NIEMIERKO TV: Bruce Oldfield at The Wedding Academy

The rather wonderful and charming Bruce Oldfield, popped into the Niemierko Wedding Academy at The Dorchester the other week.

Naturally Mr Oldfield’s visit was a huge highlight for the students. Prior to the Q&A session Bruce joined Mark Niemierko for a quick chat on what a bride should consider before she goes shopping for THE ONE. We are talking dress here, not groom!

View this video interview between Mark and the acclaimed designer to royalty and celebrity. In which Bruce rather honestly recommends a Bride “get down to her bra and pants, stand in front of a very good mirror and really decide what her good points are.”  We love Bruce’s direct approach!

For your chance to meet the best of the best in the wedding industry enrol for our next Wedding Academy master-class in January. Where the Couturier to The Queen Stewart Parvin will be the guest fashion designer joining Mark Niemierko.



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FRONT ROW: New York Bridal Market Autumn/Winter 2012

Having just returned from New York we’ve been catching up with Mark on his highlights from Bridal Market. The leading names in bridal dress designers showed off their newest collections in the Big Apple.

Floral modern detail was spotted throughout at Christos, Monique Lhuillier and Reem Acra. Angel Sanchez delivered his dreamy collection as always including a dash of blush pink. Whilst Vera Wang, inspired by witchcraft, turned bridal into black, along with a touch of nude! Marchesa made us fall into feathers. For the bride looking for a sassy fit, mermaid gowns were seen aplenty. Whilst the ballgown, received a ruffled twist, whether it be through yards of tulle or tiered skirts.

Vera Wang



Reem Acra



Monique Lhuillier



Kenneth Pool



Claire Pettibone



Christos



Badgley Mischka



Angel Sanchez



Amsale



View all the images from Mark’s seat at Bridal Market in our Facebook gallery.

NIEMIERKO TV: The Designer Wedding Show, October 2011

Last week Laura-Jane, Mark’s assistant, was lucky enough to be allowed outside of Niemierko HQ to attend London’s premier Bridal event, The Designer Wedding Show.

Join Laura-Jane as she chats to the best of the best in British Bridal from Vera Wang at Browns Bride, Temperley London, Sassi Holford and Ritva Westenius. As well as making time to pop by Peggy Porschen’s Pop-up Parlour. Plus talking trends with our very own Mr. N and Editors from both Condè Nast Brides and You & Your Wedding magazines.

Don’t worry if you missed last weekend’s event the Designer Wedding Show returns next year on Friday 10th until Sunday 12th February.



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BACKSTAGE: Mood Board to Movie

This weekend our friends at Rock My Wedding exclusively featured a behind the scenes video from a Niemierko Wedding. See how a church is filled with hydrangeas to a elegant dinner and mesmerising firework display. If you haven’t already taken 6 minutes and 18 seconds out to enjoy the magic, the video is featured at the end of this post.

But how did Mark and his couple firstly get to plan such a large scale wedding, with such detail, in just four months? We have previously explained how Mark likes to plan a wedding in stages, always starting the planning process by breaking a wedding day up. In this case we had five stages to the wedding day. CEREMONY, DRINKS RECEPTION, DINNER, CAKE AND FIREWORKS then finally DANCING.

You can read about the wedding in much greater detail on Rock My Wedding’s post. But we thought we’d give you a peek into the planning stages and view the mood boards that were presented to the couple. Take a look at the stages and match them up to the correct parts in the video. It’s really amazing to see how images used for inspiration have been lifted from a page to become reality.

CEREMONY

DRINKS

DINNER

CAKE AND FIREWORKS



















DANCING

BEHIND THE SCENES VIDEO




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