These Grooms Got a Shoutout From Taylor Swift at Their Black-Tie Wedding in California
“For our fellow same-sex couples!” Kevin Louie and Marcos Melero share, “We hope more representation in wedding blogs and magazines will allow others to see some examples of how their weddings can be both a mixture of tradition and breaking the norm.”<br><br>A serendipitous encounter on a dating ...
Exclusive: Join Influencer Kristina Rodulfo for Her Travel-Themed Wedding on the Beach in Oahu, Hawaii
After matching on a dating app, Kristina Rodulfo proposed that she and Michael Heal meet for the first time at a popular cocktail lounge. “He was a few minutes late, which, now that I know him is so unlike punctual Michael, but he was new to NYC from Australia and still figuring out the public tr...
The Couple's Grandmothers Inspired Their Jewish-Italian Pizzeria-Themed Welcome Party in Ojai, California
Even before the main event, Natalia Renna (28 and a digital marketing strategist) and Zachary (Zach) Nathanson (30 and a small-business owner) infused their wedding weekend with unique personalization. The Los Angeles–based couple invited 210 loved ones to California’s Ojai Valley for three days ...
This Colorful Mod Wedding in Santa Barbara Included Mood Rings, Goldfish, Sand Castles and a Marching Band
There’s creative and then there’s absolutely and utterly visionary—and the Southern California beach wedding of Mychaela Miller (32 and a nurse practitioner) and Giancarlo Silva (35 and a media executive) was undeniably the latter. The couple wanted “something very memorable, out of the box, inte...
Inside Influencer Sean Taylor's Elopement With a Campy, Vintage-Inspired After-Party at The Village Café in Richmond, Virginia
Within the last few years—and with a global pandemic that set every event back a year or two—some sweethearts have been electing to elope or host microweddings before a larger sequel wedding. Sean Taylor (a style influencer and a season-one contestant on Netflix’s "The Circle") and Eric Carlstrom...
An Interior Design Influencer’s Bright, 1970s-Inspired Wedding at Gather Greene in Coxsackie, New York
When both the bride and groom are musicians, you can expect a distinctive, rockin’ style in every wedding detail. “I wanted the decor to truly feel like us,” Jessie Ruane—a musician, actor and interior design influencer—says. “Our apartment in Brooklyn has retro vibes, so we wanted to use that as...
This Hollywood Couple Hosted a Star-Studded Desert Wedding at Merv Griffin Estate in La Quinta, California
Growing up in Los Angeles, Chloe Sonnenfeld, daughter of American filmmaker Barry Sonnenfeld, inevitably developed some favorite haunts. So, when it came time for her beloved—Peter Brunette—to pop the question, he knew just where to do it. “I spent a lot of time at the Hotel Bel-Air with my famil...
A Retro Tie-Dye Wedding for Two “Deadheads” at The Langham Huntington in Pasadena, California
After Casey Regan made a sweet comment about Monique Gray’s job after the two matched on a dating app, they met up at a wine bar in Orange County, California. Spontaneity followed the couple throughout their relationship: all the way through to the proposal date. “The proposal happened in the bac...
Retro Technicolor Vibes Filled This Eclectic Wedding at the TWA Hotel in Queens, New York
We’ve always believed that couples should plan a wedding that’s uniquely their own, but couples haven’t always felt liberated to do that. Until the pandemic. As couples were forced to scale back, reschedule and adjust their nuptials, they also came back to what a wedding should really be: a meani...
This Retro-Inspired California Wedding at Skyview Los Alamos Kicked Off With a Pool Party
Both the East and West Coasts hold immense meaning for Kellen Schefter (36 and a clean energy professional) and Philip (Phil) Javellana (38 and a nonprofit professional). Though the couple has roots in Washington, DC, where they live, they serendipitously met in Los Angeles and got engaged in San...
Music From the '60s and '70s Inspired This Retro Wedding at The Fillmore in Philadelphia
For their wedding at The Fillmore in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Naomi and Jessi created a vibe that was a mix of "Summer of Love, Magical Mystery Tour, and a sprinkle of Studio 54 glitter." Naomi goes on to explain that the couple selected "a palette based on late '60s and early '70s color schem...
A Colorful, Retro-Meets-Midcentury Wedding at Colony 29 in Palm Springs, California
Clayton (Clay) Early (36 and an actor) and Michael (Mike) Dailey (36 and an attorney) know that good things take time. What Clay calls their “classic modern romance” began on OkCupid after months of bad dates and nearly giving up on online dating. The pair’s first date at a Brooklyn bar proved th...
