Angela and D’Arcy have been traveling to Hawaii every year since they first met. In fact, Angela loves Hawaiian culture so much, she started the first Hawaiian poke restaurant group back home in Edmonton. Following their engagement in Santa Margherita in Italy, they knew they wanted to find a secret garden location that reminded them of Italy, yet infused the lush tropical feel of Hawaii. They found just that at HAIKU MILL. Their design details were classic and timeless and everything was exquisitely captured by JENNY JEAN PHOTOGRAPHY.
Angela and D'Arcy went to Italy on their fifth anniversary where he surprised Angela with a proposal in the gardens of the Imperiale Palace Hotel in Santa Margherita. It was then that they both knew they wanted a magical secret garden themed wedding that reminded them of their proposal location.
The ‘Angela’ dress, is an exquisite custom creation that both incorporated Angela’s love of Italian craftsmanship and infusing sentiment to her wedding. Her close family friend, Angela Valle, an Italian trained dressmaker, custom designed and hand sewed every detail of her dress. Using lace flown in from Italy, the dress took several meetings and fittings over a year to complete. The beading is intricately done by hand, with every decision jointly made by Angela and her dressmaker. The journey to 'Angela' was just as important as the final piece.
As a way to honour her heritage, the bride surprised guests with a dress change before dinner. She wowed everyone with her traditional Chinese Cheongsam with traditional gold bangles gifted to her from her mother. Her traditional Chinese dress was custom made in China during a trip with D'Arcy. Angela was touring D'Arcy around China and showing him the country where her family is from. D'Arcy actually bought this dress for Angela before they were even engaged. He always said, "this is for when we get married!"
