Say ‘I do’ with a view
0 Comments | Palm Beach Post, Jul 25, 2010 | by TAJA SLYDELLBy SHERYL GAY STOLBERG
Chelsea Clinton and her fiance, Marc Mezvinsky, chose the grand romance of a New York chateau.
Costume designer Helen L. Simmons and her groom, Def Leppard rocker Phil Collen, picked the beach at The Ritz-Carlton Palm Beach.
Lauren Munoz, a photographer from Boca Raton, found her perfect spot under a custom-designed arch at The Addison, a Mizner- designed restaurant in Boca Raton.
For all three, the wedding venue says as much about the bride’s style as her dress does. And finding the right venue can turn Cinderella into Bridezilla.
Munoz spent eight months searching for a wedding wonderland that would complement her $2,900 Marisa gown– which she discovered, after a two-county search, at Boca Bridal– as well as offer the classic, timeless elegance she wanted.
Munoz had done what some wedding experts regard as a wedding no- no: found the perfect dress without first securing a venue.
“Ultimately, the dress has to match the venue,” says Anna Erickson, catering manager of PGA National Resort.
After all, Cinderella’s fairy godmother never would have sprinkled pixie dust to create a Vera Wang–worthy gown for a wedding in the pumpkin patches.
Munoz’s big day did have a fairy-tale ending, thanks to serendipity.
She and her fiance, Mario, and her daughter, Ella, 2, happened to dine at The Addison on Mother’s Day 2008– six months before her December wedding date.
“When I went out for brunch, I was in for a new awakening,” Munoz recalls
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