What Goes Behind The Scenes – Top Celebrity Weddings

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Celebrity Weddings! Don’t you just love them? No matter how big or small they are, no matter how secretive or grand they are, when a celebrity gets married, the excitement levels are so high it often feels that we too are invited to the celebrations. The stunning wedding dresses, the destinations, the star-studded guest list, media-madness are a huge inspiration. When Indian skipper Virat Kohli and Bollywood diva Anushka tied a knot last year, it seemed more of a family affair that everyone was talking about. The wedding was most of a hush-hush affair, but when the couple announced the news on social media, the fans went into the complete frenzy. The beautiful Destination Wedding that took place in Tuscany, Italy will remain one of the best and memorable events. Then came the biggest celebrity wedding of 2018! Fashionista Sonam Kapoor tied a knot with Fashion entrepreneur Anand Ahuja on May 8, in Mumbai. The Kapoor household were all geared up for the huge-fat-Punjabi wedding that went on for days together.          

What is so special about these weddings that makes them so spectacular?

The most important aspect is to do things, right from sending invites to the plush affairs of the event, everything needs to be near perfect to make sure that the things are fresh and creative. Yes, with changing times, the way things were done has undergone a drastic change. For instance, you might find an e-invites replacing traditional wedding cards as a new approach where it saves time and money. After all, you don’t get married every day, so the couples are gearing hard to make sure that the day becomes one of the memorable events for the life. You may not get this opportunity again, so let’s start the celebrations with a classical display! The recent trend to make sure that the invitation is accompanied with the plush gift reflects your concern for your guests. Hand embroidered covers, sweet boxes made of silk, sparkling feathers etc. has become the important element which is nothing less than the masterpiece of art. A Destination Wedding holds the power to make the dreams come true! Many people are opting for destinations like Goa, Jaipur, and Kerala as their marriage spots. An exotic location is a key to an amazing wedding! The importunacy of a dramatic decor never goes out of trend! Which has become the key highlight of all the wedding ceremonies? The setting needs to be proper right from staging, lighting, flowers, chairs, and tables, to the centerpieces and curtains. The details can get intricate, but the outcome is worth it. Many Bollywood celebrities hire wedding designers to give their venue a complete makeover that suits the swaggy weddings. Weddings are not only about the perfect locations. For the bride to be, there’s nothing more important than the wedding trousseau, which also includes the wedding dress. Picking one or at times more than one trousseau designer can make all the difference. For example, Sonam Kapoor Ahuja wore outfits from three designers in her wedding ceremonies – Abu Jani-Sandeep Khosla, Anuradha Vakil, and Anamika Khanna. Your jewelry should be unique and one of its kind. When it comes to jewelry what you wear is as important as how you wear it. Its the job of the jewelry designer to guide you to pick the best piece of jewelry that goes perfectly with an outfit. Depending on your style, your comfort level and of course your outfits, the designer can create heavy, light, indo-western, ethnic, contemporary jewelry items whatever suits your body type. Finding the right wedding planner is as important as finding the right partner as the weddings are getting way more creative and demanding. Food, as they say, is the way to the happy stomach is undoubted can never be avoided. There is no such thing as ‘ordinary’ at a Celebrity wedding. Even the most traditional food is supposed to make a style statement. The presentation of the food that is to be laid out is at times more important than the ingredients. The ‘menu’ is one of the most time and effort consuming aspect of a wedding. Though traditional dishes are a part of the cuisine, many couples believe in going ‘international’. Giving the “royal-touch” at a wedding is one of the most important aspects of a celebrity wedding. This is probably the most important way to make your wedding a memorable one, not just for yourself but for everyone who attends it. You need to keep it personal. From your guest list to the decor, from the menu to the venue, it should reflect your taste and style. There isn’t anything wrong if you are taking some ideas or in other words ‘inspiration’ from a celebrity wedding, but remember it is after all “Your Wedding”! So, go ahead, plan your wedding in the grandest way possible! Even if you are not a huge celebrity, your wedding will surely be the talk of the town, and you never know, you might become as famous as a celebrity!

