The Wedding Album: Saira & Ian’s musical affair at the Berkeley Field House
Saira & Ian | June 11, 2011 | The Berkeley Field House
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Saira Zia, 31, and Ian Fosbery, 30, had a mutual love of music that brought them together before they even met. Saira, a fashion buyer, had seen Ian’s band, The Coast, live at the Silver Dollar Room years ago. She was playing his music on the stereo at Holt Renfrew, where she worked as a buyer, when a colleague mentioned that the guitarist was a friend from high school. In 2006, the friend brought Saira to see The Coast again and introduced the two. It turned out they had more in common: Saira and Ian had grown up down the street from each other in Etobicoke. Two years into their relationship, a job at Saks Fifth Avenue took Saira to Manhattan, and the couple moved to the Lower East Side. Ian decided to propose last fall by sneaking a ’20s deco ring on a slumbering Saira’s finger. The plan fell apart when she spent the night asleep on her left arm, so he settled for surprising her the next morning. They decided on a Toronto wedding with musical highlights. New York–based DJ Brendan Fallis was flown in to spin for the reception, and Toronto indie band Born Ruffians played as the bride walked down the aisle. “It was overcast all day, but as soon as the band started, the clouds parted and the sun came out,” says Saira. “That crazy moment brought me to tears.”
Sources:
Photography: Boyfriend/ Girlfriend
Bride’s dress: Yru Sha, from TNT Yorkville
Groom’s attire: Michael Andrews Bespoke, New York
Hair: Brunette salon
Makeup: Robert Weir
Venue and caterer: The Berkeley Field House
Music: Born Ruffians, DJ Brendan Fallis
Invitations: Self-designed and made
Guests: 150
Cost: $40,000
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- Saira got ready upstairs at the venue, in a room decorated with old circus paraphernalia
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- Ian describes the wedding as “the one day where I could afford to be fiscally irresponsible.” He had his three-piece grey suit with light blue striping custom made in New York
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- The night before the wedding, Saira’s parents hosted a traditional Pakistani celebration for the couple at her family home, complete with mehndi henna designs for each of the women
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- “To write my vows, I looked at old journal entries from the time we met. I read a quote like, ‘I always want to make him happy.’ I’ll live by those words for the rest of our lives” <em>—Saira</em>
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- The venue made red velvet, chocolate and vanilla cupcakes for the reception, and one of the couple’s friends brought in homemade chocolate whoopie pies
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- The couple bought a handmade leather book on the street in New York and set up a signing station with tape and glue sticks. Guests had two sets of photos taken in a booth at the reception; they kept one set and placed the other into the guest book next to their notes
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Saira Zia, 31, and Ian Fosbery, 30, had a mutual love of music that brought them together before they even met. Saira, a fashion buyer, had seen Ian’s band, The Coast, live at the Silver Dollar Room years ago. She was playing his music on the stereo at Holt Renfrew, where she worked as a buyer, when a colleague mentioned that the guitarist was a friend from high school. In 2006, the friend brought Saira to see The Coast again and introduced the two. It turned out they had more in common: Saira and Ian had grown up down the street from each other in Etobicoke. Two years into their relationship, a job at Saks Fifth Avenue took Saira to Manhattan, and the couple moved to the Lower East Side. Ian decided to propose last fall by sneaking a ’20s deco ring on a slumbering Saira’s finger. The plan fell apart when she spent the night asleep on her left arm, so he settled for surprising her the next morning. They decided on a Toronto wedding with musical highlights. New York–based DJ Brendan Fallis was flown in to spin for the reception, and Toronto indie band Born Ruffians played as the bride walked down the aisle. “It was overcast all day, but as soon as the band started, the clouds parted and the sun came out,” says Saira. “That crazy moment brought me to tears.”
Sources:
Photography: Boyfriend/ Girlfriend
Bride’s dress: Yru Sha, from TNT Yorkville
Groom’s attire: Michael Andrews Bespoke, New York
Hair: Brunette salon
Makeup: Robert Weir
Venue and caterer: The Berkeley Field House
Music: Born Ruffians, DJ Brendan Fallis
Invitations: Self-designed and made
Guests: 150
Cost: $40,000
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