME’s Top 5 Bridal Boutiques in Dubai As the population of the UAE has grown over the past few decades, so too has the local wedding industry and its related businesses. This is certainly true in relation to the number of bridal boutiques, with new shops appearing frequently, be they in malls or on the high street. Boutiques that have existed for longer have added international designers to their collections, reflecting the changing…
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A Catch Up With Pink Pepper Photography Back in April, BCME’s Assistant Editor Rachael visited our super talented vendors, Pink Pepper Photography at their new studio on Yas Island, Abu Dhabi. Whilst she was there, Rachael met with Pink Pepper’s Business Development Manager, Laura Churchill, who gave her a guided tour of the new studio, which is within the exclusive Tryano department store at Yas Mall. Read on for Rachael’s impressions of the studio, an interview…
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The Paperwork: Ensuring your UAE marriage is legal If you’ve lived in the UAE for some time, you’ll be all too aware of the various paperwork that is required to make your stay legal; medicals, residency visas and Emirates ID cards are just some of the things that you will have obtained during your first few months here. But what about marriage? How can you ensure that your wedding in the UAE is legally binding,…
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Expert Advice – Marrying In The UAE Wedding planning is fun, exciting, and one of those rare opportunities when you can ‘shape’ exactly how you want your day to be, from start to finish. However, beyond the love, joy and happiness, a legal shift is taking place, changing both of your official statuses from ‘single’ to ‘married’. This inevitably involves a whole range of implications that you both need to be aware of, in order…
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3rd ANNIVERSARY Loop Giveaway YAY!! The 3rd anniversary of our website launch is approaching and we want to celebrate by giving ONE LUCKY Bride Club ME reader the chance to WIN, not one, not two, but THREE awesome prizes PLUS a special bonus prize too from our awesome Bride Club ME vendor club members below. The total value of this prize is worth over 5000AED So, here’s what you need to do: 1: Follow @brideclubme on instagram and follow all the…
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Marina Home Interiors partners with MyList.ae Getting married, moving into a new home for the first time, planning a nursery for the new addition to your family, or perhaps just preparing for a room makeover, all of these endeavours can be time-consuming, stressful and expensive undertakings. So how best to tackle them? Our advice: Start with a list. But not just any list – a MyList.ae gift list. As the Middle East’s first online gift…
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Wedding Favours In The UAE Are you looking for something slightly different as your wedding giveaway? Tired of the traditional sugared almond? Check out our list of unique wedding favours available right here in the UAE. Personalised matchboxes Having a box of matches around the home always comes in handy. Some people even collect matches from around the word when travelling. We love these purple personalised matchbox wedding favours by Dubai-based stationery designer Ritu at…
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Behind the Scenes with Bride Club ME Hello fans! Rio here, bringing you an update on what I’ve been up to behind the scenes at www.brideclubme.com. From hanging out with some pretty awesome vendors in Abu Dhabi to launching a new Bride Club ME initiative, I give you the lowdown below. The Park Hyatt Abu Dhabi, Wedding Showcase Last month, I was delighted that Bride Club ME was chosen to be among the select few…
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Aghareed Announces New MD  Aghareed, the world’s first full wedding concierge service, has announced the appointment of Clare Ebbs as its new Managing Director. The founder of The Perfect Moment wedding planning company, and one of Bride Club ME’s expert panel members, is taking over the reins at Aghareed with immediate effect, bringing her years of matrimonial event management expertise to the helm to raise the profile of the organisation that is dedicated to providing…
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