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The year 2022 was hailed the year of the wedding and what a time it was! On this show fan favourite Nicole-Natassha Goulding, creative director and lead planner of Chic by Nicole, returns as my guest and we break down everything that happened in weddings from fashion hits to the most inspiring celebrity weddings, and countdown some essential wedding trends for 2023 we are excited to see come to li...

On this week's show, I chat with the charming, wildly talented cake artist and tastemaker Nadia Colella, owner of Nadia & Co. In the world of cake and sweetscapes, once you've seen a creation by Nadia, you won't forget it. Her artful, ornate and old-world influenced designs are one-of-a-kind and have made her social media sensation. On this episode Nadia and dive into her sweet world of wedding ca...

This week we are talking all things wedding nails with the very best expert in the beauty business, the incredible Jan Arnold, co-founder of CND. Jan is quite simply an icon of the beauty world, a woman who has not only shaped the trends we wear on our fingers but changed the way we wear nail polish itself. On this show, Jan talks trends, and shares her creative thoughts on a creating wedding nail...

  This week on  Aisle Seat  host Alison McGill is joined by luxury bridal wear designer Dana Harel. Dana has a stunning design aesthetic that beautifully brings together old-world glamour with modern sensibilities. I caught up with Dana from her HQ in Tel Aviv where her and her team were working around the clock to finish her new Fall 2023 lineup—Dana give us all the scoop on her new Allure collec...

The power of great hair can never be underestimated, and if you are a listener of the show, you know it's one of the things Alison loves to talk about the most! For this episode, one of the top pros in the beauty biz is on the show: UK-based, multi-award-winning session stylist James Earnshaw, who is the artistic ambassador for Amika. James' has incredible energy and such a passion for hair, and h...

Engagement season has arrived and who better to chat about diamonds and dazzle than bespoke jewelry designer Margot McNaull, owner and founder of Stor by Margot. It was the process of her own engagement at the Taj Mahal in India and crafting her own ring that lit a creative spark for Margot and inspired her to open her own custom design jewelry studio. On this episode, Margot talks engagement ring...

We're kicking off season three of  Aisle Seat  in a big way with today's very special guest, the one and only Trinny Woodall. Host Alison McGill recently sat down with the beloved makeover pro when she was in Toronto for a whirlwind press tour celebrating the fifth   anniversary of her globally adored brand Trinny London. On this episode, Trinny gives the straight goods on wedding beauty and style...

On this season-ending bonus episode of Aisle Seat we sit down with fashion designer Yesenia Torres who is the creative director of ELOQUII. Yesenia has been with the brand since 2017 and oversees all design and creative. The beloved curve size brand caused quite a commotion this spring when it announced it would be introducing a bridal wear line in 2022. Bridal By ELOQUII dropped its first bridal...

Celebrated Los Angeles-based designer Mark Zunino is our very special guest for the Season 2 finale episode of  Aisle Seat . It was a chance interview with iconic film and television designer Nolan Miller famed for his work on  Dynasty , that led to an apprenticeship and a super-star fashion career. Mark's designs are the embodiment of red carpet elegance, and he has dressed generations of Hollywo...

On this episode host Alison McGill chats with Kennedy Bingham aka @gowneyedgirl, a Los Angeles-based bridal style influencer. Kennedy is loved for her on point bridal fashion content, styling videos and commentaries. She has almost a million followers on TikTok and her aim is to educate brides of all identities and styles on fashion—she is dedicated to empowerment and the redefinition of what it m...

On this week's show, Diana Pires takes us inside her beautiful world as a winning luxury wedding and events planner. Based in Toronto, Diana has planned incredible celebrations around the world. Her signature esthetic is indulgent-but-accessible modern luxury. She and her team of planning experts strive to create a completely bespoke and creative wedding experience for clients filled with decadent...

You can learn a lot of things from the flowers, and this week we are going to learn a lot about wedding flowers from brilliant floral artist Rosalie Villanueva . Rosalie is the ultimate creative and brings an unconventional and beautiful eye to everything she does, particularly wedding flowers. On this episode, Rosalie will share her capital "O" opinions with me about why she doesn't follow trends...

