Bride Of The Week: Kate Doughan
Written By Kaileah Christine
July 23, 2018
Our beautiful GLbride of the week is: Kate Doughan. She wore the GALA 802 gown from the GALA Collection No. III line and looked drop dead gorgeous!
Kate met her husband Mick one summer weekend while she was sunbathing at her family’s house. Some of her friends were out boating and drove past her while she was sleeping, and they decided to jump off their boat and scare her. Mick was on the boat with some mutual friends, and meeting Kate for the first time, was instantly attracted to her. The attraction was mutual, and the two were inseparable for the rest of that summer.
After dating for almost eight years, Kate was in Italy for work, and planned to extend her trip and travel around the coast after. However, once her work there ended, she decided she missed Mick and flew home early. Meanwhile, little did Kate know that Mick had planned an entire proposal that she was about to ruin! While Kate was away, Mick had planned with their best friends to hide in the airport and film Kate while she went through customs. Then he was going to greet her with a grand proposal. However, when Kate changed her flight to come home early, the ring wasn’t ready for Mick to pick up yet!
When Kate got back to their apartment that night, Mick knew he had to go and pick up the ring and propose- he couldn’t wait any longer. Exhausted from the jet lag, Kate disobeyed Mick’s order to try and stay awake to fight the jet lag by keeping busy. Instead, she put on a movie and fell right asleep. After a few hours she woke to Mick poking her, with him bent on one knee holding a ring. He asked her to marry him because he was too nervous to wait after having just picked up the ring. Kate thought the proposal was simple and sweet, just like their relationship.
Growing up, Kate was never the type to think about getting married and all the details that come along with it. Luckily, she had two years between her engagement and wedding date, so she had plenty of time to plan! Once engaged, Kate began searching on Pinterest for the perfect wedding dress and stumbled across Galia Lahav. She began collecting pictures of possible dresses, and registered for an upcoming trunk show in Australia. She tried on the GALA 802 and instantly fell in love.
Kate, from Sydney, struggled with a major time difference while she planned her NYC destination wedding. However, she refused to hire a planner, as she wanted to have full control over her wedding. She spent time researching inspiration and ideas, and reading reviews on vendors. She spent a year making PDF’s and mood boards. However, she hired a day-of planner who began helping a month out, to take care of the things she wouldn’t have thought of on her own.
Overall, Kate said the ceremony was by far her favorite part of the day. Looking into Mick’s eyes once she reached him was such an intense moment, and she still gets butterflies when thinking about it. Kate and Mick had 45 people travel over from mainly Sydney to spend the week leading up to the wedding in NYC together. Then, on her wedding day, Kate got to marry her best friend of almost 10 years in a place they both love so much surrounded by their best friends and immediate family was an absolute dream.
Congrats to this amazing #GLcouple, Kate and Mick. Wishing them a lifetime of love and happiness!
