SoFlo Bridal Shopping Guide | Arden Photography

Bridal Couture Palm Beach

• Dresses

  • Bridesmaid, Flower Girl, Wedding

• Services

  • Alterations, Dry Cleaning & Preservation, Plus Size, Private Appointments

• Gown Collections

  • Morilee by Madeline Gardner

Chic Parisien

• Dresses

  • Flower Girl, Mother of the Bride, Wedding

• Services

  • Alterations

• Gown Collections

  • BLISS Monique Lhuillier

  • Hayley Paige

  • Ines Di Santo

  • Lazaro

  • Romona Keveza

  • LIANCARLO

  • Monique Lhuillier

Ever After

• Dresses

  • Mother of the Bride, Wedding

• Services

  • Alterations, Bridal Stylists, Private Appointments

Bridal Solutions

• Dresses

  • Mother of the Bride, Wedding

• Services

  • Alterations, Bridal Stylists, Custom Designs, Dry Cleaning & Preservation, Plus Size, Private Appointments

• Gown Collections

  • Alyne by Rita Vinieris

  • Anna Maier

  • Azul by Liancarlo

  • BLISS Monique Lhuillier

  • Erin Cole

  • Ines Di Santo

  • Lela Rose Bridesmaids

  • Lela Rose Wedding Collection

  • LIVNE WHITE

  • Lo’ Adoro

  • Netta BenShabu

  • Reem Acra

  • Rivini by Rita Vinieris

  • Suzanne Neville

  • Tara Lauren

Bergdorf Goodman

• Dresses

  • Wedding

• Services

  • Accessories & Makeup, Personal Styling, Salon, Personalized Stationary

• Gown Collections

  • Ines Di Santo

  • J. Mendel

  • Jenny Packham

  • Marchesa

  • Monique Lhuillier

  • Naeem Khan

  • Oscar de la Renta

  • Reem Acra

  • Ulla Maija

  • Vera Wang

Best Wedding Dresses for Palm Beach 2019 | Arden Photography

Berta

If you like:

• Whimsical

• See-through

• Ethereal

Style 20-17

Style 20-03

Elie Saab

If you like:

• Elegant

• Classic

• Timeless

Look 15

Look 7

Galia Lahav

If you like:

• Glam

• Avant-Garde

• Unique

Arden

Amaya

Ines Di Santo

If you like:

• Simple

• Clean

• Classic

Finch

Robin

Jenny Packham

If you like:

• Classic

• Simple

• Whimsical

Rosa

Angelica

Lela Rose

If you like:

• Elegant

• Sophisticated

• Graceful

The Inlet

The Ashton

Marchesa

If you like:

• Delicate

• Unique

• Eccentric

Robin

Haven

Naeem Khan

If you like:

• Glam

• Old Hollywood

• Sexy

Hollywood

Virginia

Paolo Sebastian

If you like:

• Sexy

• Unique

• High Fashion

PS-SS19-4

PS-SS19-5

Vera Wang

If you like:

• Unconventional

• Haute Couture

• Unique

Ceres

Camellia

Zuhair Murad

If you like:

• Lace

• Extravagant

• Glam

Look 11

Look 8

Livne White

If you like:

• Classic

• Bohemian

• Chic

Kylie

Shannon

Arden's 12 Artists to Watch | Arden Photography

• Sarah Soule Webb

  • Sarah Soule Webb is a Pensacola native but is currently located in Birmingham, Alabama. Her art work is described as “photo-surrealistic” paintings of the coastal environment. Much of her pieces feature graphic depictions of how light interacts with water “evoking a dreamlike experience.”

  • If you are all for supporting local artists and you also have a love for tropical sentimentality, Sarah’s pieces are exactly what you need for a current or growing collection. They will be sure to liven up any display with their graphic quality.

“Baptismal Font”

• Suzy Spence

  • Suzy Spence’s work largely consists of painterly depictions of women haphazardly painted in close quarters to the viewer or in monumental scale. The viewer is mostly faced with portraits decorated with a dead-pan stare that would stop any one in their tracks.

  • A show-stopper for sure, Spence’s pieces cater to those who enjoy the more abstract ambiance of the painting community and those who will want their guests entranced and curious about their peculiarity.

“Widow VII (Bowler)”

• Vincent Xeus

  • Vincent Xeus vacillates between figuration and abstraction in his pieces while simultaneously challenging traditional art practices with contemporary ideologies.

  • Xeus’s works are likened by those with an affinity toward history and how the past adjusts our perceptions of the future.

“Bite the Apple”

• Liz Lane

  • Liz Lane is a Birmingham native and current local. She paints an array of subjects including fashion, florals, landscapes, figures, and abstraction with watercolors, oils, and just about any medium that’s within her grasp.

