rock n roll gatsby

perhaps you've heard... 

there was another "royal" wedding of sorts recently.

(via kimkardashian.com)

no, not that one.

this one:

(all photos below via vogue) 

i die for this.

saw jenny's recent mention of this wedding, which reminded me that i absolutely must share it with you!

last week when i was on vogue.com, i read hamish's gorgeous article on kate moss' wedding to guitarist of the kills, jamie hince. and then i found the below video.

Sharing from Vogue.com

i cannot look away from the screen; i have been watching it

on a loop for days now.

seriously. can you send a sandwich or something, please?

look.

how perfect is this entire affair?

(and what's with the teepees?)

the lightness of it all! 

the classic, thoughtful touches...

dear friend of the bride, mario testino, photographed her wedding portfolio...

gorgeous, hand-crafted wedding gown(S!)...

the crew of flowerchildren... 16 total.   

how perfect are they in their bonpoint dresses?! 

i'll tell you: perfect!!!

says kate, to vogue's hamish bowles: “I wanted it to be kind of dreamy and 1920s, when everything is soft-focus,” says Kate. “The Great Gatsby. The code name was GG for a while. That light and that kind of fun decadence. It’s rock-’n’-roll Great Gatsby!” There will be Edwardian marquees in her field and a circus tent for the children, with a miniature drum kit and their own DJ and tepees for them to sleep in. A stage is being built by hand, “which I’m going to keep for festivals for the future,” 

she explains.

(teepees!)

the flowers are perfection, the setting is beyond idyllic, the dress is absolutely to DIE for. 

this is the stuff dreams are made of.

john galliano called the creation of this gown his "creative rehab"; after being in actual rehab since march of this year for his crazy awful anti-semitic rants, it brought him back to life. 

(sidenote: why, so often, are creative geniuses absolutely mad?!)

kate had a total of three gowns for the event: the galliano, a sparkling stella mccartney georgette evening gown with steel beads, and a vintage 1930's wedding gown she previously wore for her bachelorette party. naturally.

during the speeches at the reception, when kate's father, peter, thanked galliano for "the beautiful dress", the crowd erupted into a standing ovation, and the designer got tears in his eyes.

magical!

the bar hemingway of the ritz paris set up a bar on the dancefloor and served the kate 76, an absolutely 

delicious-sounding cocktail of 

champers, vodka, crushed ice, and sugar.

must must must make this for our next dinner party.

check out but a few of the incredibly stylish attendees:

the uberchic mr. bowles, in his bespoke stubbs & wootton's!

marc, darling, won't you please quit it with the smoking?

ewww. and i thought you were all healthy and stuff?!

i'll take all three, thanks.

oh, and there was food. incredibly good food.

take the cake! 

i could swan-dive off of the roof into this thing.

then eat my way out.

mmmmm...cake crater.

i love how the cake table appears to have a glow underneath it. so lovely!

really, kate. i am super fun at weddings!

for more on this gorgeous affair, see this month's issue.

it has, in addition to giving me a new cocktail to "test" for "research purposes", inspired me to make today, at least, that much more special and memorable.

or at least take a shower. 

xo

royally obsessed.

forgive me for posting what i'm sure is the millionth write-up of the royal wedding, 

but i just can't help myself. 

its all so... romantic! magical! 

a real life fairytale!

while i attempt to write like a lady, not a 12-yr old squealy little girl (eeeek!)... 

my tele has been on all day long, and not just in the family room; in my bedroom too! 

i've been watching the versions (yup. 2.) i recorded on dvr here and there, while simultaneously researching and watching and reading on line. 

all. day. long. 

i simply adore the (ahem) pomp & circumstance of the entire thing... 

the calvalry, the carriages, the couture! (thanks, bob!)

the pure majesty of every moment. 

i imagine what catherine must be feeling, what this time in her life must be like. (yeah, i'm that girl.) 

and because i'm a mom i think how especially sad it is that diana is gone, at such a hugely important landmark in her son's life. 
her presence was most definitely palpable throughout today's events, of course. it was lovely.

i adored having a front row seat 
to the royal wedding.

(thank you, news media...nudge nudge)

it felt as though we were on the list.

can't stop thinking about this:

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(good LORD, becks; you don't really want to have a 4th child with her, do you? 

don't you want to hopelessly yearn for an unavailable mum of 2 instead?! #gorgeous #presidentofmytopfive)

oh, and the wedding!
the fashion? (the DRESS.) beyond.
bravo, sarah burton for alexander mcqueen. 
just brilliant.


the rides? vintage. (and horses.)


the kiss? adorably modest; perfectly royal. twice!

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the music:

a complete dream. i have always fantasized about having a boys' choir sing at my wedding. sigh... 

oh! love the royal salute:

(via theglobeandmail)

(via guardianuk)

did you know that kate's perfectly sweet, petite bouquet had, among other more traditional wedding flowers, something called sweet william? 

is that not the most romantic, thoughtful touch?! 

i die for details like these! 

for more details on the bouquet--and some very interesting background on the flowers themselves, and the royal wedding bouquet's history, seriously--go to the official website.

there was also a little hat parade.

(via radaronline)

go here for a full review.

love em or hate em, they were definitely 

something to talk about! 

personally, i love a hat, and quite honestly look for occasions to wear them.

when will the US embrace the hat?!

there was also a cake:

(via cnn)

fiona cairns and her uber talented team created this stunning 8-tiered cake, with cream and white icing (and edible gold leaf? i'm guessing?)

that is said to have a different flavor on each tier. 

i'll bet it tastes like heaven on a golden plate, straight up.

...and there are stamps, y'all.

(via huffpost)

guys. if you've made it this far you're either gay or your female made you read it. 

or you're related to me. or stalking me. whichever...

having trouble understanding just what it is with us ladies and all things wedding? 

especially royal wedding???

one of my hilarious guy friends, mike, compared it to the nfl draft. he says we (the girls) want to see what dress she wears; they (the dudes) want to see what jerseys their favorite players will wear. 

we have prince william; they have prince amukamara of the new york giants.

we have kate middleton. they have middle linebackers. then there was something about not giving them a hard time about watching the draft all weekend because its "their royal wedding"... 

i dunno. i stopped paying attention at that point. 

(ha. thanks, MR!)


all this wedding talk also reminds me that this must happen:

(finally! a female-driven comedy with a ridiculously awesome cast! see, of course, kristen wiig (first maccruber, now this?! YES!), melissa mccarthy (DYING over her character; i worked w her on life as we know it and she is gorgeous, completely sweet and hilarious.) and more... can't. wait. 
jenny, when we goin!?

while the wedding is incredibly, over-the-top fabulous, one can't help but ache, feeling the tragic irony in alabama's recent devestation. 

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(via time)

please keep these people & their community in your hearts, thoughts and prayers... and if you can, 

your wallet. 

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for sit-up britain, 
i'm bridget jones.

xo