Atelier offers a naturalistic makeup technique for women wanting to look their best–but still look natural–on their big day. They say that they want to use makeup to bring out a woman’s best natural features, not hide her face.
If you prefer to avoid flashy brand-names for your rings, then try Platinum Heart. This small jewellery company offers ethically-sourced, quality rings and other jewels.
The Helena May was established in 1916 by Lady May, wife of the then governor of Hong Kong, Sir Henry May. It provided a place for single ladies to stay, as hotels were considered improper back then! These days, it’s a member’s club in a beautifully preserved heritage building right in the heart of Central.
Here’s a blog that should offer a little wedding inspiration. The Red Sole Bride has set up a site to chronicle her trip to the aisle–in a stunning pair of Louboutin wedding shoes, of course. Get practical ideas and style tips from her virtual mood board. We particularly love the idea of using vintage holga cameras and polaroids to capture the day.
Take a romantic ride on Hong Kong’s famous ferry for your nuptials. A boat costs $4,000-$5,000 per hour to hire, and can carry up to 300 guests, embarking from any Star Ferry pier and sailing to Penny’s Bay, Sunny Bay or the Tsing Ma Bridge, to name a few.
If you don’t want to give the bride and groom cash, but would still like to offer them something that’s both practical and rather special, then consider buying them a Four Seasons giftcard. They start at denominations of US$50 and go right up to US$100,000, and can be spent at any Four Seasons resort in the world and for any service they provide, from rooms and restaurants to spa treatments and even products from the gift shop. The cards come beautifully packaged and can be personalized. Buy in the hotel’s gift shop or online here.
Four Seasons Hotel, 8 Finance St., Central, 3196-8888, www.fourseasons.com/hongkong.
If you really want to wow him on your wedding night, then head to Lane Crawford IFC to check out Agent Provocatuer’s “Brides of Ulysses” lingerie line. Available in lace, sheer tulle and silk, and in shades of ivory and cream, there’s beautiful corsets, bustiers, garters and waist-cinchers, as well as bras for strapless of halterneck dresses.
Lane Crawford IFC, 8 Finance St., Central, 2118-7658, www.agentprovocateur.com.
Looking for appropriate wedding favors is never an easy task, particularly if you’re planning a traditional western ceremony. But if it’s traditional dragees you’re after, look no further than Sucre Chine. Set up by a team of Fench and Belgian artists, it offers beautifully packaged candy pastilles that are made of Belgian chocolate and encased in liquified sugar. Favors can come in any kind of packaging or colour you desire; check their online shop for more examples of their work. Sucre Chine can also arrange venue decoration and dragee-champagne combination gifts.
Flat 316, Block C, DB Plaza, Discovery Bay, 2987-8344, info@sucrechine.com, www.sucrechine.com
