Martha Stewart Weddings Bridal Market Party
It’s New York City’s autumn bridal market fashion week, and to celebrate, hundreds of guests attended our 15th annual Martha Stewart Weddings Bridal Party.
Bridal market is a bi-annual event showcasing the very best in weddings, including fashion, beauty, themes, and trends. It provides inspirations for brides and their families, magazine editors, buyers, and other industry professionals. Earlier this week, Martha Stewart Weddings hosted its party in the clerestory of our offices at the historic Starrett Lehigh Building. This year’s theme was "come shine with us" - and, everything from the decor to the food to the guest attire sparkled. It was a wonderful opportunity for guests to meet, share ideas and discuss business specialties.
Enjoy the photos, and be sure to visit our social media platforms for more of our inspiring ideas for your special occasions. See more coverage of bridal market on Martha Stewart Weddings Instagram.
Thank you, so much, to all the wonderful vendors who collaborated with our weddings team - Matthew David Celebrations, Peter Callahan, Levy Lighting, Christian Oth, Taylor Creative, Elan Artists, Illy Coffee, Creme Delicious, Milk Bar, Gumbo Bros., Warren Tricomi, Nova Fragrances, Cover Girl, Wedding Paper Divas, Smilebooth, Go Flip Yourself, Tito's Vodka, SpeakWines, Charles Smith Wines, Rose Brand, Michaels and Amazon.com - it was a great success.
1 Martha Stewart Weddings collaborated with Matthew David Celebrations to do all the decor for our event. This gold, silver and white hanging decoration was a centerpiece for our clerestory. http://www.matthewdavidcelebrations.com
2 It's amazing what you can do with Martha Stewart Crafts. This was made using our gold metallic pom-poms from Michael's. http://www.michaels.com/brands/martha-stewart-crafts/marthastewartcrafts (Photo by Clint Spaulding)
4 And, underneath the decoration, we positioned our bar. It was such an eye-catching piece for our gathering.
5 Behind the Matthew David Celebrations booth hung a lucite panel with cream colored roses, each embellished with a touch of gold leaf.
6 Here was a mercury glass vase filled with some of the pretty gold leaf edged roses - every bride should have a bit of gold at their wedding, don't you think?
7 At the Matthew David Celebrations table, stations were set-up so guests could embellish roses of their own using gold leaf.
10 A team from Illy Coffee provided a coffee bar for our guests. http://shop.illy.com/online/store/home_us?msg=&storeId=10156
11 These festive cookies and macarons were made by Creme Delicious. http://www.creme-delicious.com
12 Creme Delicious is a New York City based cake line boutique specializing in exquisite hand-decorated artisanal treats.
14 Peter Callahan Catering provided the bites. He also set-up two food display stations in our grand clerestory. The crudite included lots of fresh vegetables such as carrots, and blanched asparagus. http://www.petercallahan.com/
16 Milk Bar is the sister bakery of the Momofuku Restaurant Group, founded by this year's James Beard "outstanding pastry chef" award-winner, Christina Tosi. http://milkbarstore.com/
17 Milk Bar puts fun spins on familiar home-style desserts. Their "birthday cake" is a big favorite, made with vanilla rainbow cake layered with rainbow cake crumble and vanilla frosting - it's great for any special occasion.
18 These "birthday cake truffles" were made with vanilla rainbow cake tossed in white chocolate and rolled in rainbow cake crumbs.
19 The Gumbo Bros. table was set up with cornbread, hot sauce and gumbo for all the guests to try. The Gumbo Bros. is New York's first authentic New Orleans style gumbo shop. http://www.thegumbobros.com
20 These are The Gumbo Bros., Adam Lathan and Clay Boulware, who met at Louisiana State University and decided to bring their love for Cajun and Creole cooking to New York City. (Photo by Patrick McMullan)
21 A team from Warren Tricomi and Kerastase provided our market with a braid bar. http://warrentricomi.com http://www.kerastase-usa.com/
23 The Wedding Paper Divas created a stationery bar where guests could pick their own papers, cards and envelopes. https://www.weddingpaperdivas.com/
24 Invitations, save-the-date cards, and thank you notes are all available through Wedding Paper Divas - a fun way to correspond and thank those who help make personal occasions so special.
26 And, of course we didn't forget lips and nails. Cover Girl provided a bar to help with these smaller, yet very important details. http://www.covergirl.com/
27 Here was the Cover Girl station set up with lots of different lipsticks and nail polishes for guests to sample.
28 A perfume bar provided by Nova - a custom fragrance company based in Brooklyn, New York. This stop was a big hit with our Bridal Market visitors. http://hello-nova.com
29 The Martha Stewart Weddings Big-Day Beauty Awards table, where guests could submit skincare products that were absolute must-haves in the months, weeks, and days leading up to the wedding.
30 The music for our event was provided by Elan Artists, a cooperative of musicians and artists who embrace a fresh personalized approach to special events. http://www.elanartists.com
31 The Martha Stewart Crafts booth was filled with all sorts of different craft supplies for guests to try. http://www.michaels.com/brands/martha-stewart-crafts/marthastewartcrafts
32 Handmade decorations or favors are nice ways to add more personal touches to any special day - not just for weddings, but also birthdays, anniversaries, etc.
33 Our bar offered festive drinks from Tito's Handmade Vodka, Speak Wines, and Charles Smith Wines. The bottles were embellished with fun and decorative sentiments. http://www.titosvodka.com http://speakwines.com http://www.charlessmithwines.com (Photo by Clint Spaulding)
38 One of my former assistants came by to visit our bridal market party - Katie Shillo. We were both dressed to fit this year's theme, "Come Shine with Us."
39 As the lights dimmed, the singers and musicians of Elan Artists entertained guests from our glistening stage.
46 Martha Stewart Weddings special projects editor, Anthony Luscia, and our video executive producer, Lisa Wagner. (Photo by Patrick McMullan)
47 Television personality and fashion designer, Randy Fenoli, and Martha Stewart Weddings executive editorial director, Darcy Miller. (Photo by Patrick McMullan) http://randyfenoli.com
48 Three model brides in some of today's popular bridal gown styles - Theresa Lazarus, Ornjarot Weeramano, and Bruna Del Bortoli. (Photo by Patrick McMullan)
49 Ceci Johnson, founder of Ceci New York a renowned luxury invitation design house, and Matthew David Hopkins, founder of Matthew David Celebrations. (Photo - Patrick McMullan)
50 Ira Levy, who provided our lighting needs for this event, and events planner, Bronson Van Wyck. http://levylighting.com (Photo by Patrick McMullan)
51 Assistant style editor of Weddings, Coleen Banks, and our associate crafts editor, Erin Furey. (Photo by Patrick McMullan)
52 Here I am with Darcy, and Patti Follo, Martha Stewart Weddings publisher at Meredith Corporation. Our partners at Fathead created the custom decal for the step and repeat behind us. http://www.fathead.com (Photo by Clint Spaulding)
53 It was a very fun and successful evening at this year's bridal market event. (Photo by Clint Spaulding)
54 Thanks to our entire Martha Stewart Weddings team for the great party! Take a look at more photos on Instagram. https://instagram.com/martha_weddings/?hl=en