{"id":820,"date":"2013-02-21T16:03:28","date_gmt":"2013-02-21T23:03:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lovemaggie.maggiesottero.com\/?p=820"},"modified":"2017-06-06T10:45:07","modified_gmt":"2017-06-06T16:45:07","slug":"midgley-bride-riana-van-rooyen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.maggiesottero.com\/blog\/midgley-bride-riana-van-rooyen\/","title":{"rendered":"Midgley Bride: Riana Van Rooyen"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Today we\u2019re featuring our elegant\u00a0<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.maggiesottero.com\/sottero-and-midgley\" target=\"_blank\">Midgley Bride<\/a>, <\/strong>Riana,\u00a0and her chic garden wedding! After almost purchasing <strong>Fiorella<\/strong>, Riana saw <strong>Sloan<\/strong> in the pages of a bridal magazine and knew she had found her dream gown. See more of Riana&#8217;s stunning wedding below!<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-821\" alt=\"Midgley Bride Riana Van Rooyen in our Sloan dress!\" src=\"https:\/\/www.maggiesottero.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/MaggieSottero_RianaVanRooyen-wedding06.jpg\" width=\"504\" height=\"336\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #333333;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-826\" alt=\"Midgley Bride Riana Van Rooyen in our Sloan dress!\" src=\"https:\/\/www.maggiesottero.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/Bride-and-Groom-horizontal.jpg\" width=\"504\" height=\"336\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-822\" alt=\"Midgley Bride Riana Van Rooyen in our Sloan dress!\" src=\"https:\/\/www.maggiesottero.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/MaggieSottero_RianaVanRooyen-wedding01.jpg\" width=\"504\" height=\"336\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-824\" alt=\"Midgley Bride Riana Van Rooyen in our Sloan dress!\" src=\"https:\/\/www.maggiesottero.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/MaggieSottero_RianaVanRooyen-wedding03.jpg\" width=\"504\" height=\"336\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-825\" alt=\"Midgley Bride Riana Van Rooyen in our Sloan dress!\" src=\"https:\/\/www.maggiesottero.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/MaggieSottero_RianaVanRooyen-wedding04.jpg\" width=\"504\" height=\"336\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-823\" alt=\"Midgley Bride Riana Van Rooyen in our Sloan dress!\" src=\"https:\/\/www.maggiesottero.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/MaggieSottero_RianaVanRooyen-wedding02.jpg\" width=\"504\" height=\"336\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-827\" alt=\"Midgley Bride Riana Van Rooyen in our Sloan dress!\" src=\"https:\/\/www.maggiesottero.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/MaggieSottero_RianaVanRooyen-wedding05.jpg\" width=\"504\" height=\"336\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Images courtesy of <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nikkimeyer.co.za\/\" target=\"_blank\">Nikki Meyer Photography<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Dress:\u00a0<strong>Sloan<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Favorite part about the dress: \u201cDefinitely the skirt&#8230; I loved the softness of the frills and the figure hugging bodice.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Favorite wedding day moment: \u201cMy favorite wedding day moment was probably the confetti outside the church &#8211; with the church bells going off, flower petals everywhere and thinking, &#8216;We are married!&#8217;\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Advice to future brides: \u201cThe wedding planning can really stress you out and it consumes all your thoughts.\u00a0We were engaged for a year and one month. My advice to brides is don&#8217;t stay engaged for too long!\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Today we\u2019re featuring our elegant\u00a0Midgley Bride, Riana,\u00a0and her chic garden wedding! After almost purchasing Fiorella, Riana saw Sloan in the pages of a bridal magazine and knew she had found her dream gown. See more of Riana&#8217;s stunning wedding below! 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