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Los Angeles Alvina Valenta Trunk Show
The JLM Boutique will be hosting its final Alvina Valenta Spring 2013 trunk show tomorrow (TGIF), March 22- Sunday, March 24th. If you are loving the looks from this collcetion (see it all here), than be sure to make your appointment!
One Shoulder Wedding Dresses
We love a good one shoulder wedding dress here at JLM Couture. These dress styles are especially great for brides who don’t want to worry too much about accessories. Here are some of our recent favorites:
Alvina Valenta style 9316
Jim Hjelm style 8317
Tara Keely style 2250
JLM Flagship Salon Sample Sale
Hello Lovely Ladies of Los Angeles!
With our Sample Sale well underway, we wanted to remind of a few quick things:
1. Merchandise is “as is” and all sales are final.
2. We know you love the men in your life, but please- …leave them at home! (This is due to privacy issue’s with our other brides)
3. No alterations are provided.
4. We are working on a first come, first served basis.
We are so excited to see you all and look forward to having you!
JLM Couture Love Story #4
How we met:
“Brandon and I met at a wedding….. yes, how cliche does that sound! He was living in Tampa, Florida at the time and flew up to Minnesota to stand up as a groomsmen in his cousin’s wedding. I am from Minnesota and my high school girlfriend had asked me to be one of her personal attendants. Yes these are the same weddings! The night of the rehearsal dinner, I commented to my fellow personal attendant and best friend, “who is the hot, tan groomsmen in the purple shirt?!” We looked in the program, established it was the grooms cousin “Brandon”, and I thought nothing else of it – he was way out of my league… :)
The wedding day came and the night was winding down – it was busy and fun and I didn’t really have time to think about that cute guy I
spotted the night before. I was doing my personal attendant duties! At the very end of the reception the entire wedding party (including myself) was waiting outside the venue for the coach bus to pick us all up, and bring us back to the hotel. I must’ve have been cold (well, I was – I’m always cold!) and I must have looked like it. Before I even knew it, someone was putting their jacket on me….. I turn around… IT WAS THE HOT GROOMSMEN! He said “Hi, I’m Brandon.” When the bus arrived, he asked if he could sit by me – and we started to talk. The next morning as most of the wedding party was eating breakfast in the hotel, he asked for my number before heading back to the airport for his flight back to Florida. I gave it to him of course, but thought “he will never call me!”… That afternoon my phone rang and it said “Brandon” on the screen….
After 1 year of long distance from Tampa, FL to Minneapolis, MN – many flights down, many flights up, endless phone calls, millions of texts… Brandon took the biggest leap of faith and left his management role in distribution for a major corporation and moved to Minneapolis, MN to give our love is fair shot”.
Our engagement:
”6 months after he moved to Minnesota (so about a year a half after we met) we were taking our first “vacation” TOGETHER. We had been on airplanes to visit each other, but never together! We were headed down to St. Petersburg, Florida where a now mutual friend was getting arried. We made a long weekend out of it and stayed at a nice little resort right on the beach. The second day we were there, Brandon had suggested we make the drive to Siesta Key Beach – one of the prettiest beaches in the area! White sand, great restaurants, cute shops, and amazing daiquiri’s. He had taken me there once before – on my 2nd trip down to Florida about a year ago- when we just started “dating.” It was very romantic and I was excited to go back with him! We spent the day doing the things we did on that original date – got daiquiri’s at the same place, walked along the beach, soaked up the sun, looked for shells, and then ended with amazingly fresh seafood at the same restaurant we had previously discovered. After dinner – instead of going home like we planned, he suggested we go watch the sunset back on the beach. I was all for it! Once we got to a good quiet spot, he told me to get my camera ready for pictures. It got a little chilly being later in the evening and by the ocean, and e put his fleece jacket on me and gave me a wonderful hug, standing behind e. As he started to tell me all of hese amazing and wonderful things about us, our relationship, our love, and our journey – he reached in his pocket, came around/in front of me, and got down on one knee asking me to marry him and placing a diamond ring on my finger!!!!!