A Retro-Meets-Tropical Welcome Party at Taverna in Kapalua, Hawaii
To welcome guests to their destination wedding in Hawaii, Anna and Feng hosted a welcome cocktail party at Taverna in Kapalua complete with chic wood name tags and festive banana leaf linens. Given that the event was a fun cocktail party, it was only appropriate that the couple's signature cockta...
Groovy Retro-Inspired Wedding at The Union on Eighth in Georgetown, Texas
Kelly and Steven love music from the ’70s and ’80s, so they took inspiration from the song “September,” by Earth, Wind & Fire. “We wanted to create eclectic, old soul vibes and an easygoing atmosphere,” Kelly says. Groovy invites set the tone for an autumn celebration full of earthy flowers, ...
Retro Graphics and Disco Balls Made This Greenhouse Wedding in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Shine
For Chelsea Pfender (29 and a stay-at-home mom) and Montgomery Mercado (33 and owner of a home construction company), planning a wedding was about capturing their fun personalities and unique interests. “We knew we wanted our wedding to be memorable and unique,” the couple says. “We wanted people...
A Colorful, Retro Wedding at The Curtis in Denver, Colorado
Kristi Carr (29 and a senior imaging specialist) and Jason Carranza (30 and a senior analyst) chose Denver to tie the knot largely because they met and fell in love there. “I’ve always loved the funky, colorful, retro vibe of The Curtis hotel. I worked backward from the venue’s colors and tried t...
A Classic, Retro Wedding at Universal Studios Back Lot in Hollywood
As lovers of movies and theme parks, Melissa Russell and Jeremy Slater were psyched to book the Universal Studios Backlot as their wedding venue. After all, both of their favorite flicks—Back to the Future for Melissa and Jaws for Jeremy—were filmed there. "I got the idea because a friend of mi...
A Colorful Palm Springs-Inspired Wedding at the New Haven Lawn Club in New Haven, Connecticut
Shannon McGee (38 and a marketing account director) and Michael Suppe (34 and a sports editor) played up vibrant florals and a tropical palm leaf motif to give their retro, Palm Springs-inspired fete an undeniable flair. The duo said their vows in front of a fireplace mantel adorned with a colorf...
A Boho, Mid-Century Modern Wedding at Moorten Botanical Garden in Palm Springs, California
Inspired by a road trip they took together from Los Angeles to Vegas and through Death Valley, Savannah Miller and Zach Kolodziejski planned a mid-century modern fete with a laid-back bohemian feel in Palm Springs. The pair kept things low-key with a guest list of only 20 closest family members a...
An Eclectic Halloween-Themed Wedding at The Cheney Place in Grand Rapids, Michigan
Horror-crazed couple Katie Tyne (29 and a morgue assistant) and Ryan Brinkerhoff (30 and a creative manager and graphic designer) relied on skull artifacts, vintage test tubes and bone-white details to bring their grave nuptials to life. “Til Death Do Us Part” was an obvious theme for the lifelon...
A Bohemian, Mid-Century Wedding at Acre Baja in San José del Cabo, Mexico
Tropical foliage and macramé accents lent Tara Jobin and Dylan Ramsey’s mid-century modern wedding a laid-back, bohemian edge. Tucked in the foothills of San José del Cabo, Acre Baja offered the ideal backdrop for the alfresco fete with its abundant greenery, organic farms and elegant treehouses....
A Retro, Hawaii-Themed Wedding at National Tropical Botanical Garden in Poipu, Hawaii
When Ashlee Domann (31 and in finance) and Bryan Wheeler (39 and a hot rod builder) opted for a Hawaiian wedding, one thing became more important to them than any color scheme or theme. “Throughout the planning process, we kept two things sacred: Our wedding had to be fun, and it needed to reflec...
A Bohemian, Mid-Century Chic Wedding at The LakeHouse at WaterColor Inn & Resort in Santa Rosa Beach, Florida
Shannon Brianne Dodd (32 and owner of GoHannah custom hair extensions) and Ryan Taylor Ricketts (28 and owner of a roofing construction company) created a mid-century modern, bohemian, tropical-glam theme for their lawn ceremony and reception by the resort’s pool.<br><br>As her “something old,” S...