A caftan dress for Blanca, the lingerie look girlfriend

Bride to girlfriend there are always tips that, over the years, have become maximum in the process of creating the bridal dress.The one that Blanca offers all the fiancee who are about to give the ‘Yes, I want’ is a classic that is worth remembering: “Listen to second opinions because among them you can find an idea that you like and that had not occurred to you.But never, you never choose something contrary to what you feel, no matter how much your mother, mother -in -law, friend or designer tells you ... no matter that they are not as excited about design like you, it's your dress, ”he recommends.This was what she did at her wedding, held on October 10, 2020 in the heart of Seville.

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“Although our initial date was on June 6, 2020 at 7:30 p.m., the uncertainty caused by the appearance of COVID and confinement made us reserve a second date, which we chose to leave a certain space of time from the initial to seeIf things calmed down and because it was when all the suppliers coincided, ”he says.This is how their guests located at the Sevillian Church of San Jorge of the Hospital de la Caridad a few months later.For the subsequent celebration the bride and groom trusted the spectacular Cortijo el Esparragal.

A convertible dress

In both scenarios, the other great protagonist beyond the couple herself, was the convertible dress of the bride.Designed by Rafael García Forcada, the removable look was a kind of tunic on the one hand and a lingerie design for another.“I was clear that I wanted to carry a lingerie, that the design was elegant and sensual.Later I came up with the idea of wearing a dress that was two in one, surprise effect: during the Mass I would wear something cape, caftan and then in the celebration I would take it away and the lingerie would appear, ”explains Blanca.The date change did not affect the styling, which remained as the one that the bride and the designer raised from the beginning.Of course: "In case I cool something during the night García Forcada, the designer, made an ideal white velvet stole".

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Despite the success of this elegant and without stridency look, Blanca admits that it was not easy.Then I saw the dress of a girlfriend at her wedding (I went to listen to the choir for mine) and I had an arrow.I found out that the designer was Garcia forcada and when I diving a little on his Instagram account I had it very clear, it was him ”.

From that first encounter the ideas between them sprouted, some very original, who remained, as the bride recounts.“From the end of the back neckline, two sections of silver cloth came out that gave a lot.The latter occurred to Rafa, it is very ingenious and creative.It also occurred to him to place the brooch of the tiara of my mother -in.

Un vestido caftán para Blanca, la novia del look lencero

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Accessories with history

In addition to the beautiful brooch, there were other accessories that made her shine: from her minimalist strips sandals, signed by Aquazzura, to her jewels: “The earrings I wore are a family jewel that my maternal grandmother left me and that my mother had also taken at her wedding".These pieces accompanied them with the natural makeup of Sonia Rodríguez Garcerán, whom he knows from the childhood and hairdressing of Bruno Pantojthat she took at her wedding) slightly separated at the height of the crown.To all this was added a romantic bouquet of bride, from Brunia Floral, which was initially going to be peonia and was definitely white roses of garden.

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They were those same flowers, in clear tones, the protagonists of the decoration both in the church and in the space chosen for the occasion.Blanca acknowledges that to devise all those magical corners of the wedding, he let himself be guided by the maximum of Mies van der Rohe ‘less is more’.“In the case of the church I was clear that I wanted white flowers and little amount;I chose the paniculata as the main flower and I combined it with some Alhelíes.They placed flowers at both ends of the staircase that gives to the altar, a large center under the altar and two children above the east, ”he says.

Although Esparragal is a very careful space and of great historical beauty, they were encouraged to decorate and make use of the garden and the entrance: “At the entrance, several round carpets were placed with the embroidery insideA star, accompanied by a floral decoration in pink and burgundy tones.At the entrance it followed a cobbled patio that we used to give a welcome cocktail that was very short, so some cocktail tables with white tablecloths were simply placed ”.

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Constant changes

The result could not be more elegant and beautiful, which rewarded the bride and groom, who lived moments of uncertainty before the big day.He confesses Blanca that, although the process taught him to adapt and accept the circumstances of life, it was very hard: “It has been a difficult experience and, like everything difficult, also enriching.Difficult because of the amount of changes we had to introduce, almost up to a week before we marry, always being in the air the possibility of canceling the wedding ”.And it continues: “This generates a lot of stress and makes one of the most important events in your life can sometimes be disappointing.There were also some very important people for me and my husband who could not attend as close friends, grandparents and godparents, ”he explains.

One of those changes that conditioned the initial idea of the couple was the replacement of the church they had in mind, for the definitive."It sadded me a lot.Our idea was to get married in the parish of San Andrés;It is extremely beautiful and simple and I have a special link with her because it is the parish of my neighborhood, you can see from the balcony of my parents' house, in it I made communion and in the 'placita' that is at her feetI have played innumerable afternoons, with my childhood friends, ”he introduces.When changing the date of the link and being forced to organize it as a wedding by day and not like one in the afternoon, for the curfew, the temple was not available.Then came a reduction of capacity that forced them to leave out numerous guests: of the 300 raised, only 150 could be.

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Love against time

The guests who were lucky to attend could contemplate one of the moments that most excited the bride, the bridal dance: “For me the most special was a simpler detail… the hug we gave ourselves when the dance ended.I think it was a time when we released, in which the accumulated stress of the months left and the one that the nerves of the dance itself also were behind.We could finally taste that we had married, with what that really implies: knowing that the person you have chosen is adequate, ”he confesses.

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And the years do not go to the love that this couple professes.They met when she was only 12 years old and 20.Some time later they crossed again, but it was not until the summer of 2012 (when she turned 20 and he was 28) when everything began: “He told one of my best friends: 'That you know that your friend does not know, but he's going to get with me '.So it was!From then on we do not stop talking and seeing us until we start leaving almost a year later, ”concludes Blanca.And, in 2020 in spite.

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