Indie | Do gives Vancouver a contemporary wedding show

By Stephanie Trembath, Fashion Editor

urlesque dancers, vintage jewels,
B nipple tassels, and beehive hair-
dos are not among the things
you would find at a traditional wedding,
but at Vancouver’s first “Indie I Do”
wedding show Ga Saturday, January
23. hundreds of couples showed up
to see the latest trends and innovative
ideas for their upcoming weddings
and bachelorette parties. Heritage
Hall was bursting with colour as
various independent Vancouver-based
companies set up shop and presented
their eclectic ideas and funky fashions
for 2010 wedding parties.

Handmade jewellery by BlueBox
designs showed off delicately spun mesh
cuffs in gold and silver, while designs
by Melanie Hull featured vintage locket
necklaces painted with pink and white
flower petals. SmartTart Designs, a
Vancouver store which specializes in
pieces for both the “shy violet” and the
“tiger lily,” showcased a wide array of
feathered hair clips and flower and lace
head pieces in vibrant and neutral tones.

Pieces that can be worn at a wedding
party or a night out on the town,
SmartTart and Bluebox designs proved
how easy it is to make your own jewels
and how classy vintage can be.

In leading away from the traditional
white tiered wedding cake, April Cakes
and Coco Cakes both sampled their
most flavoured and favoured creations

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Society continued to shock and please
the mingling crowds when they set up

a burlesque stage and put on a show
each half hour. The buxom babes
danced, stripped, shimmied, and

teased the audience right down to their
knickers and naughty lingerie; which
certainly stripped away any pre-existing
conservative ideas. Acting as a beauty

“Acting as a beauty parlour and hairdressing salon, the East
Vanity Parlour girls demonstrated how easy it is to do numerous
different up-do’s, including the beehive. Taking less than three
minutes to do, and only using bobby pins and hairspray, the
modern beehive looked incredibly retro-chic, and nothing like
Marge Simpsons.”

in mini bite-sized tasters. Both catering
services offer and recommend cupcakes
for their wedding parties, as it is cheaper
and easier to serve. From Coco Cakes,
a tiny icing duck couple stands in place
if the bride and groom; making the tiny
top piece more playful than the usual
wedding tier.

East Vanity Parlour and ladies
from the Screaming Chicken Theatrical

parlour and hairdressing salon, the East
Vanity Parlour girls demonstrated how
easy it is to do numerous different up-
dos, including the beehive. Taking less
than three minutes to do, and only using
bobby pins and hairspray, the modern
beehive looked incredibly retro-chic,
and nothing like Marge Simpson.

Last but definitely not the least, was
the wedding gowns; simple and stunning

 

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with delicate veils and lace. Girls in all
shapes and designs wandered and posed;
parading in wedding dresses that were
beautifully handmade and surprisingly
affordable. Gowns by Caroline Calvert
Couture presented eco-friendly fabrics
that are exquisite in style. Elegant,
strapless and seamless, Calvert Couture
features streamlined gowns with
splashes of color and flirty flowers.
Long sashes encircling the waist in
pale pinks, purples, and blues, make it
“easier to tie in with the bridesmaids
dresses;” if you want your bridesmaids
to look good that is.

Although Vancouver’s “Indie I Do”
wedding show was aimed for planning
future weddings, the assortment of
accessories, lingerie, and jewels on
display were defiantly pieces that may
be worn without the white gown, and
made a definite fashion statement. Fun
for contemporary weddings this year, or
worn just to look fabulous and unique
all on your own, Vancouver’s indie
wedding show provided a more liberal
taste of fashion.

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