Sisters Nicole and Felicia Chang create wearable art. They grew up in the world of bridal wear—their family owned a Taiwan-based business that produced wedding dresses for some of the world's most prestigious bridal brands. Launching their own wedding and evening wear company was a natural step which they did with their own eponymous label in 2015. Renowned for their grand and glorious confections...

Anne Barge is an iconic luxury bridal line and what a thrill to chat with designer and president Shawne Jacobs about what makes this beautiful brand tick. Shawne designs for the bride who wants an elegant and classic vibe on her wedding day, with a hint of modernity and unexpectedness with her dress. On this show, Shawne talks trends, her current style inspirations, her new collections, and the fr...

Wedding planner Lexi Haslam of Lexington Events is having one of the biggest wedding seasons of her life but she somehow managed to squeeze in two weddings for herself this past spring! On this episode, Lexi details how a wedding planner plans her own wedding day(s), which were both highly stylized, totally epic parties held just eight weeks apart. We also talk about the beauty and importance of a...

It's time for another episode all about wedding hair, and this week's guest is an incredibly talented celebrity hair stylist. Los Angeles-based Joseph Maine is the artistic director for Color Wow and founder and creator of Trademark Beauty. Joseph counts Sophia Bush, Ashley Benson and Aidy Bryant as clients—he styled Aidy for her 2018 wedding day. Wedding hair is something Joseph love, love, LOVES...

This week's episode is a special one with host Alison McGill sitting down with one of the wedding industry's most talented fashion insiders, Lori Conley, general merchandising manager for BHLDN. Everything you see happening with BHLDN is under Lori's creative eye who joined the brand in 2019. Lori is a trendspotter, a master of visual presentation, and the most amazing person to spend time with an...

When it comes to throwing a major party, you've got to have incredible entertainment. A killer DJ or rocking live band will make your celebration soar, and there is nobody who knows that better than Abby Tobias. Abby started his career as an all-star DJ and founded his company Sole Power in 2003 which is a full-service boutique entertainment, production, event, and artist management company, that...

Millennial money expert Jessica Moorhouse is exactly the friend you need in your life to keep both your wedding budget and your thoughts about wildly spending on your even in check. Jessica is the CEO of the financial MoorMoney Media Inc. and the host of More Money podcast which is now in its 14 th season. On this episode Jessica and I talk wedding costs, prenups, and the most important money conv...

New York-based designer Andrew Kwon is a relative newcomer to the bridal wear industry, but in just two collections, he's already launched more than a few iconic wedding looks. The 2019 Parson's School of Design grad employs couture techniques to create luxury wedding wear that is modern, fashion-forward, and timeless. On this show, Andrew and host Alison McGill chat about how bridal and evening w...

The psychology of fashion is a fascinating thing. We're taking a deep dive into the subject with Shakaila Forbes-Bell who's a fashion psychologist, consultant, founder of the platform Fashion Is Psychology, and current in-house fashion psychologist for Afterpay. She's also the author of the upcoming book Big Dress Energy . On this episode, host Alison McGill and Shakalia and talk a lot about the c...

On this episode, host Alison McGill sits down with California-based wedding planner Michelle Martinez, host of the wildly successful The Big Wedding Planning Podcast ! Michelle has produced over 300 episodes of her podcast—she is unquestionably the wedding podcast queen! Alison and Michelle have great fun chatting about her career as a wedding planner turned full-time podcaster, and she answers a...

On this show Brussel's-based fashion designer Valentine Avoh chats with host Alison McGill from her design studio about her career as a bridal designer, and her gorgeous 2022 collection "Midnight Train." Valentine's designs inspired by the golden age of Old Hollywood with starlets like Jean Harlow, Ava Gardner, and Lana Turner serving as her style muses. Here on Aisle Seat , Valentine talks about...

Fashion stylist Julianne Costigan is a huge believer in empowerment dressing—it's a philosophy lies at the heart of her business. In addition to working with editorial and commercial clients, Costigan works with real-life women of influence empowering them to use style to reach their goals and show the world what they can achieve. On this episode she chats with host Alison McGill about how every b...

On this show we're exploring cosmetic dermatology with the Dr. Lisa Kellett, a board-certified dermatologist in both Canada and the United States. Dr. Kellett specializes in surgical, medical, laser and cosmetic dermatology at her Toronto-based clinic DLK on Avenue. In her own words, "your skin is a personal and precious possession As seen in my happy patients protecting and maintaining your skin...