It was the most perfect proposal I could have ever imagined….”
Jodi will be wearing an Alvina Valenta gown purchased from Che Bella in St. Paul Minnesota!
JLM Couture Love Story #5
“Jill and I met on Match in September of 2010. We grew up one town away from one another and both graduated from Villanova University so we were amazed that we met on Match.com! She claims she found my profile and emailed me first, but I maintain I emailed her first! After several emails back and forth we discovered how much we had in common, and during a particularly hectic workday she logged onto her profile for a quick break, saw my latest email, and said, “Shoot me a text, because you make me smile!”
The rest as they say is history! We went on our first date several days later at a local sushi restaurant. Two days later we were texting one another non-stop and we decided to watch the Eagles game together. On our 4th date we spent the entire day together! We went hiking in the morning, she met my parents in the afternoon, and we went to a romantic BYOB together that night. That was the night I KNEW she was the one!
Our love continued to blossom over the next few months as we learned more about one another and shared so many amazing adventures together!
Ten months from the time we met on Match I proposed to Jill in a beautiful and intimate proposal that swept her off her feet! She showed up to run an errand for her father (that I coordinated with him to set-up) and arrived only to find that I had transformed a local art gallery into a room filled with flowers, candles, and a violinist playing our favorite songs! I had set up tables with pictures and love letters documenting our Beginning on Match.com, our Adventures, our Sweet Love, and our Future…. When she arrived at the last table I came into the room and asked her to marry me. Her answer… “Obviously!”
Real Bride Jillian is wearing Alvina Valenta style 9102 which she purchased from La Bella Moda in Conshohocken, PA!
Jill and I are so in love with one another and our love just keeps growing every day! I finally met my Match! She feels the exact same way. We have so much in common and we have so many mutual connections, but it wasn’t until we met on Match that we found one another! We have both waited our entire lives to find one another and we are so grateful that Match.com brought us together.
Jill was my first date on Match.com and since I teach Yoga part-time I told her I put the intention into the Universe to find her right away! She is even better than I hoped for! Of course Jill went on a bunch of dates, some good, some bad, before she found me.
We just set our wedding date for September 29th, 2012 at Jill’s childhood church and we are having our reception at the Union League of Philadelphia!
We are both very grateful that we found one another on Match.com and we cannot wait to spend the rest of our lives together! Our journey and adventures together just keep getting better and better! We love sharing our story about how we met on Match! Friends and family are constantly on the edge of their seat as we share our success story on Match!
We are so excited to share our lives together forever! Let the journey continue!
$100 February Love Story Contest!
Are you past (or current!) Lazaro, Hayley Paige, Jim Hjelm, Alvina Valenta, Blush or Tara Keely bride who has a to.die.for. love story to tell? If so, you should keep on reading…
Since February is the month of love, and us being a bridal company and all- we wanted to showcase all of our amazing couples and their love stories that will sweep just about anyone off their feet. If you have an incredible story behind how you and your loved one met, fell in love, or even how he proposed- we want to hear it!
We will be accepting stories (and photos, of course!) starting TODAY. Send all the love and romance you have to jlmweddings@jlmcinc.com along with which gown you wore (or designer you will wear!) and the store you purchased it from by February 8th. The top 5 stories (to be picked by us JLM staffers) will be showcased right here on the Aisle Style blog starting on Sunday, February 10th with the winner being put on display on Valentine’s Day! The extra special treat? That lucky Valentines Day couple will win a $100 American Express Gift Card!
JLM Couture Real Bride Amy in Lazaro!
JLM Couture NYC Sample Sale!
Yes, you read correctly! We are having a sample sale February 10th-12th and we can’t wait to see you!
Upcoming Trunk Shows!
There are few things that we here at JLM Couture love more than trunk shows, and making it easy for all our brides to find where they will be is a top priority to us!
