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We were thrilled to see our beautiful bride Aoife and her gorgeous wedding day featured on the Rock My Wedding blog.  Aoife looked utterly stunning in her Sabina Motasem Gabrielle dress which she found at Frilly Frocks in County Louth, Ireland.  The dress featured delicate, ruched chiffon shoulders (reminiscent of Kate Moss' wedding dress) and a full skirt made in sand washed crepe satin.  Husband Tom also looked every bit the handsome, stylish groom.  A gorgeous couple and a gorgeous wedding.

Read more on Rock My Wedding.

Sequins details and embellishments are a major trend for 2016 in neutral, gold, silver and rose gold shades. It's a great way to add a little glamour and sparkle to your wedding. Here's the first in a series of all things sequins and my top tips, from dresses, cakes, shoes and accessories - starting with sequin bridesmaid dresses and where to find the best ones.

Let us whisk you away for a moment and share the magical wedding of Sarah and Earl in the beautiful island of Santorini. Sarah was such a lovely, gorgeous bride to dress with a bohemian, laid back style. We decided to create a brand new dress called Ida for her, made in a pretty peacock style lace worn over the Lilian dress with a low back. Here are her top tips

Here's a little midweek treat for you today, with a super cool, blue and gold themed chic London wedding of Emma and Rod, who started their romance in Spain and chose to spend their big day in their special corner of London, Islington.  The happy couple, love the Islington vibe and have lived there ever since.  It was a pleasure creating Emma's dress for her, she looked sensational in the Lilian dress, it was the perfect dress. 

The Lilian dress is a slinky, bias cut, backless wedding dress with cap sleeves. Emma accessorised the look with an art nouveau pearl beaded belt embroidered on a satin ivory sash, complete with a vintage fur stole and glamourous red lips. Love the matching red lips and red roses, and the bike covered in roses. Read on to find out more about the stylish day.

Our Lily Raindrop  dress featured in a lovely piece on "16 beautiful wedding dresses for 2016" in Metro's bridal blog.  The blog, 'Style & The Bride', is written by bridal expert and previous Cosmopolitan Bride editor, Marina Licht.  

"Sabina Motasem’s ‘Lily Raindrop’ dress has a very contemporary feel to it. It is made in silk georgette and features a puddle train and floaty sleeves. It is embellished with beads in a raindrop pattern trickling down.  It would suit those of you who are looking for an evening bridal look."

You can read the full piece on the Metro online here. 

The new 2016 colour of the year from Pantone is out, and for the first time two colours blend together, Rose Quartz and Serenity which signify fluidity and peace. 

These are wonderful colours to plan a wedding with, especially as all our dresses also come in Blush, which we love to call cream with a hint of rose in it, looks great for a bias cut, backless wedding dress such as Josephine or Lilian. Layer it with a lovely boho inspired lace, team it with rose gold bridal accessories and bridesmaids in the lovely Serenity blue shade - and you have a super stylish, beautiful wedding.

From shoes, to bags, accessories and some of our brides wearing blush too. Here's my pick of some of the best from and bridal inspiration to help you plan your wedding.

Here's something I found in our archives from a couple years ago, "the" dancing shoot which inspired the ballerina styled images of our latest collection. The dresses were modelled by Sonoya Mizuno who went on to star as Kyoko in Ex Machina, written and directed by Alex Garland and shot by conceptual fashion photographer Oliver Prout. 

Stylist magazine filmed behind the scenes for Clinique, and interviewed me on what its like in the day in the life of Sabina Motasem too. Watch the full video on you tube here. Click the title to read the full article and see the pics from the shoot.

Thrilled to be featured on the Whimsical Wonderland Weddings blog today, with our 'En Pointe' collection, and ideas on slip style dressing.

Here's a video when we accepted our 'Highly Commended' award a week ago today, at Morden Hall in Surrey, by Damian Bailey the founder of The Wedding Industry Awards. At 2.26 mins is where we are at, albeit with a slightly embarrassed but elated smile! Watch the video below.

Lovely start to the week, to receive these gorgeous photos from a real bride, Jenni, who bought her lace wedding dress, Lilian a bias cut dress worn over a lace overlay called Mistinguett, on her big day. We have the coolest brides, Jenni accessorised her bridal look with a black leather jacket. Thank you so much Jenni for sharing your photos. 

On Monday 23 November, Sabina Motasem won the ‘Highly Commended’ award for Best Bridal Designer for London and the South East at the Regional Wedding Industry Awards 2016 at Morden Hall in Surrey.

Sabina Motasem predicts ‘Slip-style’ dressing, favoured by the likes of Sienna Miller and Anne Hathaway, will be a major bridal trend for 2016. Many of their real brides are already loving this look, with the Elsa dress, for their big day too.