  • If you are one for the abstract genre, Lane’s pieces are inspired by color, line, and depth to achieve the perfect sense of order and chaos.

“conversations in yellow”

• Tony Hernandez

  • My interest for encaustic paintings brings me to this next talented creative, Tony Hernandez. His art features simple, yet conceptually challenging subject matter with no clear agenda of the figuration being depicted yet leaving an impressionable impact on the viewer.

  • His works are definitely for those that find pleasure in simplicity and delicacy with no distinct prophetic message, and those that appreciate the work, toil, and uniqueness that goes into creating encaustic pieces.

“Girl”

• Charlie Mackesy

  • Charlie Mackesy is a multimedia artist with talents in drawing, painting, sculpture, and lithographs. His works are open and loose with reoccurring themes of the jazz scene and heavenly bodies. Amongst those redundancies are random narratives of everyday life and thoughts.

  • ‘Personal’ is the word I think of when describing Mackesy’s art. Anyone who appreciates a clear motif of self-discovery will surely enjoy how he has analyzed the world around him and how that has effected his work.

• Arthur Price

  • Also an Alabama native, Arthur Price studies past and present myths of different cultures. His work is created on un-stretched canvases that are stained with muted, monochromatic washes to create abstract, figural beings that emerge from the process.

  • If you enjoy nature and its unpredictable forces, Arthur’s work is meant to deliver a harmonious balance between the order and chaos presented by the rejuvinational qualities of nature.

• Kurt Pio

  • Kurt Pio is an artist currently residing in Cape Town, South Africa. What initially drew me to his artistic style is his ability to move between artistic genres so easily. From graphic, hyperrealism to abstract lines to loosely painted portraits, his artistic identity is constantly something that keeps you on your toes.

  • If you’re in search of someone that gives you a little bit of everything, Pio is the artist for you. With his latest hit of painting monumentally-sized gemstones that look so tangible you could walk straight into one of their sharp edges to his splatter-painted wine and champagne bottle paintings, the graphic nature of his art serves the purpose of grabbing your attention and wildly holding onto it.

• David Yarrow

  • Yarrow is a primarily monochromatic photographer of the natural world. His work is clean, classic, and conveys its intended message with sharp clarity.

  • Not only is Yarrow an extremely talented photographer, he is also an ambassador for several wildlife/environmental foundations. His love for nature is endearing and showcases his intellect toward the preservation of our natural world. I think his work is perfect for large format printing and is a welcomed addition to any sophisticated collection.

• William McLure

  • McClure resides in Birmingham, Alabama. He is an interior designer as well as a self-employed artist with a drawing and painting style that can flip on a dime from realism to abstraction and back again.

  • Already with an acute awareness of how a space can harmoniously be set up and decorated, McClure’s pieces accent and accentuate the environment it is placed within. William’s work is so hot on the market you will have to get on his list.

“The Crying Game”

• Cathleen Naundorf

  • Naundorf is an art director and world-renowned photographer well-known for her haute couture photography. She primarily works in negative film and polaroid cameras.

  • If you have a love and appreciation for the art of fashion, old-style photographic technology, and classic elegance, look no further. Her contrasted images depict narrative utilizations of ornate garments on ethereal models.

• Ellen von Unwerth

  • Ellen is a photographer and director with a specialization in the feminine erotic.She creates fashion, editorial, and advertising photographs with a feminist approach to make all of the women she photographs to feel beautiful and powerful.

  • Unwerth’s photography is raw, real, and powerful with the desire to make every one of her subject’s feel self-assured and sexy. She primarily photographs celebrities in a graphic and unfiltered-esque fashion.

What to Consider for Your Wedding Day: Special Picture Requests | Arden Photography

More often than not, couples depend on their photographer’s expertise when picture time comes around on their wedding day. Poses, who’s photographed with who, location, and time of day are a few of the many things photographers take into consideration when directing their photographs to make sure that the day goes as smoothly and efficiently as possible.

But what happens when you trust your photographer’s routine, yet you want to make sure they capture a specific moment during your special day? You ask, of course. Special picture requests are not uncommon, and they are also a way to give your wedding memories a unique and personable vibe.

Now you’re probably wondering, “What could be considered a special picture request?”

Well, as mentioned earlier, most photographers have a routine or timeline they follow for weddings. Getting ready photos; pre-ceremony photos that include the first look (if you’re into that), bridal party, groom’s party, and immediate family pictures; ceremony photos; post-ceremony photos if you didn’t do a first look (or just want more couple portraits) that can also include friend and family group shots; and, lastly, reception photos.