For further information on the details below, please visit our trunk show listings.
Alvina Valenta
Alvina Valenta Maids will be at Bella Bridesmaids in Shrevport, LA!
http://www.bellabridesmaid.com/
Alvina Valenta Bridal Collection will be at Arena Bridal in Shelby Township, MI!
Alvina Valenta Maids will be at Imaginations Bridal in Brookhaven, MS!
http://www.imaginationsbridal.com/
Alvina Valenta Bridal Collection will be at The Costal Knot in Shallotte, NC!
(910) 754-9300
The Alvina Valenta Collection will be at Riziks in Washington, DC!
202-223-4050
The Alvina Valenta Collection will be at Unbridaled in Austin, TX!
The Alvina Valenta Collection will be at Ellynne Bridal in Lincoln, NE!
Alvina Valenta Maids will be at Bella Bridesmaids in Scottsdale, AZ!
http://www.bellabridesmaid.com/#mi=2&pt=1&pi=10000&s=0&p=0&a=36&at=0
Jim Hjelm
January 25th-27th
Jim Hjelm Bridal will be at Mon Amie Bridal Salon in Costa Mesa, CA!
January 25th-27th
Jim Hjelm Bridal will be at Ania Bridal Collection in Portland, OR!
503-796-9170
January 25th-27th
Jim Hjelm Bridal will be at Hayden Olivia in Charolette, NC!
Lazaro
January 24th-27th
The Lazaro Bridal Collection will be at The Wedding Salon of Manhasset in Manhasset, NY!
516-869-8455
January 24th-27th
The Noir by Lazaro Collection will be at La Belle Boutique in Jersey City, NJ!
http://www.labelleboutique.com/
January 25th-27th
The Lazaro Bridal Collection will be at Bridal Galleria in San Francisco, CA!
http://www.bridalgalleria.com/
January 25th-27th
The Noir by Lazaro Collection will be at L’elite in Boston, MA!
617-424-1010
Jim Hjelm Occasions
January 25th-27th
Jim Hjelm Occasions will be at The Wedding Salon of Manhasset in Manhasset, NY!
516-869-8455
Tara Keely
January 25th-27th
The Tara Keely Collection will be at Finery Boutique in Huntsville, AL!
http://www.fineryboutique.com/
January 25th-27th
The Tara Keely Collection will be at Pure English Couture in Virginia Beach, VA!
757-631-9810
January 25th-27th
The Tara Keely Collection will be at Victorian Rose in Raleigh, NC!
http://www.victorianrosebridals.com/
Hayley Paige and Jim Hjelm Blush
January 25th-27th
The Hayley Paige and Jim Hjelm Blush Collections will be at Now and Forever Bridal Boutique in Houston, TX!
http://www.nowandforeverbridalbtq.com/
Golden Globe Wedding Gowns!
We know by looking at today’s social media posts that weddings were on the brain with all the amazing ladies in white (and blush tones!) last night at the Golden Globes. There wasn’t a single look we didn’t love, but there were a select few that we couldn’t help but have a soft spot for!
Clint Eastwood’s daughter Francesca looked amazing in vintage Armani. She is paired here with our own Francesca’s bridal style- Jim Hjelm 8254
Haydan Panettiere looks incredible in this soft pink Roberto Cavalli gown, but we couldn’t help but think she would look just as gorgeous in this favorited Alvina Valenta style!
Lea Michele looked sensational in this white Elie Saab gown. If she was looking to walk down the aisle in something similiar, Alvina Valenta style 9302 is perfection!
2013 JLM Couture Trunk Shows
It’s our first official post in the New Year! 2013 is going to be incredibly promising. We have amazing projects in the works in which we are so excited to share with you. But first, here are some things we have coming up at the JLM Boutique!
Alvina Valenta Trunk Show
January 11-13
Lazaro Trunk Show
January 18-20
You can make your appointments here!
352 North Robertson Blvd • West Hollywood, California • 90048
424.249.3909
