Old New York charm meets modern glamour in this classic gold and white wedding at the landmark Plaza Hotel in Manhattan. Making the venue even more special for this stylish couple was the fact that the bride’s parents were also married there years before! See it all captured by the talented Brian Dorsey Studios in The Vault!
From Brian Dorsey Studios…While in college, the Bride, a native New Yorker, met her Midwestern man one snowy evening in West Philadelphia at trivia night. Destiny revealed itself as they begin to realize that their paths had previously crossed without their knowledge; the bride met the groom’s sister at summer camp, and went to high school with the groom’s brother-in-law years before the couple first laid eyes on each other! On a picture perfect day at the Central Park Boat Pond, the groom proposed as a miniature motorized boat sailed by asking his Bride to marry him.
“Be really present. Go through each moment, like your first look, without thinking about what’s coming next.” – solid advice from our beautiful bride. Her Plaza wedding seemed like deja vu to her parents, who had married there years before her. Family is everything to this bride, who cherished a morning alone with her immediate crew – mom, dad, sister and brother – as they got coffee and even worked out before the wedding, almost as though it were any other day! DeJuan Stroud’s expertise helped to modernize such the classic space with paper flower decal accents that were carried throughout the evening…from the escort card display to a cascading backdrop on the stage behind the band. That stage turned out to be one of this bride’s most memorable moments. Towards the end of the night, the band came down into the crowd, and the newlyweds got up and looked out into a sea of loved ones – with hanging lights reminiscent of a starry night above them, they finally took in their whole party as they scanned the room “…and we’ve got the pictures to prove it!”
Photography: Brian Dorsey Studios | Cinematography: Hart Pictures | Event Planning: Gourmet Advisory | Wedding Dress: Ines Di Santo | Cake: Sylvia Weinstock | Stationery: EAF Fine Papers | Bride's Shoes: Aquazzura | Bridesmaids' Dresses: Amsale | Lighting: Bentley Meeker | DJ: Total Entertainment- Soul Connection | Band: Element Music | Venue: The Plaza Hotel | Floral Design + Event Design: Dejuan Stroud | Sneaker Customization: Thee Queen Of Bling, Etsy