Photographers usually do the basics of formal posing of the bride and groom while incorporating family and friends to record who was a part of the celebration, as well as detail shots of the floral arrangements, invitations, food, jewelry… you know, the works.

If you have something in mind that doesn’t fall into the realm of the aforementioned categories, that's when you request for a special picture.

Examples of special picture requests are listed below to give you an idea of what might take your wedding photographs to the next level; and as said earlier, if it’s not mentioned… just ask. We want to make your day as special as you have always dreamed it to be.

• A location that the photographer and you didn’t previously discuss

• Personal trinkets

• Family Memories, photos of grandparents

• Specific poses

  • Silly, high-fashion, meaningful, etc.

• Specific people

  • Those that might fall outside of immediate/close family and the bridal/groom’s party

• A specific act

  • Usually asked when the act is outside of “normal” wedding routine

• A specific setting

  • Sunsets, fireworks, snow, etc.

Met Gala 2019 Recap | Best Dressed | Arden Photography

This year’s Met Gala “Camp: Notes on Fashion” was co-hosted by Lady Gaga, Harry Styles, Serena Williams, and Gucci’s Alessandro Michele. If you’re unfamiliar with the term ‘camp’ it is defined as “an aesthetic style and sensibility that regards something as appealing because of its bad taste and ironic value.” This means more was more, and the eclectic style choices our favorite celebs made gave us mixed emotions of awe, wonder, and down-right shock. From Disney-inspired chic to the guests doing their own rendition of their celebrity aspirations to Las Vegas showgirl to the nth degree, I was not disappointed with the “lewks” that graced the 2019 Met Gala’s highly-esteemed red-carpet staircase. In no apparent order, here’s a few of my by-far faves that showed up and showed out at Monday’s event.

Lily Collins in Giambattista Valli Haute Couture (inspired by Priscilla Presley)

Candace Swanepoel in Atelier Prabal Gurung

Kendall Jenner in Versace

Ciara in Peter Dundas (inspired by Diana Ross)

Emily Ratajkowski in Peter Dundas (inspired by Cher)

Céline Dion in Oscar de la Renta and Fred Leighton jewelry

Madelaine Petsch in Jean Paul Gaultier

Florence Welch in Gucci

Bella Hadid in Moschino

Kacey Musgraves in Moschino (inspired by Barbie)

Gemma Chan in Tom Ford wearing Forevermark jewelry

Saoirse Ronan in Gucci

Easter Fashion 2019 | Arden Photography

Easter is quickly approaching and if you haven’t had the time to figure out what you will be clad in, don’t fret quite yet. Easter is typically viewed as a conservative holiday having most people attend church and family affairs. So, since it’s a day to celebrate, of course you want to look (and feel) your absolute best! Below are a few color and style options for a last-minute search to help you queue in what you’re looking for.

Easter Color Palette:

• Pastels:

  • Blush

  • Lavender

  • Peach

Pastels are always a spring must. These soft colors compliment a wide variety of skin tones, while also bringing color to your wardrobe in a more subdued manner.

• Brights:

  • Kelly Green

  • Yellow

Kelly Green has gotten extremely popular over the past couple of months, and it won’t stop now. Green is a strong, statement color, so it can be left simple with only the color to admire, or you can accessorize it in a way to subdue the color. Yellow can be a bit off-putting and it doesn’t suit everyone with the right confidence, anyone can pull it off with their own flattering, joy-inducing shade.

• Neutrals:

  • Jade

  • Navy

If you want to go a little more under the radar these neutral shades have got your back (literally). Jade is a muted version of its brighter counterpart previously mentioned if you still want to add color to your ‘fit. Navy is a softer version of black, but is still just as flattering! It will also keep you from getting as hot if you were wearing black in this Alabama weather.

Easter Style Watch:

• Wrap dresses

  • This SUPER flattering style of dress hits you right where it matters at your waist, brings it in, and hides anything underneath its overlay structure.

• Maxi dresses

  • Chic and comfortable. What more could you ask for? Maxi dresses come in so many styles, you’ll be sure to find one that fits your personality to a ‘T.’

• Jumpsuits/Rompers

  • Skip trying to find a two-part ensemble, and go straight to the rack filled with jumpsuits and rompers. Pants or shorts, you get to decide, but jumpsuits and rompers come in a variety of styles sure enough to fit what you’re going for this Easter holiday.

• Coulettes

  • Remember the galcho? Well this is it’s hotter, older sister. Coulettes are usually cropped and flare at the ankle. A high-waisted version of this pant pared with a nice, blouse, and a clean heel, can bring a boss babe vibe to any get-together,