About This Vendor
Chicago's Favorite Wedding Planner
BIG CITY BRIDE | FAVORITE CHICAGO WEDDING PLANNER Big City Bride provides the ultimate planning experience for couples seeking exceptional care, thoughtful guidance and the finest wedding style, goods and services. The Big City Bride team, lead by Susan Cordogan, is celebrated worldwide for their beautiful events. Your planner will embrace you throughout the journey to ensure you enjoy all the moments that matter. Featured by People Magazine, Style Me Pretty, Martha Stewart Weddings, the Style Network and more. Flexible hours to fit your schedule in the comfort of their charming Lincoln Park studio at the corner of Sheffield & Webster.
Details
Destination Weddings
Destination Wedding Packages, Destination Wedding Planning
Planning
Budgeting, Day-Of Coordination, Destination Wedding Planning, Full Service Wedding Planning, RSVP Tracking
Wedding Activities
Getting Engaged, Engagement Party, Rehearsals & Parties, After Party, Bachelor Party, Bachelorette Party, Bridal Luncheon, Bridal Shower, Rehearsal Dinner, Welcome Party, Wedding, Ceremony, Cocktail Hour, Day After Brunch, Reception, Rehearsal
Awards and Affiliations
Big City Bride Reviews
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Reviewed On 7/26/2018 by Maila C
Hiring Chrissy was the best decision we made in our wedding! I’m not a big planner and my now husband and I both have jobs that can be demanding, so we knew we would benefit a lot from hiring a wedding planner. We interviewed a couple of weddin...
Reviewed On 10/01/2018 by Emily S
We loved BCB and Claire!!! Our wedding was in May this year and we used BCB’s star wedding planner – Claire Weller. She was a dream and a savior from beginning to end. While we were certainly excited to plan our big day, we had limited avail...
Reviewed On 1/26/2018 by Jennifer R
WOW! Where do I begin?! Big City Bride, and specifically our wedding planner, Kayla Mousser, were absolutely incredible to work with from start to finish. If you are seeking a responsible, hard-working event planner, I cannot recommend Kayla en...
Reviewed On 11/25/2018 by Yuna T
BCB IS AMAZING!!! We loved Claire!!! She is not only professional but also SUPER GOOD at weddings! She is very resourceful, which helped us a lot in terms of budget and picturing the whole vibe. Claire made our big day go smoothly and happily. ...
Reviewed On 11/25/2018 by Liz M
I wish I had the words to explain how over-the-top amazing Kayla was on our wedding day. She was my honorary maid of honor. I trusted her with every single step of our day, and she delivered and THEN some. I am still getting compliments from fr...
Reviewed On 11/09/2018 by Amanda S
My wedding wouldn’t have been possible without Big City Bride or Kayla Mousser. My fiancé and I fell in love with Kayla the moment we met her. She is extremely attentive, charismatic, flexible, passionate, and smart. The list goes on! The ent...
Reviewed On 11/07/2018 by Brooke K
Working with Chrissy and the Big City Bride team was the best wedding decision my fiancé and I made!Chrissy is incredibly personable, has an exceptional attention to detail and provides a level of dedication to her clients that is unprecedented...
Reviewed On 11/01/2018 by Deirdre E
Kayla was a fantastic partner throughout our wedding planning process! She was patient, reassuring, and conscientious from start to finish as she assembled and managed a rock star list of vendors to make our dream day come to life. She also add...
Reviewed On 10/15/2018 by Katie O
Arin Calamari and the team at Big City Bride were absolutely fantastic to work with. Arin is a consummate professional and really listened to us to help meet our objectives, stay within budget and execute a perfect day. I have nothing but the...
Reviewed On 10/03/2018 by Emily B
If I could give Big City Bride a thousand stars I would! My husband and I worked with Arin and the petite package (day of coordination) and she was truly a dream. I've never met a more kind, hardworking, or passionate individual. She truly take...
Reviewed On 9/29/2018 by Kelly S
What a treat it was to work with Big City Bride for our special day! Chrissy turned our dreams into reality! I feel so blessed that Chrissy was our wedding planner! Being the firsts in our families to tie the knot...Chrissy taught us so much, g...
