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Wedding Wednesday
Laaj Studios: A Details-Obsessed Photographer
Who are you? Nausheen Khurram Laaj Studios 914-843-5375 What do you do? I am passionate about capturing the ‘moments’ and small details of a couple’s once-in-a-lifetime event. Where are you based? I’m based in New York but will travel anywhere my camera takes me. When and How did you get started in the South Asian [...]
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The Sari-Clad Bride team went to their first Dulhan Expo on Sunday, October 4th the Marriot in Melville, New York and was amazed by all the creative ideas they found and wonderful people they met! Dulhan Expo is the biggest South Asian bridal show on the east coast and is organized by Sumit and Shikha Arya. The Aryas been organized 29 successful events so far. This particular Expo had over 60+ vendor booths; photographers, makeup artists, decorators, wedding planners, caterers, banquet halls, entertainers, etc, making it a great resource for South Asian brides (apart from us, of course!). We spoke to a lot of these vendors and picked out our favorites. Stay tuned for vendor spotlights on some amazing companies and personalities. But, for now, here’s a quick look at the Expo.
Stylish Events (top) Tablescapes (bottom)
beautiful centerpieces on display by Stylish Events
stunning bouquets on display by Stylish events
Table player (top) DJ Magic Mike (bottom)
Italian-Indian fusion cuisine by Diya
House of Deepali (top) KS Event Planners (bottom)
Makeup by Ayesha Khan by Singhar by Ayesha
Partybooths.com
House of Talent studios
AA Films Studios (Top) BNB Photography (bottom)
exquisite belly dancing by Dance Soul Company
Bolly Arts entertainment (top and bottom)
The Sari-Clad team hard at work! Jennifer (top), Farah (bottom)
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Design
March 11, 2012
Hi Girls,
Great work but I do have a review of Stylish Events since I have used them for my own wedding.
COMPLETELY UNPROFESSIONAL AND DID NOT DELIVER WHAT WAS WRITTEN AND PROMISED!!
We had ordered our stage, aisle, and flowers from them. They made a lot of promises and did a less than satisfactory job in delivering it.
Problem 1:
We had ordered centerpieces with white roses and white calla lilies and we paid extra to get a rare red flower that would go inside the vase to accent the centerpiece.
We did not receive the red exotic flower, instead he put in a white orchid which is not anywhere close to what was in the contract.
Also, the centerpiece was not suppose to show any green, it was only suppose to be white flowers and gold painted fillers. There was green everywhere!
Problem2:
We had originally ordered a swing but on the wedding day as they prepared the stage we saw two chairs instead of a swing. We told Bharath (the owner) that’s unacceptable, he had an attitude and was very unprofessional saying we did not request it (we discussed our event and decorations with him only, no one else in his company), our photographer including our banquet manager knew what we were suppose to have and didn’t understand why it was different with stylish events. We planned our wedding down to every minute. We created program cards and detailed description of the event for all of our vendors, and they all received the same description in writing. At the end it was the Banquet Manager who forced him to get the swing to honor the contract. To make things worse, he got the swing, but he brought a swing straight from his display at his store that had paint chipped off and paper flowers attached to it!
Problem3:
We had ordered a cake from a vendor that sits at his store. She was an amazing person to work with, so we discussed the cake with her, came up with the cake we wanted and Bharath said he would provide the flowers to decorate the cake, the flowers he provided was less than appealing and also he tried to pass on the cost to the cake decorator, the flowers were wilted and in such bad conditions that she refused to put it on the cake and purchased flowers on her own. we got the complaint and thought it was very unprofessional of stylish events.
I would not recommend this vendor to anyone, he acts as if he cares and completely changes his attitude on the day. He knows there is very little you can do when the guests are suppose to arrive in a few hours and the wedding is getting ready to start. STAY AWAY, not recommended!
-Raisa
Hello from Russia!
Can I quote a post in your blog with the link to you?
Hello from NYC =)
Of course – you are more than welcome to!
Thank you and keep checking us out!
Happy posting!
nice article, thanks sharing!
Los Angeles Banquet Halls
Thank you soo much for pictures from the Shadi Expo in NY. I live in FL, and I haven’t been able to make it to one of the Dulhan Expos yet. Please post more pictures of future Expos in the NY area or even in FL! I enjoy your blog…please continue to bring us wonderful ideas and inspirations for our own weddings.
This is too funnny! I came across this review by accident. Read “Bharath” and then remembered Stylish Events, after which i am forced to leave a review.
Bharath came highly recommended by a friend. We used him for two events on Long Island for our wedding in Nov and Dec 2009. He is not dishonest, he is INCOMPETENT. Same story as above. He did not have enough bows and seat covers for our wedding. Yes, not enough. Why? That’s because he runs multiple weddings at the same time and the cheapo that he is, does not order enough. He managed to get some at the last min from the other wedding and he put the unlaundered covers on 45 min before guests began arriving. Same thing with stage. Did not have a carpet large enough to cover wooden stage (when he knew the size. We actually had to get bedsheets from a hotel and staple them to the stage. Not enough flowers that arrived too late. And then chairs that did not match the stage. And when we yelled at him, he got all pissy. He will show you beautiful photos, and write what you want in contract, but on wedding day, with guests bearing down, no one cares about contract. We actually were thinking about sue’ing him but but later were like whatever. Him and his wife run a grade A incompetent operation. Its amature hour with this guy, dosent matter what he tells you.
I’m going to the Dulhan Expo on March 28th in Philly!
Are their proper vendors for shopping (sari etc) there?
Salutations! Very valuable tip on this article!