A Shay Peretz Bride for a Paris-Meets-Tel Aviv Jewish Wedding at Ray, Tel Aviv, Israel - Smashing the Glass

What is it about Tel Aviv weddings? There’s just something unfailingly chic about them, each and every time. And that goes double for the stylish Jewish wedding of Shoshanny, a lawyer, and Gal, a specialist in back and spinal problems.

They picked their super cool venue, Ray, partially because it reminded them of the very chicest spots in Paris – and we can totally see it. We’re also kind of obsessed with those blush pink seats. And the extravagantly sized fan-shaped greenery used in the table arrangements – such a distinctive choice! Don’t miss the photos from Haim Afriat and video by Nir Tenenbaum.

Then there’s Shoshanny’s bridal style. It’s hard to believe she purchased her elegant gown just five weeks before her big day – and found it by chance strolling the streets of Tel Aviv – but that’s how it happened. We love the silhouette, the off-the-shoulder style, the big bow – basically everything about this stunner from Shay Peretz (who also made Shoshany a totally gorgeous veil).

We’ll let the bride take it from here…

How we met

Shoshanny, the bride: I had lots of bad dates before I met Gal, while Gal was looking for his next hookup… we met on Tinder, and both without any expectations. Gal told me he will never get married, while I was looking for love, not necessarily marriage.

Date after date, one thing led to the other, till one day Gal asked me out of the blue to move in together (after 5 months), I was half asleep and in the morning I wasn’t even sure it happened… maybe I imagined it or dreamed about it… so after two weeks Gal told me that he is still waiting for an answer. I asked – to what question. He said – moving in together. And I replied – oh, so it really did happen. Believe it or not, a month later we decided to get married. We got married about a year afterwards.

Paris Meets Tel Aviv

We live in Tel Aviv, where most of our friends and family live as well, so it was convenient to have our wedding in Tel Aviv area. Ray was the perfect choice for us. In our opinion it’s the most beautiful venue in town. It reminds us of chic and stylish places in Paris. Food wise it’s by far the most delicious place to hold a kosher wedding. Having Yonatan Roshfeld as our chef was a great choice.

A Fab Planner

Our most important and most wise decision was working with a wedding planner. Meeting Liad Bar Ilan was love at first sight. The chemistry among us three was amazing all through this important step in our life. Liad from LBI Productions shared all his great knowledge and endless experience with us. He immediately understood our unique taste and style and we felt right at start that we made the best decision in letting him create our perfect wedding. Liad took all our worries away and made our dreams reality. Furthermore, Liad saved us tons of money, he negotiated with all of our suppliers and got us the best prices possible.

Party Invitations

We decided not to go the usual traditional way, and wanted more of a high class party invitation. It was important for us to choose simple but prestigious colors which made us go for plated gold on an off white background. Our invitation was also kind of an itinerary and promo to the wedding itself.

A Shay Peretz Dress

I was walking on Dizengoff Street running errands, and ran by a lovely shop which caught my eye. The moment I entered the store I saw something white shining between the colorful dresses.

I’d already bought a dress a year ago, but I wasn’t satisfied with it… it was 5 weeks before the wedding, and as I tried on this shiny white dress I knew it was the one, it fitted me perfectly as if it was made for me. The designer Shay Peretz made me an amazing veil. Shay arrived especially to our wedding to fit my dress and veil perfectly. Since I met Shay all of my evening gowns are made by him.

Hair + Makeup

My makeup was made by Rivka Avraham Politi, who I’m friend with. I chose her for her great talent, flexibility, and great character. I preferred the more natural look, showing my freckles which I love, and she went along with my choices and made me look amazing. Her younger, equally talented sister did my hair, I knew exactly how I wanted my hair to look like and she fulfilled my vision. The hair as well as the makeup lasted the entire evening.

Old and New Accessories

I purchased only a pair of earrings especially for the wedding, bought along with my wedding dress from Pistach by Shay Peretz. When visiting my aunt in Jerusalem she surprised me with a present, an antique white gold and diamond bracelet. She kept this bracelet, a present from her mother – my grandmother – for my wedding day. This way it felt like my grandmother took part in our wedding. The rest of my jewelry was presents from my future husband.

Loriblu Shoes

My shoes made by Loriblu, high heel shoes, white, with Swarovski crystals plated all over the heels.

The handsome groom

My handsome groom was wearing a black tuxedo made by Dsquared2, white shirt with black buttons also by Dsquared2, cufflinks by Mont Blanc, and Jimmy Choo shoes, each shoe plated with 28,000 Swarovski crystals.

Flower girls

I had four flower girls. We bought their dresses in Rome while visiting part of my family, who attended the wedding as well.

Chuppah

We decided to have a traditional Jewish chuppah, we had four close friends of my husband holding it. Our ketubah was also regular. Our ceremony was special thanks to our wonderful and funny Rabi Haim.

Our music choice

Walking down the aisle we chose to play Elvis Presley’s song ‘Suspicious Minds’, after smashing the glass we played ‘Jump’ by Kris Kross.

An Event to Remember

We chose the most creative and elegant designer there is to create the perfect atmosphere, Elki Jacobs Event Design. To describe our wedding design in the most accurate way we will use Elki’s words: “When Ray, with its Gatsby-chic vibe, is designed with romantic blush, fan shaped greenery, luxurious furniture and unique floral design, it becomes an event to remember”.

Photographer

My first choice even before starting to plan the wedding was Haim Afriat, the best wedding photographer in Israel (in my opinion). To make sure him being he one taking our wedding pictures, I booked him more than a year in advance. We were more than happy with the outcome.

Videographer

Liad our wedding planner recommended us Nir Tenenbaum, a very talented video videographer. We hardly noticed him during our wedding, which made us even more surprised with his great captures of everything. The highlights video speaks by itself.

Entertainment

Moses Sea Band played jazz at the reception, and an amazing performance for over 1.5 hours playing songs we chose.

We had also DJ Ella Gotman – my husband’s favorite DJ in Israel.

We had airled bracelets and – photo magnets by Memagnetos: a present for our guests plus another stills photographer.

Our wedding planner made especially for us a cigar and whiskey bar.

Shoshanny & Gal’s little white book

Photography – Haim Afriat
Videography – Nir Tenenbaum
Wedding planner – LBI Productions
Venue – Ray
Bride’s dress – Pistache by Shay Peretz
Bride’s shoes – Loriblu
Hair + Makeup – Rivka Avraham Politi + Hodaya Beauty
Flowers – Elki Jacobs Event Design
Band – Moses Sea Band
DJ – DJ Ella Gotman
Invitation – LMNOP
Photo magnets – Memagnetos