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Brides of Beverly Hills

Weddings in Beverly Hills, reported rather than styled.

  1. Weddings

    A Family Property as the Venue: One Tennessee Couple Let Existing Trees and Gardens Set the Plan

    In Cookeville, Tennessee, a couple held their wedding at a family home and planned the design around what the grounds already had: established trees a…

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    Live Magnolias Under the Canvas: How One Planner Made a Tent Feel Like a Dinner Party

    Caroline and Anthony asked for a small dinner with their guests, not a big reception, and the setup at The Argyle Club San Antonio was built to match.…

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    Live Magnolia Trees and Custom Drapery: How One Planner Built a Dinner Party Under a Tent

    Caroline and Anthony started with a format, not a theme: they wanted a small wedding run as a dinner party, not a large reception. The venue was The A…

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    Two Colors and a Black Tie Code: Amanda and Rami's Ritz-Carlton Naples Wedding

    Amanda and Rami held their wedding at the Ritz-Carlton Naples with a black tie dress code and a palette of just two colors, white and olive green. YCW…

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    At a Family Home, the Garden Sets the Plan and the Flowers Follow

    A couple in Cookeville, Tennessee, didn't book a venue and decorate it. They held the wedding at a family home and let the grounds make the main decis…

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    When the Ballroom Is Already Ornate, Spend on Candles and Pastels

    A spring wedding at The Brown Hotel took its outdoor feel from a short list: candlelight and a pastel palette, set inside the hotel's Crystal Ballroom…

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    At the Ritz-Carlton in Naples, a Formal Wedding Built on Two Colors and Candlelight

    Amanda and Rami married at the Ritz-Carlton in Naples with a strict two-color scheme of white and olive, a formal dress code and candlelight. The pale…

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    Letting the Farm Set the Palette: A Summer Wedding at Blue Hill at Stone Barns

    Rachel and Nick chose to have their summer wedding at Blue Hill at Stone Barns and to let the green of the property decide the look of the day. For an…

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    The Rosemary Beach Lawn That Hosted the Proposal, Then the Ceremony

    Kayla and Andrew picked their ceremony site before they had a date. They got engaged on the Eastern Green in Rosemary Beach, Florida, and twelve month…

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    Same Spot, One Year Later: A Rosemary Beach Couple Holds Their Ceremony Where They Got Engaged

    Kayla and Andrew chose their ceremony site the simplest way possible: they went back to the Eastern Green in Rosemary Beach, where they had gotten eng…

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    Stonepine Estate Makes the Case for an Italian Look Without the Flight

    Stonepine Estate in Carmel Valley is the venue in a newly published wedding with a Tuscan point of view. The couple did not use the estate to imitate …

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    Swapping the Ceremony Arch for a Built Platform: A Santa Barbara Ceremony Worth Studying

    At the Ritz-Carlton Bacara in Santa Barbara, a couple's ceremony on the bluff skipped the usual arch of flowers. Planners Cassandra & Company Weddings…

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    Santa Barbara by Candlelight: Reagan and Jon Kept Their Coastal Wedding Going After Dark

    Reagan and Jon married in Santa Barbara, close to the water, with wildflowers setting the look during the day and candles taking over once the sun wen…

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    The Sailcloth Tent Question, Answered at a Virginia Vineyard

    A wedding at Chatham Vineyards on Virginia's Eastern Shore made its case for putting the reception under canvas instead of indoors. The venue gave the…

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    Glass Walls Make the View the Main Decoration

    This wedding was planned around a room with glass from floor to ceiling, so the trees and sky outside did most of the decorating. When you tour a venu…

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    Married Where They First Met: A Black-Tie Wedding at the Country Club of Detroit

    Ginny and Gordon married at the Country Club of Detroit, the same club where they went on their first date. For a couple choosing a venue, that is the…

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    Two Colors, One Winter Date: The Black-and-White Wedding at The Willard