The Rise of Big Fat Indian Weddings

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Indian Weddings have always been an amalgamation of tradition, rituals, ceremonies, celebration and of course a lot of planning. However, with changing times the definition of Indian weddings has slightly been altered. Though the essence is still very much intact but the simple and homely Indian weddings have transformed into humongous ‘Big Fat Indian Weddings. This transformation into the Big Fat Indian Wedding has brought about a major change. Weddings no longer remain a closely-knit home-affair. The role of uncles and cousins running wedding errands right from the regular tailor stitching of the wedding lehenga, the ‘mithai-wale’ making the sweets and the mums and aunts doing the makeup, just about everything has undergone a major change. The face of Indian weddings has undergone a drastic change where it has transformed into the mammoth business. Everything is now taken care by the Wedding Planners. There is the dedicated professional team to look into all the tiny to high fi affair right from dress designer to the decorator, the wedding photographer to the caterer, from the travel agent to the makeup artist, there are far too many small industries which contribute to the major part of the Wedding Industry! When we consider the common trends, it is estimated that by 2020, India will be the youngest country in terms of its youth population. By the end of the decade, the median age of an Indian would be 27-29 years. This age group also falls in the category of being the ‘right age’ for getting married. So, this demographic dividend brings a complete win-win situation for the booming Wedding industry. The band-Baja-baraat extravaganza is nothing short of a hub of good business opportunity for not just the Wedding Planners but various other businesses attached to the industry. With an estimate of about 50 billion dollars, the Indian wedding Industry is second next to the United States, that tops the list being worth 70 billion dollars. It has also been cited that the worth of the Indian market of weddings is around 15 billion dollars in the year 2015, and there are the whopping increases of 25-30%. With such large numbers on field and a promising business opportunity, it comes with no surprise that many foreign companies wish to invest in the Indian Wedding Industry too. The rising economic crunch comes as good news to the booming wedding planning industry, weddings has always been in the picture be it any circumstance prevailing in our nation. In India, about 10-12 million weddings take place every year. An average Indian spends almost one-fifth of his life’s savings on a wedding which is generally in the range of 5 lakhs to 5 crores. When that high number of moneys is employed, the fear of recession seems to be minimal. And with dynamic times, the seasonality attached to weddings is also coming down, as most young couples wish to get married when it suits them rather than when it suits the stars!                 Wedding business facilitates the smooth entry of startups. This recession-free aspect of the wedding industry has lured many start-ups to step up. Wedding industry have something for everyone. Just about anyone can start with anything in the wedding industry. From a makeup artist to a hair stylist, from a dress designer to a jewelry designer, from a caterer to a florist, there is always that “something” you can always contribute in one way or the other. Almost everyone wishes to have a remarkable wedding which is memorable and different in its own way, there is an increasing scope for creativity and newness in the flourishing wedding industry. Seeing the rising scope and the easy finance option. It has undoubtedly marking a passionate impression as the prospective options for many, as of now there aren’t many legal formalities that are required to be fulfilled by a wedding planner as the wedding industry is still on its initial stage. It is undoubtedly the well-paying job too, it depends on the wedding planner if he wishes to have a fixed fee or charges a commission on the basis of the budget of the wedding. Many event planners and managers are now focusing more attention on planning weddings only. Wedding are the memorable event and everyone thrives to make it a fun event for everyone There is in a demand of special and unique weddings. With almost every one striving to make the wedding like “never before “- kind of a wedding, the trend seems to be staying for every ling time. Weddings include lot of things right from Pre-wedding shoots, honeymoon destinations, bachelor trips, theme weddings which needs to be taken care off.  Wedding planners are constantly told to brainstorm to come up with something new and afresh every time. The flourishing trend of the “Destination Weddings” is making the business of wedding planning more interesting and flourishing thereby opening plethora of opportunities for people to step up and pursue it as career. The recent Virat Kohli- Anushka Sharma wedding was nothing less than the dream wedding by many young couples to be. Weddings are no longer a stressful event that a family has to organize, rather it is becoming more of a holiday not just for the soon-to-be-married couple, but the families and friends too. People choose the wedding dates on long weekends so that they all can get together and make it an opportunity for a family reunion. Depending on one’s budget the destination is chosen and all the ceremonies are planned there accordingly. Indian wedding looks the most colorful which become the attractive destination for foreigners wishing to have a desi touch in their weddings. Not only Indians are going to foreign countries for a destination wedding, but many foreigners are also choosing India to be their wedding destination. Goa with its beaches and Rajasthan for its royal palaces, are considered to be the best spots. Many wedding planners collaborate with five-star hotels and organize such weddings. The rituals and traditions practiced by the Indians are found to be very appealing to the foreigners who therefore plan to do the same. Indian Weddings are a resplendent affair. Be it a grand-destination wedding or a humble wedding organized in the Society Park, each wedding holds a special importance. The opulence and merriment attached to a wedding are spreading their wings wide and seem to be showering prosperity all around the Indian Wedding Industry.

