Sophia and Rameez, like every other couple this year have had a rocky wedding planning journey. Not only were a lot of guests meant to fly in for the wedding, both Sophia and Rameez are medics. When lockdown kicked in over spring, I called Sophia to see how she was doing. She said “Zehra forget the wedding, what if my mum and Rameez’ family can’t fly over?”
With Rameez and Sophia both busy during the pandemic, the outfits they seemed to be planning to wear more than wedding outfits was the heavy PPE gear!! Sophia actually ordered her outfit online and prayed it would arrive as she hoped. The outfit was stunning!! I couldn’t believe she ordered online!!
Rameez’ sister sadly couldn’t come to the UK for the wedding, but she designed his outfit, and I LOVE the white!! One of the nicest groom’s outfits I’ve seen! Clean, simple, understated yet so classy. Thanks to zoom she was able to see her brother and the nikkah ceremony live.
What was meant to be a grand affair, became a gorgeous intimate one, with close family and friends and more loved ones over live stream video calls.
Sophia had chosen a light peach pink, silver and grey outfit with the most delicate embroidery. Sophia had no time to buy jewellery with her mum, but I think it turned out to be a blessing, as she wore the most beautiful heirlooms worn by her mum. I love Sophia’s delicate and sophisticated style with a little sass injected in, and her intricate rose hairstyle was absolutely perfect on her!
Sophia has lived away from her parents for a long time and was sure she wouldn’t get emotional on the wedding… but as soon as Daddy walked in she burst in tears and even got the rest of us going!
There always seems to be a story behind the ‘dupatta’. Sometimes it’s a brides heirloom-her mum or grandma’s from their wedding outfit, or someone burnt it while ironing it on the wedding day (yes I’ve seen this happen) or it’s been custom made with specific personal embroidery.
For Sophia, the dupatta she is about to be covered in belongs to a dear friend, that gave it up just moments before the nikah...
Sophia had her dupatta pinned beautifully to her outfit. Then we all said “Sophia but you need a dupatta to cover your head” she said “but my hair” 😂😂😂. Luckily her bestie Foujia came to the rescue with her gorgeous scarf that matched perfectly. And yes... Sophia’s gorgeous hair stayed intact...
Both Rameez and Sophia wanted matching wedding bands and went for classic Cartier wedding bands. Sophia says she can’t wear an Engagement ring to work, , having to wash her hands a million times a day between patients, and would cry if she lost it. She said she’d get broken heart syndrome -she says it’s an actual real medical condition (she’s a cardiologist so let’s take her word for it 😂!)
We got some gorgeous portraits outdoors, and Rameez said “Thank God, now Sophia should have enough photos so I shouldn’t have to take any for a few months” Haha!! He said “I hate photos”…yet Sophia and I laughed when he was secretly enjoying having his pictures taken!!
The speeches were super emotional, and there were lots of tears and laughter. Thank you Sophia and Rameez for letting me be a part of your special day, and thank you even more so for being so dedicated to your day jobs to save so many lives, I pray you get to have the honeymoon and big party you’ve been waiting so long for…x
So peeps, here' are some of my faves from the day. Show some love and leave some comments at the bottom, we love hearing what you think. Do you have family heirlooms you’d love to wear on your wedding? Does Sophia’s style inspire you?
Photographer Zehra Jagani
Hair Arpita Karania
Makeup Sana Ismail
Sophia’s Outfit Saira Shakira
Groom’s outfit
Rings Cartier
Shoes Jimmy Choo
Hair flowers Blooms by Vanita
Rameez’ watch and pen, Rolex and Mont Blanc, gifted to the couple by Rameez’ dad in honour of their nikah.
