A Night with the Stars to Celebrate Oscar De La Renta’s New London Bridal Salon — by Mark Niemierko

25th March 2013

Mark Niemierko, the lead­ing event and wed­ding plan­ner, hosted the who’s who within the UK’s wed­ding indus­try to cel­e­brate the arrival of Oscar de la Renta’s bridal col­lec­tion to London.

The cham­pagne and canapés recep­tion was held within the famed Amer­i­can designer’s first Lon­don store, located on Mount Street, in London’s most ele­gant shop­ping dis­trict May­fair, on the evening of Thurs­day 21st March.

Invited guests were wel­comed by Mark Niemierko into the store, which for one night only show­cased all of Oscar de la Renta’s bridal col­lec­tions across the spaces three floors. For Niemierko Oscar gets it right, every time. As Mark com­ments “a bride should always feel like them­selves on their wed­ding day, yet in a time­less fash­ion. Through ele­gant designs Oscar de la Renta’s bridal gowns stand the test of the time, how­ever still man­age to each have a unique sense of style and personality.”

Chilled Pom­mery cham­pagne was served along with deli­cious canapés from the cre­ative chefs at Mus­tard Cater­ing. Includ­ing a black pep­per mac­a­roon with whipped goats cheese, beet­root and truf­fle honey and Foie gras ter­rine with peach chut­ney and truf­fle brioche. Heavenly.

The sweet side to the evening was show­cased in the lower ground part of the store. Male-model wait­ers stood hand­somely around a sweet table full of lol­lipops, marsh­mal­lows, white choco­late snowies, milk bot­tles, bon bons and a selec­tion of Laduree mac­a­roons. Indul­gent guests snuck off with sweet treat bags to enjoy their good­ies on their way home.
Florist and a firm friend of Niemierko Rob Van Helden was on hand to fill the store with Colom­bian white hydrangeas inspired by the cam­paign for Oscar de la Renta’s first bridal fra­grance “Some­thing Blue”.

“Some­thing Blue” is a flo­ral fra­grance. Fresh, light, and roman­tic, plus it was inspired by stephan­otis flow­ers plucked directly from de la Renta’s home in the Domini­can Republic.

The Some­thing Blue bot­tle cap is made of a rare blue Lari­mar stone that can only be found in the designer’s native Domini­can Repub­lic. The design of the box is a replica of a white lace and blue organza Oscar de la Renta gown from his cur­rent Bridal collection.

Keep­ing with the Some­thing Blue theme Booth Nation turned their Gold Glit­ter Booth into the “Some­thing Blue Booth”, along with a hydrangea photo backdrop.

The enter­tain­ment for the evening was pro­vided by string quar­tet Estilo Strings who played for the first hour of the evening. Fol­lowed by the voice of Kelli-Leigh, who ser­e­naded guests on the first floor. Kelli had just returned from LA hav­ing per­formed at this year’s Acad­emy Awards as back­ing singer for Adele, dur­ing her per­for­mance of Skyfall.

It was all too much chic­ness for a Thurs­day evening. On depar­ture invited guests were handed an Oscar de la Renta gift bag which included one of the famous fash­ion house’s fra­grances and an exclu­sive set of Niemierko greet­ing cards, with images of past Niemierko Brides wear­ing Bridal gowns by Oscar.

Event cred­its:

Hosted, Designed and Planned
Mark Niemierko www.niemierko.com

Co-Host and Loca­tion Venue
Oscar de la Renta http://www.oscardelarenta.com/

Flo­rals
Rob Van Helden http://www.rvhfloraldesign.com/

Cater­ing
Mus­tard Cater­ing www.mustardcatering.com

Cham­pagne
Pom­mery www.pommery.fr

Dessert
Laduree www.laduree.fr

Chil­drens Din­ing Table and Chairs
Great Hire www.greathire.co.uk

String Quar­tet
Estilo String Quar­tet www.estilostringquartet.com/

Singer
Kelli-Leigh http://kellileigh.co.uk/

Pho­to­booth
Booth Nation http://www.boothnation.com/

Pho­tog­ra­phy
Jeremy Enness http://www.jeremyenness.com/