Our Bride, Alexandra

One of the best parts of styling our bridal clients is seeing the final result! Our bride, Alexandra generously shared these photos from her wedding at Queen of All Saints Basillica and The University Club of Chicago. Alexandra wore our hand-cut edge cathedral veil and Larme Earrings. What a perfect day! Thank you for shopping at www.LeftBankBridal.com !

Photography by Beyond The Well, Dress by Bella Bianca, Floral Design by Davenport Designs 

Sara Gabriel Designs For The Modern Bride

This eponymous line of luxe wedding accessories defines true style and beauty. You will find gorgeous headpieces, Swarovski crystal wedding jewelry, custom wedding veils, wedding sashes and belts in our Chicago bridal boutique. Each piece is handcrafted to perfection and fully customized to your desire!

The Ellen wedding veil gently curves with the tiniest of pencil trims. Subtle, sophisticated…perfect!

The Lauren bridal veil is narrow with a hand cut edge. Simple and classic!                                              

Sara Gabriel wedding veil’s are individually cut by a professional milliner, finished by hand and beautifully packaged in a preservation-quality garment bag. Their collection of wedding headpieces and hair jewelry is meticulously crafted from freshwater pearls, Swarovski crystals, hand-sculpted flowers, and glittering rhinestones.

This Makenna wedding comb  has bubbly Swarovski pearls and crystals are accented by glittering Swarovski stones that is a perfect accent to almost any wedding hairstyle.

This Dolores wedding headband has a hand-folded origami rose, accented with a scattering of Swarovski stones and the band itself is made from two delicate strands of stone-set Swarovski crystal chain.

The Sara Gabriel Josephine Necklace drapes across your décolletage to add  sparkle and shine. Four brooch sections that connect the Swarovski chain are decorated with chunky rhinestones. Simply Spectacular wedding accessory.

Sara Gabriel is the owner and designer of Denver-based Sara Gabriel Custom Veil Design. An expert bridal milliner, Sara couples her exuberant, creative personality and style intuition to create beautiful veils, headpieces and jewelry that complement and complete the look of each bride. With a design capability ranging from whimsical to sophisticated, Sara draws her ideas from a variety of factors: the way a bride wears her hair, the cut of the wedding dress, the tone of the ceremony. Her primary inspiration, however, always comes back to the bride herself: “Each bride has a style and personality all her own. As designer, it is my goal to create pieces that will perfectly reflect who she is.”

The Lyra wedding Halo has ovals filled with Swarovski rhinestones that encompass your bridal updo or down do. Can be set back like shown in the picture or tilted forward across the forehead for a more dramatic look.

Make your wedding style a statement; punctuate it with wedding accessories that are uniquely you!

Love these Wedding Accessories? Visit our Chicago Wedding Boutique or Online At www.LeftBankBridal.com  Please call 773-929-7422 for more info or email us at: TheLeftBank@sbcglobal.net

Beautiful Wedding Accessories By Laura Jayne Bridal

Laura Jayne Bridal designs and creates chic, customizable hair adornments, veils, jewelry, wedding sashes and accessories for style savvy women. From the perfect wedding accessories to a distinctive styles for an evening out,  she thrives on creating fresh designs to make “that gown” uniquely yours.

A Beautiful Wedding Gown Veil, perfect fora Lace Wedding Gown

A Gold Halo, fit for the Boho Chic Bride

A Flower Headpiece gives a soft touch to any bridal hair style

Laura Jayne began designing for brides over two decades ago, while managing a couture bridal salon. When a bride brought her Laura Jayne design to a bridal salon and asked, “Do you have a gown to go with my headpiece?” the first wholesale collection soon followed and became available to brides across Canada. As the collection has evolved, the original vision remains: to create pieces with a modern classic aesthetic beautifully finished, worthy of becoming treasured heirlooms.

All of her pieces  are designed and hand-finished in her Toronto studio, using on the finest Swarovski crystals, freshwater pearls, semi-precious stones, luxe European laces & veiling and silk ribbons. Hand crafted by artisans from a variety of disciplines, the collection incorporates techniques from millinery, jewelry making, needle arts and couture sewing, to name a few!

Specializing in luxury wedding hair accessories from sophisticated bridal veils & chic headbands to whimsical designs for informal brides, the collection includes gorgeous statement wedding jewelry designs, bridal sashes & belts, capelets, and social occasion  accessories.

A French net "Bird Cage" style Veil paired with the perfect Wedding Earring and Bracelet

  Dubbed one of the industry’s most innovative wedding accessory designers  by The  Knot Weddings Magazine  Laura Jayne designs are frequently featured in top bridal media including Martha Stewart Weddings, Style Me Pretty, Weddingbells, and The Knot; as well as in film and television. She also collaborates with leading wedding gown designers on private label projects.

Make your wedding style a statement; punctuate it with wedding accessories that are uniquely you!

Love these Wedding Accessories?  Please call 773-929-7422 for more info or email us at:
Bonjour@LeftBankBridal.com

A wedding hairpiece along with a bridal veil is a beautiful way to show some sparkle

Sara Gabriel "Hazel" Ensemble

Most wedding stylists don't go for the "matchy-matchy" look, but if it works, don't fight it!
The Sara Gabriel Hazel earring, bracelet, hair band and wedding sash ensemble are just too perfect together.  You can also wear the sash as a head bandeau.  Our New Jersey bride, Patti is wearing the entire Sara Gabriel Hazel collection! Best of all, you can wear them after your wedding.  Find Sara Gabriel wedding accessories at www.LeftBankBridal.com where you'll find "Everything But The Dress" for your wedding day!

