Romeo Bastone Couture News
As featured in the latest edition of Wedding & Bride
Magazine
KICKING GOALS AT THE BROWNLOW
 Josephine
Bastone, designer for renowned couture bridalwear label
Romeo Bastone Couture, was offered the privilege of creating
the gown worn by Julie Klein, partner of Nick Dal Santo, for
the 2011 Brownlow Medal.
Featured on
camera prominently throughout the evening, especially on the
blue carpet, the gown was created from silk satin and
magnolia georgette. It featured a one shoulder sleeve with
Swarovski crystal detailing and a stunning corseted ruched
bodice, flowing into a two-tone georgette layered skirt.
The silhouette
beautifully shaped and fitted Klein’s body and balanced the
design perfectly.
Klein was also
voted the best dressed AFL WAG by Women’s Health editor,
Felicity Harley.
www.romeobastone.com.au
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Brownlow
Medal 2011
Julie
Klein,
partner to Nick Dal Santo wearing Bespoke Couture Gown
designed and created by Romeo Bastone Couture
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Wedding & Bride Magazine - Real Weddings Feature
A selection of Romeo
Bastone Brides and their real wedding stories
 
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13th Victorian Annual Bridal Industry Awards
99.46%
95.13%
94.87%
Romeo Bastone Couture
proclaimed a Finalist at the 2011 Victorian ABIA Awards
A wedding is one of the most important and expensive days in
a girl’s life, therefore, selecting the
suppliers which will design & deliver the dream of a perfect
day is paramount to the overall success
of the big day.
Over 300 of Victoria’s finest bridal industry designers
congregated at the prestigious Leonda by the
Yarra to celebrate excellence in the bridal industry at the
13th Victorian Annual Bridal Industry
Awards, held on Tuesday the 17th of May 2011.
A total of 2,391 Victorian newlyweds provided 5,106 ratings
on the quality of each of the 274
Finalist’s product, service, value and staff. This was the
largest participation rate ever in the
thirteen years of the Victorian ABIA Awards.
The Chairman of the ABIA, Mr. John O’ Meara provided the
opening address and congratulated all the
finalists on their achievement. Mr. O’ Meara said that
Romeo Bastone Couture
should be extremely
proud of their success as a Finalist, considering the level
of competition and the extraordinary
high ratings and standards required too qualify for this
prestigious award.
Mr. O' Meara went onto say that it was business like
Romeo Bastone Couture
who complimented and
elevated the wedding industry with their attention to detail
and the pride, passion and professional
manner in which they delivered their wedding product to the
bride.
The ABIA’s are a much sought-after Award by wedding
suppliers as they are determined by past bridal
customers. Romeo Bastone Couture
was nominated for the ABIA based on the quality of product,
quality
of service, value for money and attitude of staff.
The Annual Bridal Industry Awards are held each year in
Queensland, New South Wales, Victoria and
South Australia. For a complete list of all the Finalists
and Winners of the 13th Victorian Annual
Bridal Industry Awards, visit the industry web site at
www.abia.com.au/news
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Vogue
Magazine
Romeo Bastone Couture featured
in VOGUE AUSTRALIA for Vogue Brides, June 2011 edition. The
model, Carla Downes, is wearing the gown 'Louisa,' and
incorporates the creative talents of Cache Photo Video and
Magical Makeovers.
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ABIA 2010/11 National Designer of Dreams
Reaching the pinnacle of one's profession is a goal which
every business aspires to achieve. Designing Dreams is also a
pursuit which every wedding business strives to deliver to
their brides. On Valentine’s Day 2011 one of Australia's
foremost wedding suppliers: Romeo Bastone Couture was
recognised for their consistent achievement of Designing the
Dream of a brides perfect day.
The 2010/11 Australian Designer of Dreams Titles is a national
program designed to determine who the best wedding suppliers
are over a consecutive period of four (4) years. The
Australian bridal market is one of the most demanding of
industries as it requires wedding suppliers a one off
opportunity to deliver excellence the first time, every time,
there are no second chances. Repeating this outcome year after
year after year, bride after bride after bride is a daunting
task for which thousands of wedding suppliers strive to
achieve. It is all the more daunting when the entity who
determines this outcome are newlyweds who have been through
the process of selecting and engaging wedding suppliers who
have demonstrated their ability to design the ingredients
which culminate in the delivery of the perfect day. Romeo
Bastone Couture is one such company who has consistently
delivered these dreams over a consecutive period of 4 years.
Since 1997 the Australian Bridal Industry Academy (ABIA) has
been conducting performance appraisals of businesses engaged
in the supply of wedding products & services. Over 30,000
wedding business have been through the ABIA performance
appraisal. The Chairman of ABIA Mr John O' Meara said that
Romeo Bastone Couture should be extremely proud of being
honoured by Australia's peak industry body as one of
Australia's Top wedding suppliers, especially when one
considers the level of passion and commitment required to
consistently excel in the design of products and services
which culminate in the delivery of the brides perfect day.
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"BEHIND THE SEAMS"
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Press Release
Annual Bridal Industry Academy Awards
One of
Victoria’s finest wedding suppliers, Romeo
Bastone Couture was honoured at the 12th
Annual Bridal Industry Awards held at the
fabulous Leonda on the Yarra on Tuesday the
6th of July 2010. The Chairman of the ABIA,
Mr John O' Meara congratulated Romeo Bastone
Couture on their achievement as Winner of
Designer/Couture Gown with a customer
rating score of 99.25% and Finalist for Bridesmaid
Gown and Jewellery Fashion.
Mr O' Meara said that Romeo Bastone Couture
should be extremely proud of the achievement
especially when one considers that over
1,120 wedding suppliers were nominated for
the 12th Victorian ABIA Awards. Mr O' Meara
went on to say that it was business like
Romeo Bastone Couture that complimented and
elevated the wedding industry with their
attention to detail and the pride, passion
and professional manner in which they
delivered their wedding product to the
bridal customer.
The ABIA's are a much sought-after Award for
Australian wedding suppliers as they are
determined by the votes of past brides. Each
year across Australia, over 5,500 wedding
suppliers are nominated by their past brides
based on the quality of product, quality of
service, value for money and the attitude of
the staff who serviced the brides needs,
before, during and after their wedding day.
The Australian Bridal Industry Academy (ABIA)
was founded in 1997 to assist future brides
to determine the best wedding suppliers
based on the opinions of past brides. The
best suppliers are rewarded for their
efforts via the ABIA Awards which are held
each year in each State. The Academy acts on
behalf of members as their official industry
body and determines each supplier’s
accreditation level, again based on the
opinions of past brides. All suppliers
nominated for the ABIA awards since 2005 are
displayed on the official Australian bridal
industry website.
For more information on the Australian
Bridal Industry Academy visit
www.abia.com.au.
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Another Victorian ABIA Awards has come and gone and what a
year it was. All previous records were broken this year so a
big congratulations to the Victorian Bridal Industry.
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Dress of
your Dreams
By stylemelbourne
 Every
once in a while, a fashion show comes along that literally
moves people. Dress of your Dreams is a bridal themed show
that showcases the best that Melbourne designers have to
offer. Timeless feminine designs from Romeo Bastone
featured a fish tailed garment with French lace
detail
and crystal adorned straps and designs utilising ribbons
to
accentuate a brides figure in the bodice and delicate
detail on
the partially hidden layers of the skirt.
 
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ROMEO BASTONE ACCLAIMS DIAMOND STATUS
Romeo Bastone Couture among the Six
Star
Diamond Award recipients from Victoria and one of 4
Winners
among 11,000 nominations to be inducted into the ABIA
HALL OF
FAME
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