A traditional Chinese tea ceremony, a beachside welcome party, and a pastel garden reception inspired by Bridgerton gave Alyssa and Austin’s wedding weekend plenty of range. More than 100 guests traveled to Cancún, where the couple turned their Chinese wedding in Mexico into several days of family traditions, good food, and a party that rarely slowed down. The destination format came partly from Alyssa’s older sister’s wedding. After seeing how several days together gave guests […]
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Sicilian Summer Wedding at Villa Mon Repos With Mount Etna as the Backdrop
Alex and Jack’s wedding in Taormina came with aperitivo in the garden, Sicilian food stations, plenty of limoncello, and views stretching from Isola Bella to Mount Etna. Later, dinner gave way to something much less formal: hours of karaoke, with guests choosing their own songs and passing the microphone around well into the night. That mix was exactly what the couple had in mind for their Villa Mon Repos wedding. With friends and family traveling […]
Bird of Paradise Led The Tropical Floral Design in this Arcadia Events Tulum Destination Wedding
Bird of paradise, pink anthuriums, tropical greenery, and fruit brought color into a setting that Kylee and Benjamin otherwise left largely untouched. Stone structures divided Arcadia Events Tulum into different spaces for the ceremony and reception, while candles and string lights added soft lighting as evening arrived. The inspiration for the setting came from a trip Kylee and Benjamin took early in their relationship. A few months after they started dating, they traveled to Costa […]
Classic Charleston Charm in This Admiral’s House Wedding
Belle and Owen filled their Charleston wedding with the kind of details guests could actually interact with: couches and coffee tables arranged like a living room, family wedding photos spanning generations, a band-led music line from ceremony to reception, and plenty of food for a crowd that had traveled to celebrate with them. Even a Southern tradition that didn’t quite go according to plan became part of the story when the couple tried, unsuccessfully, to […]
At Garza Blanca Cancún, Black Tie and Beachfront Made the Perfect Wedding Combination
Jackie and JJ asked guests to pack tuxedos and colorful formalwear for a wedding weekend by the Caribbean, then filled the celebration with coral, peach, yellow, and pink flowers, sweeping white drapery, and plenty of reasons to stay on the dance floor. At Garza Blanca Cancún, their “Black Tie by the Beach” idea landed somewhere between a formal evening out and a very good vacation. The details that guests took home with them were just […]
This Monte Cardon Wedding in San Jose del Cabo Was the Coolest Desert Destination Party
Natalie and Will had two requirements when they started wedding planning: warm and fun. In practice, that became a private desert venue outside San Jose del Cabo, Bird of Paradise orange woven through the details, dinner that guests are still talking about, and a reception designed to get progressively louder as the night went on. Their Monte Cardon wedding moved through different corners of the property, from an outdoor ceremony surrounded by desert, mountains, […]
Italian Garden Meets Japanese Ikebana at This Summer Cape Town Vineyard Wedding
An Italian garden dinner and Japanese Ikebana don’t immediately sound like two halves of the same wedding mood board. For Michelle and Raymond, that was exactly the point. Their Cape Town vineyard wedding paired grapes, lemons, candlelight, and a long table on the lawn with orchids, pastel florals, fortune cookies, and Japanese-inspired arrangements. Even the ceremony and reception had completely different palettes. The couple met while working at Triggerfish Animation Studios. Neither was particularly looking […]
This Wedding at Hacienda San Cristóbal Is a Love Letter to Contemporary Mexican Design
For Anette and Antonio, their wedding weekend became an introduction to Mexico for the family and friends who had traveled from around the world to celebrate with them. It began with cocktails in the heart of Mexico City’s Historic Center before moving to Hacienda San Cristóbal, where centuries-old adobe walls, regional cuisine, mariachi music, and a traditional charro horse performance welcomed 130 guests over the course of the celebration. Every stop added another layer […]
A Queer Las Vegas Wedding Full of Old Vegas Glamour and Neon Museum Magic
There are countless ways to celebrate in Las Vegas, but Bri and Avery wanted their wedding weekend to show guests the version of the city they had come to love. Their queer Las Vegas wedding traded casino clichés for restored neon signs, Halloween on Fremont Street, a historic midcentury home, and a reception that ended with an unexpected jump into the pool after the final song. The city became part of their story long before […]
This Couple Renovated a 30-Year-Old Family Farm to Host Their Dream Wedding in São Paulo
The family farm in Amparo had been largely untouched for three decades, but instead of booking a traditional venue for their Sao Paulo wedding, Johanna and Murilo decided to restore the property from the ground up. The project became much more than a place to host guests. It gave both sides of their family—coming from Brazil, Germany, and beyond—a reason to gather in one place that would continue to belong to the family long after […]