Bride Of The Week: Christina
Written By Kaileah Christine
January 13, 2020
In the middle of stunning Tuscan vineyards, Christina and her fiancé Max held their romantic nuptials at the picturesque Monaciano Estate. In the following interview, Christina shares with us her favorite wedding moments and how she found the dream dress she has always envisioned. As told by Christina:
"Finding the perfect dress was quite a journey for me."
How did you meet your husband? Tell us a little bit about your relationship.
Max and I met when we started our undergraduate studies in Switzerland. We quickly discovered that we have a lot in common, such as our love for travel, winter sports and spending as much time as possible with our friends. Love sparked in a rather unromantic setting – when we were assigned to a project team as part of a course on Corporate Restructuring and got to spend a lot of time together on Excel models and PowerPoint presentations. Since then, we have lived quite a global life where our studies and work brought us from Switzerland to the US, Canada, Singapore, France, and Germany, with a total of 2.5 years in a long-distance relationship across continents. We took these opportunities to travel and further explore the world and now live in beautiful Switzerland, close to the beautiful Lake Zurich and the Alps and could not be happier.
How did you find your perfect dress?
Finding the perfect dress was quite a journey for me. Together with my husband, I went to multiple stores in Barcelona in order to better understand the particular style that we both liked. Once we agreed on long lace sleeves and a low-cut back, I visited stores in Milan, Madrid, Paris, and Munich in an attempt to find “the one”. The first time I came across Galia Lahav dresses was in Hong Kong, where I fell in love with the delicate lace and beading. By the time I visited a trunk show at home in Zurich, I had a vision of my dream dress in my mind, which the lovely and talented team at Zoro Zurich helped me to put into reality.
"I had a vision of my dream dress in my mind..."
How was your experience with the Galia Lahav brand?
It was almost as magical as the wedding itself! Having a vision in my mind, I feared it might be difficult to alter an existing design to be almost completely unrecognizable, but everybody was very accommodating of my ideas and needs. We added hand-stitched sleeves to a formerly sleeveless dress, created a low-cut back where there was none before, but left the almost translucent silk skirt untouched for a very light finish. The 4.5-meter long veil was truly the tip of the iceberg, as it was surprisingly easy to wear during the wedding and had quite a jaw-dropping effect.
What moment from your wedding will you never forget?
There are so many to choose from! Aside from the traditional big moments – walking down the aisle, sharing the first kiss, listening to my husband’s loving speech – I loved the unexpected moments that we shared with our guests. My favorite one is probably when we jumped into the pool at 5:30 in the morning after the wedding party with a group of our best friends and watched the sunrise together in the vineyards afterward. This memory will truly last forever!
"The first time I came across Galia Lahav dresses was in Hong Kong, where I fell in love with the delicate lace and beading."
