photography by
5ive15ifteen photo company
TA R A
T R I S TA N
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C O O L I N D U S T R I A L E L E M E N T S PA I R E D W I T H T R A D I T I O N A L G L A M O U R
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oronto-based couple tara paluzzi and tristan armstrong first crossed
paths at a softball tournament in 2010, but the timing wasn’t right.
two years later, they met again at the calgary stampede and have
been inseparable ever since. In the spring of 2014, while enjoying a stroll along the
Toronto waterfront, Tristan proposed, but Tara didn’t realize what was happening
at first! As he began to tell Tara how much he loved her, she unsuspectingly
interrupted to tell Tristan what he meant to her as well! When he bent down on
one knee, it all became clear and Tara happily said, “yes!”
Tara and Tristan were married on July 4, 2015 in Toronto, Ontario. The couple
hired event designer and planner Soha Lavin of countdown events planning
& design to make their wedding day dreams a reality. “We are so incredibly fortunate
that Tristan’s sister introduced Soha to us, there was no question that she was the
only person we would trust to plan the best day of our lives,” says the couple, who
were thrilled to learn the Vancouver-based planner has expanded her business to
include Toronto/Eastern Canada.
On the morning of the wedding, Tara got ready at the four seasons hotel
toronto. She wore a Romona Keveza gown from kleinfeld hudson’s bay
accessorized with a crystal-encrusted Romona Keveza belt and a vintage, tulle veil
that had belonged to Tristan’s great grandmother. “She wore it at her wedding in
1910 and it has since been passed through generations. It was incredibly meaningful
to be wearing a true Armstrong family heirloom,” notes Tara.
Her crystal haircomb was on-loan from Tristan’s sister, Chelsea, and served as her
“something borrowed,” while her crystal bracelet was a gift from her mother and
served as her “something new.” Both pieces of jewellery were by designer Elsa
Corsi. For added sentimental value, the bride carried a beaded vintage clutch that
belonged to her Nonna Nina who had passed away just a few weeks before
the wedding.
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