    A winter wedding at The Willard InterContinental was planned around a strict palette of black and white. For a bride choosing a cold-weather date, a t…

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    Choosing the Venue Where It Started: A Black-Tie Wedding at the Country Club of Detroit

    Ginny and Gordon married at the Country Club of Detroit, the same club where the two went out together for the first time. That makes the venue decisi…

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    Modern Art Against Moorish Arches: Taylor and Ben's Wedding at the Merv Griffin Estate

    Taylor and Ben took their wedding out to the California desert and held it at the Merv Griffin Estate. They chose to push the look modern, and that de…

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    A Single Tent Held the Whole Day, and It Was Dressed as a Room

    Avery and Nick held their entire wedding in one sailcloth structure at Riverfront Park in North Charleston, and the design brief was a Charleston livi…

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    Butter Yellow and Citrus, Timed to the Light on Cayuga Lake

    Emily and Josh held their summer wedding at Inns of Aurora in New York's Finger Lakes, on the water at Cayuga Lake. The palette was citrus and a soft …

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    Ninety Feet of Aisle and One Debussy Piece: A Scottsdale Weekend Built in Two Registers

    A couple held their multi-day celebration at the Four Seasons Scottsdale, and they planned its two main events in two different registers. The first n…

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    A Three-Color Palette for Fall: Green, White and Neutrals at Four Seasons Napa Valley

    Mina and Alex kept their fall wedding at Four Seasons Napa Valley to three colors: green, white and a range of undyed neutrals. For a couple still cho…

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  24. Weddings

    Pairing the Band to the Ring, Correctly

    The setting decides the band, not the other way around. Six engagement-ring styles now have a companion band that sits flush, stacks clean, and doesn'…

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  25. Weddings

    The Dance Floor Is Becoming the Reception's Statement Piece

    A reception built around an olive grove look is putting new weight on one detail: the dance floor itself, lettered with a message for the couple. The …

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    A Wedding Aisle Built to Wind, Not Run Straight — In Four Colors

    The ceremony aisle wasn't a straight shot to the altar — it curved, and every inch of that curve was packed with pink, purple, orange, and yellow bloo…

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    Photo by Bruno Mattos on Pexels
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    The Aisle That Skips the Straight Line

    The Lockharts traded the standard straight path lined with a few scattered arrangements for a winding aisle packed edge to edge in pink, purple, orang…

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    The Palette Brief: Blush, Rose, and Peach Carry a Garden-Toned Reception

    The wedding palette leaned soft: blush pink, rose, and peach layered through garden-inspired arrangements rather than a single dominant hue. That rang…

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    A Countryside Wedding Built Around What Valley Rock Inn Does Best: Hospitality

    Erika and Jeffrey chose Valley Rock Inn for a garden party wedding grounded in the property's countryside setting rather than a themed backdrop. Their…

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    The Reception Palette: Blush, Rose, and Peach — Plus Two Prom Crowns

    The color story for this wedding held steady from ceremony to reception: soft pastels and garden-inspired hues, working through blush pink, rose, and …

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    Photo by Marc Chemla on Pexels
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    The Layering Trick Behind One Garden-Party Table Setting

    At The Conservatory at Blackberry Ridge, planner Chelsea Kennedy Weddings built each table in stages: a blush linen base topped with a white eyelet ov…

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    Flora Farms Layout: Hand-Painted Dance Floor Anchors a Garden Reception

    Nicole and Zach's reception at Flora Farms centered on a hand-painted dance floor set among garden blooms and botanical detail work, with the overall …

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    Pairing the Band to the Ring: What Beverly Hills Jewelers Are Recommending Now

    Six engagement ring settings, six band pairings — chosen for how they sit and wear together, not just how they photograph. It's a fitting question, si…

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  34. Weddings

    Ivory, Cream, and One Loud Color: The Palette Planners Keep Landing On

    Soft white and ivory as the base, cream layered in for warmth, then a single hit of bright pink carried entirely by the florals — no pastel version, n…

