Designer Notes
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We love all our designs (and hope you do too!!) but sometimes a piece will stand out in a season, like our French inspired Jeanette lace headband. With embroidered and embellished outer detail, on a French net beaded inner lace flexible headband. Ooh la la!
The Jeanette is available in silver, gold or rose gold metal/silver stones.
Shown with Jeanette bracelet. The Jeanette is available for special order only.
The word fairytale is thrown around a lot when it comes to weddings, but sometimes dreams really do come true. Photographer Cassandra Castaneda brings us and absolutely breathtaking wedding from - yes you heard right - a castle in Germany! Sophie and Jason held their beautiful wedding at the Burg Rheinstein Castle and the results are truly magical.
Love love love!!
Congratulations Sophie and Jason, we wish you all the love and happiness in the world!
A gorgeous and bold English Net veil covered in rich hand embroidery, the Armonde Veil is one of our most popular veils for brides who want to raise the drama at their wedding in their photos. The Armonde Veil has all the intricacy of design that an antique veil offers yet with the durability of a modern day construction and fabric. This is a veil brides will hand down for generations.
We are so excited to be featured on Dubai's most popular wedding blog My Lovely Wedding!
Here's what Dubai's top wedding blogger had to say about Justine M Couture accessories...
"...I couldn’t resist posting these beautiful headpieces from Justine M Couture that are now available at The Bridal Showroom – one of our favourite places to find everything bridal in Dubai here at MLW. We talk so much about THE DRESS on here that sometimes we forget about all the other little details that make the bride feel like a princess. After all, if you can’t wear a tiara on your wedding day when can you?"
Rich, embroidered veils are very in vogue for 2016 and the Justine M Couture Gypsea Embroidered Veil is a stunning option for the bride with an eye for vintage design and the depth that embroidery brings. And as if it is not unique and dynamic enough, it's even reversible!
Rose Gold. You will be seeing a lot of this sweet vintage metal shade in the next 12 months since this, the year of Pantone's Rose Quartz, just calls for this blush gold color!
Rose Petal Tea bracelets in rose gold (and silver) are shown here with the Basilica Multi Purpose piece worn as a necklace.
Rose Gold works with every skin tone from olive to pale and adds a hint of blush which is always extra flattering on a wedding day!
The Basilica Multi Purpose piece worn as a belt.
The bold and beautiful Amalie Headpiece in rose gold
We can't think of a better way to celebrate the start of Winter than by giving you a peek at the inspiration for our Winter Palace Necklace named as an ode to the beautiful St. Petersburg Russia Winter Palace that was home to Catherine the Great, Czarina of Russia. We're pretty sure no one knows a great big beautiful snowy Winter like Russia! счастливы зимой or schastlivy zimoy! [Happy Winter!]
The Winter Palace, St. Petersburg, Russia
The Winter Palace is filled with inspiring grandeur...
and we designed our Winter Palace Necklace, available in Gold or Silver Embroidery to be perfect for any Czarina!
As most of you know Anthropologie, one of the top retailers and style trend setters in the world, has a bridal division called BHLDN [pronounced 'beholden'] and it is the hottest thing in bridal since the white dress!
BHLDN sets the trends in everything from delicate let playful bridal underwear...
to wedding elements that define your hipster style like these stylish place cards!
BHLDN is well know as the go to place for the coolest of the cool brides who love that elegant, casual, European, classic yet seriously trendy, vintage feel that Anthropolgie offers in non bridal clothes, housewares and accessories. So we couldn't be more proud to announce BHLDN now carries Justine M Couture!
We are often asked if we love all of our veil creations equally. Of course we do! But out of the myriad of styles, shapes, textures, trims and options that we offer in our veils we were bound to come up with a couple of favorites....and the Florence veil from the Embellished collection is one of them.
This lovely, rich veil has a traditional cut veil with medium gather on comb, embroidery all round the edge and is embellished with intricate, hand sewn filigree embroidery and delicate seed pearls, beads and stones throughout bottom and sides of veil. We love it!
Did you know that we have gathered together all of the most popular Justine M Couture veils and put them into one lovely catalog just to delight you? Check it out here, but we warn you.... they're so gorgeous you 're going to want to have a wedding just to have an excuse to wear one!