Reviewed On 9/24/2018 by Lori S
Chrissy made our wedding perfect! She is exceptionally detail oriented and made sure everything was perfectly coordinated throughout our entire planning process. She was so proactive with everything that needed to be done. She solved every curv...
Reviewed On 9/17/2018 by Jill K
We chose Big City Bride based off other reviews and couldn’t be happier. Kayla exceeded our expectations and was patient, kind, and understanding of all of our questions and concerns. The BCB office is so cute and we always had a good time meet...
Reviewed On 9/13/2018 by Kathy S
At first I was apprehensive hiring a planner because I enjoy hands on experiences. However, I couldn’t be more pleased and grateful for our decision to work with Chrissy at Big City Bride.
Chrissy was thorough, professional, financial respon...
Reviewed On 9/11/2018 by Jenny H
I cannot rave enough about Big City Brides - but specifically - Arin Calamari. Words cannot describe how grateful we are for everything that she and her team did - she is simply the best.
Arin was our "day of coordinator", however, she far su...
Reviewed On 9/11/2018 by Josh D
Claire Weller from Big City Bride was amazing and went well above and beyond as our wedding planner. It’s so hard to list everything or even know where to start, but we’re definitely going to try! Overall, she was on top of everything, and alwa...
Reviewed On 8/30/2018 by Jacquelyn B
I'm not sure I can even put into words how wonderful it was working with Claire on our wedding celebrations! We are definitely a non-traditional couple and had some out of left field requests, but Claire made all of our dreams happen. I did not...
Reviewed On 8/30/2018 by Amanda N
Arin was our coordinator from big city bride and she was amazing! We did a day-of coordinator so we started working with her a few weeks before the wedding. She was so on top of everything, had her checklist to make sure we were all set for tha...
Reviewed On 7/19/2018 by Kylie K
I can’t even begin to explain how amazing Arin Calamari and Big City Brides is! If you are looking for an event planner who will listen to what you want and make it come to life she is you girl! Arin had an amazing way of giving suggestions but...
Reviewed On 7/13/2018 by Michelle D
I don't even know where to start or if I can even put in to words how amazing of an experience I had working with Arin Calamari at Big City Bride. I chose the Petite Package which meant Arin stepped in about a month before to help organize all ...
Reviewed On 7/09/2018 by Caroline Y
We can do this on our own, we thought. We don't need to be frivolous and pay for the help of a coordinator, we thought. I'm sure we can wing it the day of, we thought. Boy, were we wrong. Soooooooo wrong. Very wrong. My amazing mother in law gi...
Reviewed On 6/25/2018 by Michaela Z
Claire was absolutely wonderful to work with! She worked with us throughout the entire wedding planning process - from helping us choose a venue, to coordinating the timeline for the wedding day, and everything in between. She provided recommen...
Reviewed On 6/12/2018 by Laurel M
We had the best experience planning our wedding with Big City Bride. Chrissy was our planner and we could have asked for a better experience. She was so organized and positive throughout the entire process. My husband and I are both very busy a...
Reviewed On 5/28/2018 by Victoria B
Thank heaven for Kayla and Big City Bride! I was gifted a "day of coordinator" from a very generous friend and being a planner (not professionally just type A) I thought, "eh I don't need that" but boy was I wrong!! Kayla reached out to me a fe...
Reviewed On 5/17/2018 by Catherine S
What Steve Jobs is to Apple is Susan Cordogan is to Wedding Planning. Big City Bride is a well-oiled machine and the best wedding decision my husband and I made (well, except getting married!) without a doubt. We will forever be grateful for he...
Meet the Team
Susan Cordogan
Owner
I'm a hard-working Chicagoan who loves weddings. I have been immersing myself in the hospitality industry for 25 years. My work includes weddings of ALL kinds, impactful corporate events and extraordinary social celebrations. I've been featured in Martha Stewart Weddings, People Magazine, The Knot, Style Network, Crains Chicago Business and more.
The Big City Bride team and I are truly grateful for each wedding we are called to do. It is an honor and pleasure to help clients navigate this important and personal journey so they can enjoy the moments that matter and love their wedding.