Guide To Becoming A Successful Wedding Planner

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Marriages are made in heaven, but weddings are perfected by a Wedding Planner! India is well-known for its colourful and vibrant weddings. They are as beautiful as the diverse culture itself. Weddings are not just a celebration of love and the beginning of a new relationship, it is also a symbol of one’s style and class. In India, the expenditure on a wedding can vary from 5 lakhs to a whopping 5 crore (and even more!). The common demand for a grand wedding is on an exponential rise and so is the demand for a successful wedding planner. It is estimated that the wedding industry in India is currently worth a mammoth amount of 100 crores and that’s not it, the business is expanding rapidly, and it has shown a growth of 25-30% annually. With so much cash involved, more and more millennials are opting for wedding planning to be their dream vocation. Even the jack-of-all-trades, the “event managers” are trying to specialise in the “wedding planning” niche. With constant changes in this scenario, the wedding planning industry has become more competitive, but above all what is of utmost importance is to become a successful Wedding Planner. Being a Wedding Planner is both rewarding as well as stressful. After all, planning a wedding needs a lot of expertise. Though you do not require a degree to become a wedding planner, there is a rise in the number of institutions that offer Diploma Courses in Wedding Planning. Such courses and programmes surely help you in learning the basic skills and techniques to be a wedding planner, but it is the real experience that trains and prepares you to trod on the right path. Unless you start working in the field, you would never really be able to gauge the realities and opportunities in the wedding industry. To be a successful wedding planner as you gain experience, you also need to have composure during tense situations. If you have a “easy go “nature, a diehard love of parties and a calm personality, an exciting and lucrative career in wedding planning can be entirely yours. With the never-ending busy schedule of millennial couples, planning everything on their own can be cumbersome and can become a disaster when the expected help is not available from family members. To ensure the perfect wedding without fretting too much, more and more couples are opting for wedding planners as the perfect set of helping hands. The very first steps includes the necessary certification which will help you with the basic of planning wedding with perfection. Getting your certificate as a professional wedding planner will immediately boost your skills. The industry is flooded with various wedding planning courses, but one needs to weigh all aspects and decide the right institute.  Thus, it is very important to learn more about the wedding industry and sharpening your organizational skills. Once you have gained the required theoretical exposure, it’s time to jump into the practical world. Gaining first-hand experience as a wedding planner helps you to understand the ins and outs of the humongous wedding industry. Getting yourself an internship or volunteering will help you in your career to becoming a wedding planner, as this will give you the chance to network with other industry professionals. The benefits of internships are that you work with established planners – which paves your way to secure a full-time job with them! Marketing your services is very crucial if you want to excel in the industry of wedding planning, and is crucial to get your business off the ground. Word of mouth will help you to embark on this new career path quickly! Apart from that, social media can definitely be of huge help in reaching out to the possible clients. It’s advisable to not rush into with an overflowing wedding calendar! Take your own time to pace up. When you will start as a planner, you’ll still be a naïve student where all the experiences will be a helping teacher. Take projects one at a time but execute the same with utmost perfection. Being a wedding planner, you deliberately need to be able to cope up in stressful situations. If you’re able to handle the stress, part of the battle is already won. You will also need exceptional communication skills – both written and verbal – to be perfect on the job. You must be an “extroverted EXTROVERT” to become a successful wedding planner. You need to convey your ideas to complete strangers with utmost clarity. Every wedding is like another small show which needs perfect timing and management of every aspect right from budgets and vendors to contracts and subcontracts. Develop a penchant to think “outside the box”. Do things differently and stand out from the crowd if you want to be recognized as a great wedding planning professional! In the industry of wedding planning, experience is the golden key. Customer loyalty will go a major way in a business segment like wedding planning as thriving in this industry heavily depends on word-of-mouth. This will help you to earn excellent references. If you really wish to dive into the career of wedding planner, there are zillions of opportunities waiting for you. You need to be proactive in finding opportunities and take an initiative to go out and grab them. Last bit of advice Learn everything that you see around and especially from mistakes made by others, and then move on to learning something fresh with a new sense of commitment. Your BEST chance to break into the wedding planning arena is to completely “WOW” everyone at your first wedding with your skills.