Knot.com hosts amazing event at Chicago History Museum
Posted by Tamara Sims | Filed under News and Updates
Carley Roney of Knot.com shares a photo with DJ Jay Sims
On Wednesday evening, Jay & I had the opportunity to attend an amazing Wedding networking event at the Chicago History Museum hosted by Knot.com. We were surrounded by beautiful flowers, delicious food, and the top wedding vendors throughout the Chicago area including Elizabeth Wray Design, Melissa Phillips of Simply Perfect by Melissa, Jim Verraros & Bill Brennan of Bridal Expo Chicago, and the marvelous wedding planning team of Jena Warren & Audra Byrne of An Affair to Remember just to name a few.
I had a great conversation with Jim & Bill who had recently returned from New York (my favorite city next to Chicago) where they attended Bridal Market. They were so excited to talk about the beautiful designer wedding gowns they saw go down the runway. I was especially delighted to hear about the new partnership between Vera Wang and David’s Bridal. Gowns will range from $600 to $1,500, with most coming in under $1,200, which will make a designer gown much more affordable for today’s Brides. And of course we had fun talking about Kleinfeld’s Bridal in New York City, made famous by the TLC show “Say Yes to the Dress.”
The highlight of the evening was meeting cofounder and editor in chief of The Knot Inc., Carley Roney. She was so generous with her time and spent the evening speaking with Chicago Wedding Professionals about current trends in our industry.
It truly was a beautiful fall evening in Chicago…and what could be better than sharing ideas with so many wonderful wedding professionals!
Tags: An Affair to Remember, Bridal Expo Chicago, Carley Roney, Chicago History Museum, David's Bridal, Elizabeth Wray Design, Jay Sims, Kleinfeld Bridal, knot.com, Say Yes to the Dress, Simply Perfect by Melissa, Something 2 Dance 2, Vera Wang
“I Do” Chicago Ties the Knot Exhibit
Posted by Tamara Sims | Filed under News and Updates
Wedding Gown Exhibit at Chicago History Museum
Our Chicago chapter of the Association of Bridal Consultants (ABC), took a field trip on Tuesday afternoon to visit the Chicago History Museum’s amazing wedding gown exhibit “I Do!” Chicago Ties the Knot. I would highly recommend this exhibit for any bride, mother of the bride, or bridesmaid as it traces the history of wedding gowns from the 1800′s-2009, and let me tell you, these gowns have been preserved beautifully. Each gown has a “story” behind it which is so interesting and most of the stories share Chicago history. I was surprised to see how many gowns throughout the exhibit were colors other than white. One gown was bright orange and another gown was green! One of my favorites was from 1880, made of silk, satin and glass beads…the construction of the gown was so beautiful..even Tim Gunn would be proud! For anyone who loves weddings, this is an exhibit not to be missed. It continues through January 3, 2011, just long enough for all of our brides who become engaged over the winter holidays!
Tags: Association of Bridal Consultants, Chicago History Museum
