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Stylish Canadian Weddings: Inside The Real Housewives of Toronto’s Ann Kaplan Mulholland’s Lavish Ceremony
By
Renée Tse
Date May 8, 2017
If you’ve been keeping up with The Real Housewives of Toronto, you’ll know the season finale is coming up—fast. (It’s airing on May 9, btw.)
Between the drama and the ah-mazing wardrobe, it’s safe to say a lot has happened since the premiere. And judging from the look of it, the best has yet to come. Case in point: The vow renewal of Ann Kaplan Mulholland and her husband, Stephen Mulholland, will be aired.
“Stephen and I have gone through some very tragic events in the past few years,” says Ann. “Two of my sisters have passed, my mother, who lived with us for five years, recently passed, and we adopted two more children from one sister. Our home was full, and the losses were heavy.”
“Last year during a routine exam, we had a health scare that questioned our own mortality,” she continues. “All of this brought us closer. It also shone a light on how important each moment is, so I proposed to Stephen on his birthday and asked him to marry me again. We have renewed our vows twice—once at 10 years and once at 15 years.”
With the RHOT finale (and wedding season) just around the corner, we got an exclusive look at Ann and Steven’s lavish vow renewal at Toronto’ Design Exchange. Flip through the gallery to get a glimpse into their OTT but romantic celebration.
Stylish Canadian Weddings: Real Housewives of Toronto’s Ann Kaplan Mulholland lavish affair
Linda Martell (Fiorio Salon), Joanne Parker (makeup artist), Barrett (son), Rock (son, getting tie fixed), Sunny Tesgaye (Fiorio hairstylist)
Stylish Canadian Weddings: Real Housewives of Toronto’s Ann Kaplan Mulholland lavish affair
Linda Martell (Fiorio Salon) doing daughter Destiny’s hair
Stylish Canadian Weddings: Real Housewives of Toronto’s Ann Kaplan Mulholland lavish affair
Left to right: children Destiny, Rock, Talise and Barrett and niece Isabella
Stylish Canadian Weddings: Real Housewives of Toronto’s Ann Kaplan Mulholland lavish affair
“Evan Biddell, the winner of Project Runway Canada, was commissioned to design an ‘over the top’ dress. I wanted a very long train—something unexpected and beautiful and not white. The dress had to withstand the weight of being lowered from the ceiling, which meant I had to come down from the ceiling in a bodysuit and be dressed within 30 seconds. Even the safety harness was ‘blinged’ with crystals. The dress was so memorable and stunning. Evan cried when it was completed. He is brilliant.”
Stylish Canadian Weddings: Real Housewives of Toronto’s Ann Kaplan Mulholland lavish affair
Jonathon Furlong (master of ceremony) on the bride’s train
Stylish Canadian Weddings: Real Housewives of Toronto’s Ann Kaplan Mulholland lavish affair
Four-foot cake from For the Love of Cake
Stylish Canadian Weddings: Real Housewives of Toronto’s Ann Kaplan Mulholland lavish affair
Stylish Canadian Weddings: Real Housewives of Toronto’s Ann Kaplan Mulholland lavish affair
Roxy Earl (RHOT) and husband Ragu
Stylish Canadian Weddings: Real Housewives of Toronto’s Ann Kaplan Mulholland lavish affair
Stylish Canadian Weddings: Real Housewives of Toronto’s Ann Kaplan Mulholland lavish affair
Colin Stainton, Michelle Berry and Ross Dow
Stylish Canadian Weddings: Real Housewives of Toronto’s Ann Kaplan Mulholland lavish affair
Joan Kelly Walker and Jana Webb (both on RHOT)
Stylish Canadian Weddings: Real Housewives of Toronto’s Ann Kaplan Mulholland lavish affair
Grego Minot (RHOT) and husband Pierre
Stylish Canadian Weddings: Real Housewives of Toronto’s Ann Kaplan Mulholland lavish affair
RHOT‘s Kara Alloway and husband Graham Alloway
Stylish Canadian Weddings: Real Housewives of Toronto’s Ann Kaplan Mulholland lavish affair
The venue’s floral-draped ceiling
Stylish Canadian Weddings: Real Housewives of Toronto’s Ann Kaplan Mulholland lavish affair
The “Walking Dead” preceded the wedding
Stylish Canadian Weddings: Real Housewives of Toronto’s Ann Kaplan Mulholland lavish affair
Stephen, the groom, waiting with the “minister,” Jim Stone, and the bride’s brother Brandon Hal-Mannon. Daughters Talise and Destiny wait on stage.
Stylish Canadian Weddings: Real Housewives of Toronto’s Ann Kaplan Mulholland lavish affair
Fave part of the day: “When Stephen looked at me during the ceremony, it was the same look he had the first time we married. I will not forget that look. There is something about being with someone who is so sure they made the right choice. It was our moment.”
Stylish Canadian Weddings: Real Housewives of Toronto’s Ann Kaplan Mulholland lavish affair
The Real Housewives of Toronto cast looks on.
Stylish Canadian Weddings: Real Housewives of Toronto’s Ann Kaplan Mulholland lavish affair
Stylish Canadian Weddings: Real Housewives of Toronto’s Ann Kaplan Mulholland lavish affair
Stylish Canadian Weddings: Real Housewives of Toronto’s Ann Kaplan Mulholland lavish affair
The concept behind the party: “‘Over the Top’ is how we referred to it. The evening included 60 performers, much like a circus. We wanted entertainers, jugglers and clowns. We took it even further into the decor and the food with hot dogs, popcorn, etc. It was definitely an extravagant circus, and in the middle of it, a wedding happened.”
Stylish Canadian Weddings: Real Housewives of Toronto’s Ann Kaplan Mulholland lavish affair
Stephen with burlesque performer Coco Framboise and her dancers
Stylish Canadian Weddings: Real Housewives of Toronto’s Ann Kaplan Mulholland lavish affair
Grego, Joan, Jana and Ann (RHOT)
Stylish Canadian Weddings: Real Housewives of Toronto’s Ann Kaplan Mulholland lavish affair
My daughter, Talise, singing for us
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Between the drama and the ah-mazing wardrobe, it's safe to say a lot has happened since the premiere. And judging from the look of it, the best has yet to come. Case in point: The vow renewal of Ann Kaplan Mulholland and her husband, Stephen Mulholland, will be aired.
"Stephen and I have gone through some very tragic events in the past few years," says Ann. "Two of my sisters have passed, my mother, who lived with us for five years, recently passed, and we adopted two more children from one sister. Our home was full, and the losses were heavy."
"Last year during a routine exam, we had a health scare that questioned our own mortality," she continues. "All of this brought us closer. It also shone a light on how important each moment is, so I proposed to Stephen on his birthday and asked him to marry me again. We have renewed our vows twice—once at 10 years and once at 15 years."
With the RHOT finale (and wedding season) just around the corner, we got an exclusive look at Ann and Steven's lavish vow renewal at Toronto' Design Exchange. Flip through the gallery to get a glimpse into their OTT but romantic celebration.
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