{"id":192693,"date":"2017-03-08T21:00:46","date_gmt":"2017-03-08T10:00:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/content.easyweddings.com\/au\/real-weddings\/cultures-come-together-at-netna-and-darrens-east-meets-west-wedding\/"},"modified":"2022-05-17T17:02:47","modified_gmt":"2022-05-17T07:02:47","slug":"cultures-come-together-at-netna-and-darrens-east-meets-west-wedding","status":"publish","type":"au-real-wedding","link":"https:\/\/www.easyweddings.com.au\/real-weddings\/cultures-come-together-at-netna-and-darrens-east-meets-west-wedding\/","title":{"rendered":"Cultures come together at Netna and Darren’s East meets West wedding"},"content":{"rendered":"
Netna Nguyen and Darren Johnstone are living proof that opposites attract.<\/p>\n
When she met Darren, Netna, 29, was a shy IT technician who could often be found with her head in a book. Darren, 30, was the complete opposite, outgoing and sporty with a social circle “bigger than Ben-Hur”.<\/p>\n
“We couldn\u2019t have been any more different,” Netna says. “It’d be years later that we’d discover through a Jung and Briggs Myer testing that our personalities were completely opposite.”<\/p>\n
Netna’s family originally hails from Vietnam and now lives in Sydney, while Darren, 30, is from Melbourne and from a large Irish family. They wanted an East meets West wedding that celebrated both their backgrounds.<\/p>\n
They wed on October 15, 2016 at\u00a0St Francis of Assisi in Paddington, Sydney. Celebrations with their 250 guests continued at\u00a0The Ivy Ballroom.<\/p>\n
“It was an epic East meets West affair, this wedding was grand, luscious and opulent,” Netna says of the big day planned with help from EventZen<\/a>.<\/p>\n “In a magnificent ballroom with a giant crystal chandelier and florals expertly adorned, who could ever suspect that this was a DIY event from years of collecting jars, old paper and ribbon?”<\/p>\n Photos courtesy of Clarzzique Photography & Video<\/a>.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Netna added some personality, and a touch of Asian style with her wedding shoes<\/a>.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n The beautiful bride and her bridesmaids had their hair and make-up done by Faces Makeup and Hair<\/a>.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n