You can also find all Best Selling Veils from all of our Collections including...
“Once in awhile, right in the middle of an ordinary life, love gives us a fairy tale.” - unknown
bride: Erica | gown: Annabelle via The Ivory Suite Bridal Boutique | photo: Heidi Ryder Photography | Lea-Ann Belter Bridal Gown designs can be found at The Ivory Suite Bridal Salon and The White Flower Bridal Boutique [both of whom carry Justine M Couture]
Forever painting and drawing, Lea–Ann knew from a young age her future lay in her creativity.
Upon graduation from an art–focused high school, Lea–Ann continued her formal education at the Sheridan College of Crafts and Design where she specialized in glass and textiles. She then studied fashion design at the International Academy of Design and Merchandising, becoming a finalist in the Dubonnet awards, given to Canada’s top fashion students.
Earning her diploma at IADM, Lea–Ann trained with a couturier where she further refined the characteristics that define her work: flawless execution and impeccable quality. That year, Lea–Ann’s commitment to perfecting her craft made her a finalist for the International Woolmark Prize, an award for emerging fashion designers.
But Lea–Ann really found her calling when she designed a wedding dress for her brother’s fiance. In creating that first bridal gown, Lea–Ann’s meticulous execution and timeless aesthetic harmonized with her inclination to design for modern, professional women. Before long, Lea–Ann opened her first designer wedding gown boutique in Toronto’s exclusive Yorkville area.
Five years later, Lea–Ann’s vision for a line of modern, timeless bridal dresses became a reality when she launched the Lea–Ann Belter Bridal gown collection through a network of retailers. In 2005, Lea–Ann opened the first Lea–Ann Belter Bridal flagship store on Toronto’s Queen Street East, and in 2007 she was named Wedding Gown Designer of the Year at the Canadian Wedding Industry Awards.
Since then, Lea–Ann has extended her reach, making her wedding dress collection available in a curated selection of bridal boutiques across North America and Europe. In 2012, Lea–Ann moved Lea–Ann Belter Bridal and her designer wedding gown boutique to their permanent home in Toronto on the corner of Dundas Street and Broadview Avenue, where she plans to spend another 20 years (or more!) designing and crafting wedding gowns.
See more of Lee-Ann Belter's classically beautiful gown designs here.
Sweet, dramatic and a little old fashioned, the headpiece comb for bridal hair is a classic way to control your 'up-do' or accent your whole look the day of your wedding.
The Justine M Couture Sugared Vine headpiece comb
Unlike some other bridal hair accessories, you'll find yourself wearing a headpiece comb for many other occasions and days where you want dress up and celebrate ... What a great piece to wear for your first your anniversary!
The Justine M Couture Dearest Daisy headpiece comb
A headpiece comb holds back soft, be beachy natural waves (this seasons favorite bridal hair style!) or tucks into a French roll or even highlights a simple bun. We just love this versatile style of hair accessory for brides!
The Justine M Couture Isabella headpiece comb
See all the Justine M Couture headpiece combs.
One of the top trends of 2015 for veils is the "Juliet style" veil. If your style is Bohemian or rich vintage a Juliet cap veil is for you! One Wed says: "A timeless classic every vintage bride should look into is the beautiful Juliet Cap Veil. This veil became extremely popular in the 1920’s and 30’s and now the veil in making a comeback. The piece itself can be worn with any bridal style from romantic to vintage or elegant to simple. Even Super model Kate Moss’s wore a lace cap veil on her wedding day!"
A Juliet style veil like the Justine M Couture Byzantine from our beautiful Embellished Veils Collection has a cap to fit close to your head, giving it a classically romantic old Elizabethan English style.
Gorgeous bridal veils, accessories and jewelry. The Justine M Couture Collection of bridal jewelry, accoutrements and veils, is crafted from the absolute finest elements available in the world: Sterling Silver, precious gold fill, luxurious fabrics, authentic Swarovski crystals and unique vintage elements culled from many shores all brought together to be designed and fashioned by hand in America to create the finest Bridal Accessory line available.
