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Fashion-editorialized engagements

In this day and age of themed everything — weddings, pre-nups, parties,  personalities (LOL) — only the dead have no concept to speak of. Everyone, and I mean EVERY. BREATHING. ONE. has some idea of some event in her mind (I use her because, face it, brides are the ones who do most of the thinking in weddings. Peace men!). Few, however, actually manage to pull it off. Most just end up trying hard (so sue me for honesty!)

(TIP: Read to the end for a gift!)

Zarah and Dan, on the other hand, not only pulled off their themed engagement shoot. Their smoking Moulin Rouge pre-nup was hotter than 10,000 mashed chilis! You look at their photos and you know that this couple can-can-can!!! What’s their secret? Well, let’s just say, a guy named Rene Gaviola, past winner of the Prix dela Photographie Paris, who, by the way, also shot these:

ANGEL & RAYMOND: Psyche

(I swear, I wish I were the one on this picture. This is what a thousand words is made of. My favorite bridal portrait.)

CLAIRE & GERRY: Filipiniana

LEA & RHETT: Romance in the (Nike) Air

DIANNE & CARLO: Anime

CHA & RYAN: Fully Booked

How Harry Potter is this next one?

And another from Zarah and Dan’s Moulin Rouge set:

So, green with e-n-v-y yet? Imagining yourself now in one of these portraits? (I know I am!) Well, good for you because Rene here, the man behind the lens, has caught on the Christmas spirit and decided to offer moonsnjunes readers — for a very limited time only — his engagement shoot + back-up photography package for only P20,000. That’s, let’s see, P 15,000 less than his usual rate? I’m not a reliable mathematician, but I know — and I say this with confidence, LOL –  that this offer translates to almost half of the total cost. HUGE thing.

This generous spirit expires with 2009. So shoot him an email at shootme@renegaviola.com before the fireworks light up the 2010 sky!

Dan and Zarah: Moulin Rouge!

He met Marmalade down in old Moulin Rouge

Struttin’ her stuff on the street

He sat in her boudoir while she freshened up
Boy drank all that Magnolia wine
On her black satin sheets suedes and dark greens.

Giuchie, Giuchie, ya ya here (here ohooh yea yeah)
Mocha Choca lata ya ya (yea)
Creole lady Marmalade

Voulez vous coucher avec moi ce soir

Voulez vous coucher avec moi

But when he turns off to sleep memories creep,
More-more-more

Somebody pick up my jaw from the floor. It’s still there somewhere.

I am just. in. AWE. of this couple — Zarah Cabral and Dan Ruiz — for pulling off a Moulin Rouge-themed engagement shoot. It’s probably the most dramatic — and definitely the most seductive — pictorial I’ve ever seen. Kudos to Rene Gaviola for the amazing work! What can I say, the guy is king of themed/fashion pre-nups!

Zarah and Dan have nothing but praises for their photographer, who spent five whole hours with them at Victoria Court to shoot this wildly believable interpretation of the Nicole Kidman-Ewan McGregor hit (one of my and my fiance’s faves, too!). Of course it doesn’t hurt that the dresses were (borrowed) from Gerswin Qua and the make-up was done by Kris Bacani. The headpieces were courtesy of the Lucban Hat Factory, a real find for those who need hats and fascinators. Everything just worked out perfectly.

Now if you want this kind of pre-nup photos, stay tuned because the man behind the lens here is announcing a GREAT, IMPOSSIBLE-TO-RESIST DEAL here on moonsnjunes pretty soon. For now, its okay to drool. 8 )