It's no secret that there are hundreds of wedding resources out there today, however whenever I am wanting to browse luxury wedding inspiration, there's only one magazine that I'll turn to: Grace Ormonde Wedding Style.
Wedding expert Grace Ormonde founded the self-titled, bi-annual luxury wedding publication back in 1998. Flipping through their pages means transporting yourself to exotic adventures, paradise islands and chic cities, all while being inspired by haute couture wedding gowns, multi-tier cakes and decadent design. It's truly high-end luxury at its finest. “Grace Ormonde couples tend to be adventurous, enjoy luxury goods and services, are fashion savvy and stamp their personal style on their weddings. Our couples want to give their guests a memorable experience that is not just limited to the wedding reception. These couples often opt for destination weddings where they fly in their closest friends and families offering a once-in-a-lifetime experience,” explains Grace of her readership.
And after almost two decades of curating luxury content, they've recently given their website a complete makeover as a way to archive all of that gorgeous inspiration imagery. “I wanted to create a site that offers a more user-friendly experience for our visitors,” Grace tells us. “I receive thousands of submissions each year and I found myself never having a home to feature all of this incredible content. Now I have the opportunity to feature more content from around the world in our inspirational galleries.”
The site boasts an easy-to-navigate interface featuring beautiful, hi-resolution photographs and videos focusing on fashion, travel, jewelry, platinum vendors and more. Perhaps my favorite tool of the new site is the travel section that even offers a live concierge service to help you create a dream honeymoon with each property, of course, being vetted by the Grace Ormonde team. (I fell down quite the rabbit hole of dream locales while researching for my own upcoming honeymoon!) “I wanted to provide a carefully curated selection of properties from around the world that offer a luxurious experience to its guests. Most of the properties in this collection either myself or a member from my team have personally experienced,” explains Grace. “I aim to select properties that have an amazing spa, that offer a unique culinary experience for couples, that provide special amenities like wine tastings, etc. and, of course, that have impeccable accommodations and service. These are properties that treat our couples like VIPs.”
Here's a breakdown of the content categories:
Platinum Vendors: Features profiles of the top wedding professionals from around the world highlighting the very best in floral design, wedding cakes, venues, hair and makeup, and wedding planners, to name a few. Organized by country, state or region, Grace Ormonde Platinum Vendors are a valuable resource that can assist with minimizing the unnecessary stress often associated with planning a wedding.
Fashion: The fashion vertical boasts visually stimulating wedding dresses and evening wear, bags, shoes and accessories organized by designer and featuring photography and videos of the most recent couture bridal collections from designers around the world. Guests can find the items through a “where to buy” function, as well as trunk show calendar. The section also offers a breadth of men’s wedding related fashion content.
Jewelry: Individual profiles on jewelry designers, design houses and their collections, as well as expansive galleries featuring diamond engagement rings, wedding bands, diamond earrings, men’s watches, fashion jewelry and more.
Travel: A meticulously curated collection of luxury properties for wedding destinations and honeymoons. The section features a personalized concierge service that assists visitors with travel arrangements for their destination wedding and honeymoon.
Inspiration: The section features troves of photo galleries, videos and editorial articles and photo shoots designed to stimulate prospective couples in the planning process. Visitors can browse beautiful images and videos Event Planning and Design, Food and Cocktails, Entertainment and more meant to offer visitors insight and knowledge preparing for their event.
The section also highlights a vast collection of real weddings from around the world showing the diversity in style and approach that each couple brings to their wedding celebration. A valuable resource for unique ideas and inspiration.
Contributors: A collection of industry leaders in the fields of event design, fashion, culinary, floral design and more, selected by Grace Ormonde, who share their knowledge, insight and expertise.
Shop: An e-commerce platform allowing customers to purchase the hardcover book “Grace Ormonde Weddings: Being in Love Never Goes Out of Style” and the current and back issues of Wedding Style and Wedding Style New England magazines. The section will eventually offer additional products such as fashion, jewelry, shoes, hand bags, accessories, home decor and more.
Be sure to bookmark Grace Ormonde Wedding Style for more gorgeous luxury wedding ideas and inspiration!
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Brittny Drye is the founder and editor-in-chief of Love Inc. magazine. A fierce cheerleader for marriage equality, she launched loveincmag.com in 2013 as a way to to celebrate both straight and same-sex love, equally. She lives in New York City with her fiancé and their cat, Scout.
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