Product Description

Weddings is the most anticipated wedding book of theyear, and for good reason: it's as gorgeous, filling, and sweet as adouble slice of wedding cake. As Colin Cowie explains in the book'sintroduction, he earned recognition as a wedding designer by payingattention to the personalities and desires of the bride and groom aswell as the smallest, most excruciating details. "Style shouldprevail," he says, explaining that style has nothing to do withthe design of the dress or the make of the limousine andeverything to do with confidence, consideration, andgraciousness toward others; it's a tone everyone can respect. Thetypical bride and groom may not be rich, famous, or personallyacquainted with famous musicians who beg to play at the reception, andthe example weddings pictured in the book are conspicuous-consumptiondaydreams for many. But everyone wants to plan their own perfectwedding, and Cowie is a genius at the fine embellishments that can makea modest wedding more memorable and easier on the pocketbook.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #227037 in Books
• Published on: 1998-02-02
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Hardcover
• 256 pages

Amazon.com
Weddings is the most anticipated wedding book of the year, and for good reason: it's as gorgeous, filling, and sweet as a double slice of wedding cake. As Colin Cowie explains in the book's introduction, he earned recognition as a wedding designer by paying attention to the personalities and desires of the bride and groom as well as the smallest, most excruciating details. "Style should prevail," he says, explaining that style has nothing to do with the design of the dress or the make of the limousine and everything to do with confidence, consideration, and graciousness toward others; it's a tone everyone can respect. The typical bride and groom may not be rich, famous, or personally acquainted with famous musicians who beg to play at the reception, and the example weddings pictured in the book are conspicuous-consumption daydreams for many. But everyone wants to plan their own perfect wedding, and Cowie is a genius at the fine embellishments that can make a modest wedding more memorable and easier on the pocketbook.

From Library Journal
"Really huge," insists the publicist of this guide from a man who has created weddings for celebrities like Paula Abdul and Sugar Ray Leonard.
Copyright 1997 Reed Business Information, Inc.

About the Author
Colin Cowie was born in Kitwe, Zambia, and educated in South Africa. After moving to California in 1985, Colin formed Colin Cowie Lifestyle, the premier event planning, catering, and design company, with offices in Los Angeles and New York. Since its inception, Colin has expanded his company to include everything associated with fine and gracious living, including the design of clothing, homes, furnishings, and even entire lifestyles. He is a contributing editor for InStyle, Eating Well, and Honeymoon magazines; is currently working on a groom's guide to weddings; and is designing a collection of fine china, crystal, and silverware for Lenox.

Customer Reviews

Bought it for ideas for my weeding
I bought this book so I can find ideas for my wedding flower decoration,
I thought I would find lots of pictures and get a lot of ideas. It didn't help me much. But still, is a good book for other information like planning, etiquette, etc.

Weddings Colin Cowie
Was a bit disappointed that it was just a collection of various weddings and their stories. Was looking for more practical hints.

Not a single thing I would do
Thank goodness I checked this book out from the library before buying it! I flipped through the whole 250-page book in literally 15 minutes. There is a ton of print in teeny tiny font. Personally, I don't care that much for what Colin Cowie has to say, I am more interested in the pictures that he gathers to give a visual image of a wedding. I didn't read any of it because it was so small and there seemed to be so much that I can only imagine how much useless filler was in there.

The pictures, what I actually care about, were of poor quality. The book was published in 1998 but many of the weddings screamed 1980s. The pictures were small, with poor lighting and lacked a glossy, professional finish.

I don't know if the point of the book was to show a ton of different wedding styles and to give everyone ideas no matter what your wedding will be - but that's not the point I got. The headings of the weddings were things like "Formal garden party", "Informal party under a tent", but they all looked exactly the same. The decorations, dresses and menus all seemd very old-fashioned with gilded angles, poofy sleeves and roses galore. There were more roses in this book than I think I have seen in my entire life. And for a girl whose wedding will have hydrangeas (which were shown once or twice as a filler with roses), it wasn't particularly helpful.

In a nutshell, I thought this was an uninspired book with poor quality pictures and too much verbiage. I didn't see a single thing that I even stopped to think, "Hm, would I want that in my wedding?", I just blew past everything because nothing was appealing.