Celebrity wedding planner returns to Philadelphia

    Philadelphians can check out some new fashions for their big day when Your Wedding Experience returns to the city for the third time.

    The event, curated by out celebrity wedding planner David Tutera, comes to town Aug. 28 at the Pennsylvania Convention Center, 1101 Arch St. 

    Bridesmaid dresses will be on display for the first time at the expo. The show will also feature pieces from Tutera’s line, Little Black Tux, which debuted this year. 

    “We’ve embraced these wonderful tuxedos for women,” Tutera said.

    When he last brought his wedding event to Philadelphia in February, he told PGN that same-sex couples could look to the wedding wardrobe as a place to break the rules and create new traditions. 

    Tickets to Your Wedding Experience, which includes more than 160 vendors, cost $15 for general admission or $89 for a VIP experience that includes a chance to meet Tutera.

    “We’re always expanding the space with more vendors,” Tutera said. “As we’ve built this show, the vendors themselves have escalated their visuals.”

    He said it was important for engaged couples and their families to get a sense of what a vendors’ products — from photographs, flowers and cakes to event spaces and design — will look like.

    “It’s important that all our vendors are regional because the consumers are regional,” Tutera added. “We want them to see what’s in their own backyard.”

    Tutera had some advice for couples planning to get married in the fall or winter, especially in Philadelphia where inclement weather can be a concern. He advised keeping the venues for the ceremony and the reception close together. Tutera also said couples can save money on flowers if they choose ones that are in season in their area at the time of the wedding.

    Leading up to the big day, Tutera said couples should feel free to embrace social media. In April, after he got engaged, he posted a “ring selfie” with his fiancé. The picture showed their hands together in close-up with Tutera’s tattoos visible. Their wedding hashtag is #DavidandJoeyTieTheKnot.

    “It’s a great way to get friends and family involved,” he said.

    “The essence of a David Tutera wedding really is about the couple … It should be intimate in how you orchestrate and tell the story.”

    “The more natural, the better, on every level of the wedding.”

     

    For more information, or to purchase tickets, visit www.yourweddingexperience.com. 

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