Soolip Wedding 2005 was a unique bridal experience for the upscale, modern bride. Soolip Wedding 2005 presented Los Angeles' most distinctive bridal resources and featured a Monique Lhuillier and Harry Winston Fashion Show.

A Class in the Art of Beautiful Gift Wrapping

Soolip, L.A.'s premier paperie and press, presented the 6th annual A Soolip Wedding at the Hotel Figueroa in downtown Los Angeles. A modern bridal event, presenting a well-edited collection of L.A.'s unique and most distinctive bridal resources. From the highly recognizable to secret gems - all enabling the bride to create her most stylish yet personal wedding.

Outdoor Wedding Ideas

Not your average wedding show. A Soolip Wedding was a truly sense-ual experience. Elegant, stylish, and breathtakingly beautiful. A blissful treat for all your senses. No matter where you looked you could see some of the best wedding offerings Los Angeles has to offer. The founders of Soolip state that they wanted to create and welcome you to a world where beauty and inspiration are a part of everyday life.

Tic Tock Couture Floral Creations...Flowers for the Stars

"A Soolip Wedding was conceived as a celebration of inspiration and discovery of amazing style," said Wanda Wen, co-founder of Soolip and creator of A Soolip Wedding.  "This year's event, held in a hip, exotic, historic hotel, will overwhelm the senses and sparkle our guests' imagination with rich Moroccan decor and colorful Indian tents," adds Wen.

Jewelry Fashions

This intent they accomplished perfectly. First off they had an amazing venue location, the beautiful and not well enough known Hotel Figueroa in downtown L.A. (an amazing piece of Los Angeles' architecture). Then they filled it with hand-selected designers, artisans, entertainers and producers who all endeavored to bring to the bride her vision of a perfect wedding. This is an event which makes the process of planning a wedding as fun as the wedding day itself.

Guests were introduced to a collection of more than 40 invited exhibitors, including wedding coordinators, florists, spas, photographers, decor, music and entertainment, caterers, invitations, bridal registries, cakes and wedding venues.

Gorgeous Wedding Cakes

Exhibitors included Abbey Event Services, Anahata and the Urban Gypsy Dancers, Bacara Resort & Spa, Bob Gail Special Events, Bridal Sweets, Caravents, Champagne Ellner, Curve, Cakes for the Peculiar, Docuvitae, Fifty Foot Films, Floracopia at Soolip, GP Events, Harry Winston, Hotel Figueroa, Isabel Lawrence Photographers, Jackson's Somerset Catering, Joann Smyth, Joanne Arnett Photography, jules bianchi photography, Kara Spa at Park Hyatt Los Angeles, Kavan Photographic Art, Kaya Children's Couture, L.A. Premier Florists, Land Rover, Laser Solutions Skincare, Los Angeles Magazine Premier Publications, Lush Cocktail Design, Monique Lhuillier, New York Food Company, Oh, How Charming!, One&Only Palmilla, Paper Deco, Pavilion Cristofle Beverly Hills, Pen and Paper, Platine Cookies, R Jack Balthazar, Raj Tents, Room with a View, Sage, Samuelsons Pearls, Savoir Flair Weddings and Events, Smashbox Cosmetics, Soolip Paperie & Press, Soolip Custom, Soolip Bungalow, Splendora, Suzanne Felsen Jewelry, The Bridal Bar, The Sports Club/LA, Thread, Tic-Tock Couture Florals, Tiger and Jones, Top Button, Travel Store Platinum, Valerie Confections, Video Artistry Productions, Wayne Foster Music & Entertainment, X'OTIK kitchen, and Yuki Sharoni Beauty & Lifestyle.

Smashbox Cosmetics

A Soolip Wedding also featured a fashion show presenting gowns by leading designer Monique Lhuillier, extraordinary jewels by Harry Winston, makeup by trendsetter Smashbox Cosmetics, hair by Yuki Sharoni Beauty & Lifestyle, and Floracopia at Soolip, adding stylish floral ambiante.  Fanciful eats were provided by hip newcomer X'OTIK Kitchen with cool music aficionado Jason Bentley of KCRW providing sound.

Event sponsors include Land Rover, Raj Tents, Bacara Resort and Spa, Fifty Foot Films, Kara Spa at Park Hyatt Los Angeles, Laser Solutions Skincare, Splendora.com and Pavillon Christofle, Beverly Hills.  Los Angeles Media Publication Group: Los Angeles magazine, and the newly launched Los Angeles Weddings was the event's media sponsor. 

Fortune Teller

"Los Angeles Weddings and A Soolip Wedding form a perfect union as they both offer the contemporary, sophisticated bride inspiration to create a wedding which is tasteful, chic and highly personalized," says Alan Klein, publisher of Los Angeles magazine and Los Angeles Weddings.

Monique Lhuillier Wedding Gowns

About Soolip

Wanda Wen, Soolip's founder and creative director, together with partner Grant Forsberg, opened Soolip in 1995, out of a life-long passion for letter writing and the paper arts.  What initially started as a closet-full of papers and odd little treasures is now a collection of three charming boutiques along Melrose Avenue in the heart of Los Angeles' Design District, celebrating beauty and inspired design in paper and home.

Bridesmaids Fashions

Whether you were a bride, a member of the wedding party or a hopeful onlooker. A Soolip Wedding presented a marriage of inspiration, beauty and elegant offerings for all.

For more information go to: www.asoolipwedding.com

Photos by Lawrence Davis and Kavan Lee