St. Regis Monarch

Christine and Austin got married underneath the main lawn pavilion at the St. Regis Monarch hotel on a cool September morning. We love the endless possibilities that the structure provides and Christine and Austin were open to our ideas.

Here was our initial idea of rigging a chandelier with panels of chiffon:
And here it is in fruition:


We were able to find some pretty cool chandelier options from Rrivre Works, one of the coolest prop places that I've visited. It was like a candy store seeing all of their wonderful backdrops, settings, furniture, etc. Since the morning started off gloomy, the lit chandelier really created a romantic ambiance for the ceremony.

Christine's color palette was cream, white and green with accents of champagne. Here is her bridal bouquet (using roses, lisianthus, stephanotis with crystal accents, cattleya orchids for ruffly texture, and crystal swags):


The ringbearer carried a custom brown, silk dupioni pillow with orchid accent:


A reception teaser:


The cake, created in-house by St. Regis' finest:


It was an honor working this wedding with an all star cast. Melody Walker saw to every detail and was so nice to work with. And, in America's Next Top Model's words, noted fashion photographer Dennis Santirinala was the man on the scene. I really like this shot of Christine:


Theresa Huang, as usual, created some fantastic looks throughout the day. She's really versatile and flexible - go talk to her for all your hair and make up needs!

Being in Dana Point, morning weddings at St. Regis always means loading up at 4:30am, leaving Pasadena by 5:40, and getting there around 6:45 or so. It's not such a bad drive when you get used to it. Nothing that coffee can't cure!

More to post soon!