Sara Gabriel Hazel Hair Bandeau $257

Sara Gabriel Hazel Earring $157

Sara Gabriel Hazel Bracelet $197

Sara Gabriel Hazel Sash $257

Our New Jersey Bride, Patti wear the Sara Gabriel Hazel Earrring

The Sara Gabriel Hazel Bracelet, just lovely!

The Sara Gabriel Hazel Sash is perfect over a lace wedding gown

Complete Look: Oscar de la Renta

Everyone knows that Oscar de la Renta creates some of the most beautiful gowns.  We have chosen some of our most unique wedding accessories to compliment with this breathtaking dress.  We have styled this bride with an Emily Blusher veil, vintage inspired Scroll Drop Earrings, and one of our best selling and most comfortable wedding shoe, the Angela Nuran Astoria shoe.

*All wedding accessories and Angela Nuran wedding shoes available at www.LeftBankBridal.com

The Complete Look: Vera Wang Lindsey Gown

We adore Vera Wang wedding gowns and love styling them with beautiful wedding accessories.  We paired the ethereal Vera Wang Lindsey Gown with the Wendy Veil from Sara Gabriel, Francaise Earring from Regina B. Designs and the Ambrosia Bracelet from our exclusive La Reine Du Jour designs.

*All wedding accessories available at www.LeftBankBridal.com

Complete Look: Tara Keely gown

We love giving great wedding styling advice to our brides here at The Left Bank Jewelry and Bridal Finery and this is what we would love to see with this beautiful Tara Keely gown! Paired with this gown are wedding accessory designer, Meg Lammers hand creations; the Penny Earrings  along with this stunning earring is the matching Penny Wedding Cuff

*All wedding accessories available at www.LeftBankJewelry.com

  

The Left Bank Jewelry & Bridal Finery

It's always fun to see photos of our brides dressed in their gowns and wedding accessories with jewelry and headpieces from our Chicago wedding boutique. We created our own wedding day with a gorgeous model and make-up and beauty services, as well as photography services from our friend, Sonia Roselli. The day was beautiful, the accessories were glamorous... here are a few sneak peek images:

How Fabulous is this Stunning Wedding Cuff?

Our Amazing Wedding Jewelry Photoshoot!

We had a lovely photo shoot for our gems, jewels and headpieces last month with the fabulous Sonia Roselli. Here are a few of the great photos that were taken of our sparkling beauties from The Left Bank Jewelry and Bridal Finery.

You can find many of these wedding day jewelry pieces and hair accessories in our online shop or in our Chicago boutique. Yet some of these pieces are one-of-a-kind and are not listed on our site yet!  Merci beaucoup! If you see a piece here photographed that you do not see on our website, please email: Bonjour@LeftBankBridal.com

Princess Grace of Monaco - April 19th

April 19, 1956 - The wedding of Princess Grace and Prince Ranier of Monaco was dubbed "The Wedding Of the Century".

On April 18, 1956 in the throne room of the palace of Monaco, Grace went through the first part of her marriage, the civil ceremony, which was required by Monegasque law as the same is required in France.

 On April 19, 1956 the wedding took place in the St. Nicholas Church. As an agreement with MGM, Grace and Rainier's wedding was to be filmed and then released as a movie back in America. The agreement was made because Grace had to break her 7 year contract with MGM. To say the least the wedding was beautiful, despite the cameras and high powered lights. Although it's said that Grace herself hated the intrusion of the camera's at her wedding, but she still looked stunning!

Princess Grace's wedding gown was designed by Helen Rose, the head designer at MGM. The studio gave her the gown as a gift. After the wedding there was a garden party in the grounds of the palace attended by 600 guests including Hollywood stars such as Gloria Swanson, Ava Gardner, Cary Grant and David Niven. Then at 5 'o clock that evening Prince Rainier's yacht "Deo Juvante" (the same that came to pick Grace up when she first arrived) set sailed for their honeymoon around the Mediteranean. Grace Kelly was now officially Her Serene Highness Princess Grace of Monaco!

For her wedding jewelry, Prince Rainier commissioned Van Cleef and Arpels to create a suite of wedding jewelry for her; a pair of post earrings surrounded by marquis diamonds, a double strand pearl and diamond bracelet and a matching necklace.

Here's a wonderful version of Princess Grace's wedding earrings, the "Grace" 

Chevron Styles for Wedding

Ladies, meet your new favorite travel buddy... introducing our personalized Chevron Spa Bags! Fashioned in a contemporary chevron print of vibrant colors and crisp whites, these microfiber cosmetic bags are as easy to clean as they are easy to love. With their modernly designed, universal print, the fashion forward totes are perfectly accessorized by your name - in a trendy lowercase font - or a highly stylized block monogram at no extra cost!

And with their custom cuteness and altogether attractiveness, it's no wonder why these accessories are a preferred gift for friends and family alike! Available in Aqua, Black, Bright Pink, Kiwi, Lavender, Navy and Red.

We are loving chevron patterns for weddings and adore these bridesmaids gifts that are not only stylish, but perfectly practical! Choose from seven different colors of chevron and monogram each in a vibrant thread color with your bridesmaids names or with a classic monogram. Whether you choose, a Chevron spa bag, makeup brush holder (brushes included too!) or a hanging cosmetic bag, the modern, fresh take on the Chevron pattern will make each and every bridesmaid a happy one! Shop online at www.LeftBankBridal.com

Chevron Spa Bag, $24

Chevron Make-up Brush Roll, $24

Chevron spa Bag & Make-up Brush Roll Set, $38

Chevron Hanging Cosmetic Bag & Grooming Set

Chevron Hanging Cosmetic Bag & Grooming Set

Chevron Spa Bag & Makeup Roll Brush Set

Chevron Hanging Cosmetic Bag (including grooming set), $34