Gown Guru: Spotlight on Pnina Tornai
March 1, 2010 | by Liza Treyger
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Pnina Tornai is a nutcase and I love it. You have to be a little bit crazy to put out the over the top creations she is able to make look oh so good. It’s like the old Dolly Parton saying, “You’d be surprised to know how much it costs to look this cheap.”
She is so extravagant and yet so confused. She talks like she is a fairy and I know she is foreign I’m just not sure from where (Edior’s note: Israel). I do know that she is 44 years old and bangin’.
Her website (http://www.pninatornai.co.il) is full of grammatical errors and loony philosophies (see sidebar). But you can do whatever you want when you create dreams out of fabric. Her dresses are for anyone who is having a party – a massive party with luscious décor, hundreds of guests, tons of drinking, dancing, embarrassment, dessert tables, ice sculptures, and a bride with an attitude.
“Working with my feelings and intuitions only I trust my heart to lead me, never my logic because creation comes from love and love is the most wonderful feeling in the universe,” the designer said on her website.
This is how I would sum up Pnina Tornai’s designs; a place you get to only from feeling because there is nothing logical about her dresses. By definitions, her designs should be gaudy, trashy and way too wacky, but somehow, she pulls it off with every dress. She transcends consistency and puts her energy into making every dress unique and special for the bride.
If you wear a Pnina gown there is no way to hold yourself back from acting like a super model. Her corsets give a woman the perfect feminine form and all of her dresses are hand sewn with the principle of Haute Couture.
Of course, that means that most of us can’t afford her dresses. They start at around $7000 and just keeps going up from there. But a girl can dream…. and start saving for that special dress.
I hope to one day be married in a Pnina gown. I love this woman and all her work. She loves to meet with brides before starting to work with them. So, if you are chill, she can go chill; don’t doubt Pnina.
Check out a few of my favorites on the following pages!
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