From the Editor

On Issue 24, 2014

Sail Away, Fly Away...and get married away

Flipping through the album reveals extremely feminine designs in fine fabrics; light tulle, soft chiffons, Chantilly and rebrode lace. It’s the Pronovias La Sposa collection, selling at the famous Kache by Angie. Being a bride’s favorite made-to-measure collection, you can rest assured that your only flight will be on your way to wed away…the dream dress is now next door!    
One of the local TV Shows once made a parody of the a girl who had been waiting for the boyfriend to propose for six months; well, most of us have been caught in the debate of how long a lady should wait for the man to pop the promising question…our waity-Katy as the tale tells, heard of a ghost clause about six months of live-in relationship automatically transforming into marriage, the unfortunate or let’s say the not so groomed groom wakes up to unanticipated trumpets of triumph and clinking of champagne glasses on the morning of their six month live in arrangement -“oh baby, it’s happening, finally, we are married!
Well, if the street talk is anything to go by, she is just a number in a growing statistic. So, pray, what does the law state on this and the sensitive matter of polygamy? We have a learned friend demystifying and decoding the legalese on our relationship page.
There’s also the little issue of keeping your guests’ heels up and hair down after you get him to slip the wedding ring on the finger; to entertain or to be entertained, sweat it up to a DJs pre-sampled playlist or waltz down to a carefully chosen band? We have all the top leading celebrity wedding entertainers and their contacts listed on our Reception Ideas.
In our main feature, we take an in-depth look at destination weddings; from why you should be bold enough to pass the venue where three of your best friends wed and live your dream. Marion Obura, an expert planner will direct you on the hows, wheres, whens, the whats and the what if’s in planning a destination wedding.
As usual, we have lined up real weddings from star-studded three-day Refigah’s party, Former TPF’s Steve Nyabwa’s fantastic all white wedding. Weddings by the shore-line and weddings on the mountains, you will be spoilt for choice!
Sarah Kabu dishes insightful advice on how to drift and scheme through your destination budget from the Herculean figure to a more manageable expenditure in our budget column while relationship expert Chris Hart offers million-dollar worth secrets on how to keep the sex flame burning past honeymoon.
From a bride looking to dress her dear flower girls to the bridesmaid looking for an up-town hair do or a groom looking to stun his bride on the material day, there’s something for everyone! Just let us know your thoughts on our Face book page SamanthasBridal or our twitter handle @SBridal_Kenya. Get all your bridal updates via our blog Samanthasbridal.co.ke/blog and keep up with the emerging trends on our website www.samanthasbridal.co.ke
Catherine Masitsa Rozsa, Editor