Monday, October 26, 2015

Celebrity Wedding: Angelababy and Huang Xiaoming

Chinese actress, singer, and model Angelababy, 26, wed actor Huang Xiaoming, 37, on October 8, 2015 after 6 years of courtship at the Shanghai Exhibition Center. The extravagant wedding cost a staggering $31 million! Just under Kate and William’s $34 million royal nuptials.

The bride, who was born Yeung Wing and got her unique name by combining her chosen English name, Angela, with her nickname, baby. She is dubbed China’s Kim Kardashian equivalent and has one of the most followed Weibo accounts in the world. (Weibo is equivalent to Facebook.)

The couple flew to Paris before the wedding for their official photos. The lovebirds posed against the backdrop of the Eiffel Tower, with the bride modelling a series of Elie Saab couture gowns.

Angelababy Elie Saab Photo Shoot Paris Forbes
Elie Saab via Instagram

The Engagement Ring
Valued at over $1.5 million, Angelababy's wedding band —the Joséphine Aigrette Impériale ring, designed by Parisian jeweler Chaumet—showcases a five-carat pear-shaped diamond surrounded by half a carat of brilliant-cut diamonds.
Sparkling: Angelababy's wedding ring, an enormous six-carat diamond from Chaumet, is said to have cost a whopping £1million 
Chaumet
 
The Wedding Attire
The bride wore a custom Dior gown that took five months and two fittings to create, from Angelababy’s conception translated onto paper by a pattern maker to the finishing touches. The dress required nearly 115 feet of satin organza, 170 feet of tulle crafted into seven skirt layers, and a 10-foot-long train. Nearly a hundred flower bouquets of Chantilly lace were cut and stitched by hand on the fabric. Each rose is composed of seven layers of muslin, colored pink using an airbrush.

Xiaoming wore a made-to-measure Tom Ford tuxedo. 

Angelababy's Dior Wedding Dress

Angelababy's Dior Wedding Dress
 
Angelababy's Dior Wedding Dress
 
The Wedding Party
The wedding’s groomsmen included actors Tong Dawei, Huang Bo, and Wu Jing. The five bridesmaids wore lilac dresses in varying silhouettes.  
 
Angelababy and her actor husband Huang Xiaoming pictured with their bridesmaids and groomsmen at their wedding in Shanghai
 
Big names: Chinese actors Tong Dawei (right) Huang Bo (second from right) and Wu Jing (third from right) pose for a photo at the wedding
 

The Venue
The over-the-top affair took place at the Shanghai Exhibition Center, a 200,000 square foot space, with 2,000 of the couple’s closest friends in attendance. The venue was decorated in pinks and purples, with the hall transformed into a romantic fairytale set straight out of a movie. Some of those theatrics included a castle projected via hologram and lights displayed in the shapes of stain-glass windows.
Venue: The wedding was complete with a ten-foot tall wedding cake, a holographic castle, a custom Dior gown and 2,000 guests
 
Angelababy pictured with her husband Huang Xiaoming
 
Big day: Shanghai Exhibition Center was filled with thousands of roses and images of the couple were beamed around their venue
 
Celebrity: Yang, known as Angelababy, started modelling at 14 and is now, at the age of 26, considered one of Asia's leading stars
 
A big  screen shows couple during their  wedding ceremony at the Shanghai Exhibition Center in Shanghai earlier this month
 
A traditional ceremony also took place, with Angelababy wearing a gold dress with a high neck and thigh-high slit, while Xiaoming opted for a traditional black silk Changsam. She also changed for the party, wearing a red (the color is symbolic for love and prosperity) and white mini dress.  
 
 
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The Cake
Shaped like a carousel, the ten-foot-tall cake reportedly took a month to assemble.
 Lavish: Actress, singer and model, Angelababy, married leading actor Huang Xiaoming, in an elaborate wedding in Shanghai last week
Xinhua Press
 
All of the wedding guests left with goody bags that included a Meitu phone, a company Angelababy represents. It is believed that parts of the wedding were sponsored by brands, who received exposure in return. Talk about getting a really nice wedding favor!

~Monica Hui
Owner, Lead Planner and Designer
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