María Baraza wedding dress

A three-in-one wedding dress

When Maria began to create her dress He was very clear about two things: that the garment had to tell her personal story and also present her as a designer. To achieve a coherent outfit, according to the time of year in which the wedding was celebrated and that complied with these premises, the designer tells us that she had to do a job of introspection, of sitting with herself and asking herself what she always asks them. to their girlfriends. Thus he came to the conclusion that his look could not be missing a structured jacket (the garment that always accompanies María) and that had to be made in her favorite fabric, the tweed silk. To create the feeling that the creative was wearing a coat, she decided to add a peplum made of the same material.

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One of the things that stands out the most about María’s first dress is that it grows from her shoulders. a cape with an immense tail, it measures eight meters! “Carlos has greatly influenced the entirety of my dress. I have an eight-meter train, because he insisted that he wanted the longest train I had ever made.” He also asked her to wear her hair down, but laughing, the creative explained to us that that was not going to happen, that she would wear her hair up in a bun. a pigtail.

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At the beginning of this article we said that María is known for being the only designer who presents a 100% convertible bridal collection every year. These garments are the essence of her brand and if the dress was to tell her story, it would also have to have the option of giving way to other designs as the ceremony progressed. During lunch, the creative took off her jacket and peplum. tweedof the cape and the veil. In sight was a dress with slightly puffed sleeves -another classic among their proposals-, with embroidery on the cuff, and a very special back. “It is hand-embroidered with bias bindings and a technique of interweaving the bias bindings called fly leg. I have seen it done in my house for many years. I wanted to make this little tribute to my land and to those dressmakers and “I wanted to embroider the fabric of my dress so that it would be unique, so that there would be no other like mine.”

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Finally, During the party Maria wore one last change that turned the dress into a totally different one. It was necessary to unstitch the top to remove the sleeves and straps. On top he placed an overdress, a resource that is used a lot in his firm. The result was a bardot neckline design that had a very, very fine, shiny fabric on top, which made the dress automatically become a party dress. The most special element of this look? A kind of fox fur sleeves, an ideal detail for winter brides.

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A tribute to his father

María’s bridal look is full of emotions. Her father passed away a few months ago and has not been able to accompany her to the altar on such a special day, which is why she He wanted to feel it at his side and include it in various details. “I wear a veil that Sara approached me, who is a girl who has an embroidery company called Perenne, who approached me with a veil that is like the main protagonist, along with the crown and the look, of course, which is a poem by Machado, which my father loved,” he tells us while showing us the piece and revealing that the poem is Walker there is no path. She also wanted to pay tribute to him with her shoes, white pumps created by Salo Madrid that have a black ribbon on the back and the word daddy on the right side, the one he should have occupied.

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But not only has she had him in mind, there is also Loli, the family dressmaker, who awakened in her the desire to be a designer. “I’m wearing some handmade buttons she made,” she explains. Finally there are the brides, all the women he has dressed during these ten years of experience. “The petticoat of the dress is screen printed with all of their names.of all those girls who have trusted me, who have made me reach these ten years fulfilling their dreams and the futures that come now from the following brides. “I needed to have them with me.”

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Very special jewelry for the big day

One of the things that was always clear to her was that on her wedding day she wanted to wear a tiara. His, in the art deco style, was designed together with María, from the antique dealer López Linares. But in reality all the jewelry with which she adorned her look are full of history. “The earrings belonged to my grandmother and my aunt gave them to me for the wedding. The wedding rings were made for us by Marisa, from Eme Jewels, from my grandparents’ wedding rings.” My engagement ring is an old jewel with a lot of history that Carlos commissioned from David and Sheila, from Del Páramo Joyas Vintage.” She also explains that at Moret Joyeros they made cufflinks for her husband with a diamond that María’s father gave to her. his mother.

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Your branch also deserves a special mention. The designer explains to us that she wanted an all-white floral composition, which would be like a winter garden. To shape it, she trusted the experts at Flores de Cavia who created for her a medium-sized and slightly unstructured bouquet with a very special detail: a small blue flower; a way to fulfill that tradition that almost all brides follow on their big day.

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A convertible ponytail and very natural makeup

Although Carlos asked María to wear her hair down, she ignored him and preferred to put it up in a ponytail with waves intertwined at the base. “I wanted something simple that would take away from the formality of the crown and collar of my jacket.” Of course, during the party and coinciding with the third transformation of her dress, she let it down and showed off marked waves. get one beautiful and luminous skin It is the goal of most brides when they have to define the makeup for their big day. María knew that she wanted very well-worked skin and to enhance her eyes with brown tones. “Carmen Peralta has known me for years and knew how to bring out the best version of me for each of the moments in which I evolved with my convertible dress,” she says. She couldn’t have been more beautiful.

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A winter wedding

Carlos and María met in 2011, but it was eight years later when their crush arose. “We went to have a coffee and when I came home I said to myself: ‘I would marry this guy tomorrow.’ And now a year later and with a girl in the world, I would get married again without thinking about it for a moment, it’s the best decision I have made in my life.”

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On November 25, 2023, María and Carlos said ‘I do’ in the parish of San Jerónimo el Real, popularly known as The Jeromes. “I entered alone, my father died six months before my wedding and I remember that very special moment, I felt accompanied at every step, and on the side where he would have gone. In the middle of the aisle my uncle picked me up to walk me to the altar,” the designer tells us.

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They then moved to The Tenadas to continue with the celebration. “We chose it because it is a beautiful place for winter brides, it has two very large and beautifully decorated interior rooms; and because of the catering, La Blonda, which is great. It had very good references from weddings that I had already been to and it really was one of the great successes,” says María.

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The bride explains to us that she found it very necessary to have the help of a wedding planner. “Our wedding was quite large, there were 405 guests, and with the little time that I normally have I needed someone to help me organize everything. I chose Silvia, from Juliet’s Dreamsand I really couldn’t have chosen better. She prepared everything with infinite love and the professionalism that characterizes her. “I’m taking a friend with me forever.”

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María’s wedding, like her bridal look, was full of details. He explains to us that they gave all the men a personalized handkerchief and the women a travel sewing kit. “At my wedding I couldn’t miss a nod to my profession! Like the placemarks, which were embroidery hoops that I prepared with Maresa Carles, in charge of the wedding stationery.”

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All weddings are usually full of anecdotes and the designer’s was no exception. One of the most special has to do with the earnest money. María tells us that her grandmother had asked Mercedes, a jeweler friend from Cartagena, to give them to her on her wedding day. “He left them paid many years before and it was an impressive gift from beyond.” And one of the funniest is related to cake. Two friends brought the typical cake of the area by car from their city, the day before the wedding. “Of course we cut the cake, we have to bring that tradition back, we loved the idea.”

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“The feeling of having all the important people in our lives under the same roofThe truth is that now remembering it makes me emotional, because it is very difficult to be able to reunite in the same day all the friends and family who came from all over the world to be with us”, was the most special thing about that day for María.

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That’s why, when we ask him to give advice to other couples who will soon go through the same thing, he doesn’t hesitate: “The truth is, what I always tell all my girlfriends is to relax, everything is going to be fine.” , that the most important thing about that day is the person they are marrying, when at a wedding there is love and complicity between the couple, the guests enjoy and participate a lot.”

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María would like to especially thank the suppliers who were with them on the wedding day for their work.