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    Blue and Yellow: A Working Palette for a Farmhouse Wedding

    Planners weighing a coastal theme without a beach on hand have a data point worth noting: at The Farm at Eagles Ridge, one couple built their day arou…

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    An All-Pink Palette Takes Over Eldorado Country Club

    At Eldorado Country Club, one couple skipped the usual mix of accent colors and built the entire wedding around a single shade of pink. The venue's mi…

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    The Ringling Museum's Architecture Did the Heavy Lifting for This Black-Tie Wedding

    Alexandra and Tyler held their black-tie wedding at The Ringling Museum in Sarasota, choosing to let the historic architecture stand largely on its ow…

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    What a Marsh Setting Does to a Color Palette

    Bridget and Jack skipped the swatch book and built their wedding colors around the marsh itself, letting the setting's own natural tones dictate the p…

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  39. Weddings

    The Palette That Doesn't Date: Black and White, Two Decades Later

    One Beverly Hills couple marked a black tie wedding two decades in the making, built on white and black alone — no third color, no seasonal accent. It…

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  40. Weddings

    Black-Tie Rules, Island Palette: What a Maui Wedding's Colors Have to Balance

    Pairing a black-tie dress code with an outdoor, nature-driven setting is the practical detail worth flagging here. The palette chosen for the day — cr…

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    The Case For A Two-Part Wedding, According To The Planner Who Built Her Own

    A wedding planner designed her own celebration as two separate events rather than one, drawing on a Tuscany-inspired vision to carry through both. She…

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    Photo by NUDE Nahum on Pexels
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    What a Wedding Planner Chooses For Herself: Olive, Coral, Black

    A wedding planner built her own celebration — staged in two separate parts — around a Tuscan-inspired palette of olive green, coral, pink, cream, and …

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    Photo by Emma Bauso on Pexels
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    Newport Wedding Trades Color for Restraint

    A wedding in Newport, Rhode Island, built its color story around the water rather than a swatch book, settling on creamy whites and neutrals in place …

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    Photo by Jonathan Borba on Pexels
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    The Wedding Band Order Should Follow the Ring's Setting, Not the Calendar

    A new pairing guide sets six engagement ring styles alongside the wedding bands that work best next to them, treating the two as one decision rather t…

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    Photo by Marty O’Neill on Unsplash
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    Powel Crosley Estate: A Historic Sarasota Ground Built for a Blue-and-White Palette

    The venue is the Powel Crosley Estate in Sarasota, Florida, a historic property that hosted a coastal-themed wedding built around soft blue, crisp whi…

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  46. Weddings

    A Five-Tone Palette for a Wedding That Ends on the Water

    The color plan pairs ivory and cream with slate blue, warm taupe, and layered earth tones — a five-note coastal palette meant to read as garden by day…

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  47. Weddings

    For the Beverly Hills Baby Shower Registry, Function Beats Fuss

    The best shower gifts skip the sentimental extras and go straight to what a new household actually uses. Tiny outfits and keepsakes still have a place…

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  48. Weddings

    The Spring Garden Palette to Note: Coral and Pink, Cut With Baby Blue and Soft Yellow

    A garden wedding making the rounds this week built its full palette around vibrant pinks and corals, then added baby blue and soft yellow rather than …

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    Photo by Miguel Delima on Pexels
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    A Maui Wedding's Palette Skips the Statement Color for Ivory, Vanilla, and a Whisper of Green

    The color plan for this Maui wedding stayed close to neutral: ivory and vanilla carried the base, with green worked in only as an accent rather than a…

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    Photo by Paloma  Lima on Pexels
  50. Weddings

    A Working Palette: Pink, White and Green, With Red and Burgundy for Weight

    Houston planner Belle Events, listed as a Little Black Book member on Style Me Pretty, built a springtime wedding for a bride named Julia around a fiv…

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