Bride Of The Week: Renata
Written By Kaileah Christine
September 23, 2019
Our GL Bride of the week is the beautiful Renata, who wore our Gia gown as she walked down the aisle to marry her fiancé Taylor. The couple held their nuptials at the elegant Oheka Castle located on the North Shore of Long Island, New York. In the following interview, Renata shares with us her favorite wedding memories and the moment she fell in love with our Gia gown.
How did you meet your husband? Tell us a little bit about your relationship.
We first met in February 2012 at Belleayre Mountain in the Catskills for an impromptu snowboarding trip. I was dragged along by some pharmacy school friends despite having zero interest and no experience with the sport. Taylor, an impressively good snowboarder, willingly came with a mutual friend.
I first really noticed Taylor once we got to the mountain and he put on his neon green snowboarding gear. He then proceeded to woo me with his boarding skills and we discovered our mutual obsession with electronic music. It was pretty smooth sailing from there. We’ve been inseparable ever since- going on 8 years now! I’ve even become a pretty good snowboarder myself after all this time and some encouragement from my husband.
How did you find your perfect dress?
I knew I could never be one of those girls who just tried on 1-2 dresses and then just knew! I’m a fickle, indecisive person by nature and I’m always wondering what if? What if there’s something better?
I spent a lot of time doing that in the two months that I searched for my dress. I was also getting anxious because my time frame was becoming increasingly short. Every wedding salon I would go to I would find one dress that was pretty and looked good on me but I never had that moment where I felt that it was the one for me.
Finally, at the Galia Lahav event at Bridal Reflections, my consultant suggested I try on the Gia gown (one I hadn’t really looked at before because it was strapless). It just so happened to be my exact size! The way it fit and flowed, paired with Galia’s amazing personalizations- I knew I had found my dream dress!
"...I knew I had found my dream dress!"
How was your experience with the Galia Lahav brand?
I loved Galia Lahav’s designs from the very beginning and I made an appointment at Bridal Reflections for the sample sale. This was at the end of my dress searching journey, I had tried on over 50 dresses and was becoming discouraged. The day of the sample sale I went with only my mom. To our surprise Galia herself was at Bridal Reflections and personally measured and made custom adjustments to my Gia gown- giving me the off the shoulder style I was so desperately searching for. She was an absolute pleasure to work with and truly made my dress experience one I’ll never forget.
What moment from your wedding will you never forget?
Every single moment! I tear up even thinking about it. This was the first time in my life that I had my whole family reunited in the same place and to me, this was the most special thing. They came from California, Germany, and Israel and we had not been reunited in this way since we left Ukraine in 1995. I’m so thankful we were able to be together on my wedding day.
"I loved Galia Lahav’s designs from the very beginning."
Bride Of The Week: Renata
Written By Kaileah Christine
September 23, 2019
Our GL Bride of the week is the beautiful Renata, who wore our Gia gown as she walked down the aisle to marry her fiancé Taylor. The couple held their nuptials at the elegant Oheka Castle located on the North Shore of Long Island, New York. In the following interview, Renata shares with us her favorite wedding memories and the moment she fell in love with our Gia gown.
How did you meet your husband? Tell us a little bit about your relationship.
We first met in February 2012 at Belleayre Mountain in the Catskills for an impromptu snowboarding trip. I was dragged along by some pharmacy school friends despite having zero interest and no experience with the sport. Taylor, an impressively good snowboarder, willingly came with a mutual friend.
I first really noticed Taylor once we got to the mountain and he put on his neon green snowboarding gear. He then proceeded to woo me with his boarding skills and we discovered our mutual obsession with electronic music. It was pretty smooth sailing from there. We’ve been inseparable ever since- going on 8 years now! I’ve even become a pretty good snowboarder myself after all this time and some encouragement from my husband.
How did you find your perfect dress?
I knew I could never be one of those girls who just tried on 1-2 dresses and then just knew! I’m a fickle, indecisive person by nature and I’m always wondering what if? What if there’s something better?
I spent a lot of time doing that in the two months that I searched for my dress. I was also getting anxious because my time frame was becoming increasingly short. Every wedding salon I would go to I would find one dress that was pretty and looked good on me but I never had that moment where I felt that it was the one for me.
Finally, at the Galia Lahav event at Bridal Reflections, my consultant suggested I try on the Gia gown (one I hadn’t really looked at before because it was strapless). It just so happened to be my exact size! The way it fit and flowed, paired with Galia’s amazing personalizations- I knew I had found my dream dress!
"...I knew I had found my dream dress!"
How was your experience with the Galia Lahav brand?
I loved Galia Lahav’s designs from the very beginning and I made an appointment at Bridal Reflections for the sample sale. This was at the end of my dress searching journey, I had tried on over 50 dresses and was becoming discouraged. The day of the sample sale I went with only my mom. To our surprise Galia herself was at Bridal Reflections and personally measured and made custom adjustments to my Gia gown- giving me the off the shoulder style I was so desperately searching for. She was an absolute pleasure to work with and truly made my dress experience one I’ll never forget.
What moment from your wedding will you never forget?
Every single moment! I tear up even thinking about it. This was the first time in my life that I had my whole family reunited in the same place and to me, this was the most special thing. They came from California, Germany, and Israel and we had not been reunited in this way since we left Ukraine in 1995. I’m so thankful we were able to be together on my wedding day.
"I loved Galia Lahav’s designs from the very beginning."