Over the 24 years we have been fortunate to help brides be beautiful, we have worked with several “famous” brides. Most will not allow you to post their photos. In fact you sign a confidentiality agreement. So with that said, may I present the fantastic brides that have be gracious enough to supply some pics.
JODIE SWEETIN or should I say “Stephanie”. Remember FULL HOUSE? If you read the tabloids you will notice that this was Jody’s first wedding. It was great fun and what a sweet girl. In fact the entire cast were very wonderful to Design Visage.
The photographer was the fabulous Karen French.
In 1999 we had the pleasure of doing STEVE BURTON’S wedding. If you are a soap opera fan you will remember that at that time he was the man on GENERAL HOSPITAL…..All the girls wanted to get close to him.
Now I have the pleasure of introducing our own Southern California’s Misty May We were planning here wedding while she was at the OLYMPICS….and I am sure you will remember that sensational moment when Misty and Keri won GOLD.
Do you remember PAT, on Saturday Night Live? The crazy characture that no one could figure out if it was female or male! Well we had the great pleasure of working with Julia Sweeney this year. She was married at the elegant Biltmore Downtown L.A. What a genuninelly sweat and wonderful woman. Her talented photographer was James Johnson and orgnaized by Mary Shiniski. As I mentioned James was not at liberty to give us any of the wedding photos, although Lauren her artist grabbed a quick shot at the getting ready location.
Pat (whose full name was revealed on an episode of “Saturday Night Live” as Pat O’Neil Riley) was a somewhat overweight character with short, curly black hair who wore glasses and a blue western-style shirt with tan slacks. The character spoke in a nasally voice that sometimes squeaked. Pat apparently suffered from very sweaty palms, and constantly wiped them on his/her clothing while making a strange whimpering sound, further adding to the character’s unappealing quality. Sweeney wore no makeup and colored her lips beige to further hide any sex identity clues.
The sketches always involved the celebrity guest hosts of the show playing everyday people who encounter Pat and then go to great lengths to discover Pat’s true gender without being so rude as to actually ask (since Pat can be short for either “Patrick”, a traditionally male name, or “Patricia”, a traditionally female name). Pat remained completely oblivious, endlessly frustrating the questioners with answers that leave the character’s sex vague. The character often made statements that seemed to reveal a sex, only to then immediately confuse things again. (A typical example might be, “Sorry if I’m a little grumpy, I have really bad cramps… I rode my bike over here, and my calf muscles are KILLING me!”) In another sketch, Pat tells Kevin Nealon that his/her name is Pat Riley, same as the coach of the Lakers, “except there’s a big difference between him and me. I’m not the coach of a professional basketball team.” Other gags included Pat’s attempts at humor, which served to confuse everyone further, such as when asked what Pat is short for, the character would reply, Pat is short for “P-a-a-a-a-a-t!”, or when asked in an application for sex, Pat responded “Please!”. Another joke was when Pat was asked the full name, to which the character responded that Pat almost never referred to the character’s self by the middle name, as it was embarrassing, to which an eager audience was filled in that it was “O’Neill”, again continuing the joke. (Although this would reveal that Pat is clearly of Irish heritage).
Julia is a veteran of TV, although best known for her roll of Pat. Julia it was a pleasure getting to know you and we are honored that you chose to be one of Design Visage’s beautiful brides.