celebrity wedding & event planner: preston bailey

Celebrity Wedding PlannerBy Quyen Le (Daisy) and Tara Morales

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Born in Panama

One of the first male African-American in NY (the 1970s)

Opened a menswear boutique in NYC closed after 3 years

Worked as a floral designer for some customer of a friend, interior designer Vincete Wolfe.

Joan Rivers asked to design her daughter’s wedding the big turning point - kickstart and guidance for the future work

Preston Bailey

Achievements of Preston Bailey

Worked in the event business for 35 years

Globally-celebrated event designer, author and renowned floral couturier

His Art Installations have been featured across the world.

Author of 6 books, the first five books all became bestsellers.

Current program is PB and Friends and PB Protégé programs

Clients: Ivanka Trump, Jenifer Hudson, Joan Rivers, etc.

Official Website: www.prestonbailey.com

DramaticNatureBeauty

Style of Preston Bailey’s Blog

simple font

magazine

BOLD TITLES

letter form

encouraging posts

question at end of post

genuine & humble

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Preston Bailey’s Works

to create an event into an experience

make dreams become a reality

Common items:Lights to set a mood

Color: blue “stay physically calmer,

regulating heartbeat" “increases

communication”

Flowers to bring in nature (he was

inspired by rain forest)

White is not one color; it’s actually a hundred tones. It might be diamond white, pearl, antique, eggshelll, etc.

“Every color pops beautifully against white.” - perfect background for a high-style wedding

White wedding décor tips: Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner's wedding

“You have to be careful with an all-white wedding not to make it boring,” says Preston.

High and low arrangements

give the room motion. Be sure tables aren’t all the same.

White simple wedding - don’t try to bring in too many different looks and think through all the details.

White wedding décor tips

Tips & Ideas

Decorations dramatic entrance don't neglect the bathrooms decors using primary colours sparkles and crystals decorate the isle decorate the seats

Bride up-do hairstyle in tropical climates get inspiration for wedding dress by collecting

images, fabrics, etc. set a budget

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Lessons learned

• aim to create a memory that lasts a lifetime

• ‘over-the-top’ decorations represents generosity (what events should be about)

• to wow the guests by creating something which they’ve never seen before

• try to push the limit of what’s new and what’s different

• the client is king. It’s important to understand and respect how important every event is for a client balance the ideas with the demands of customers

• client service skill are essential. It is important to gain some experience in the service industry for upcoming event professionals

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“I want to encourage all of you to embrace challenges, be persistent and believe there is a solution to every problem. Be clever and never give up.”

- Preston Bailey

Sources

• http://www.prestonbailey.com/• http://wedding.theknot.com/luxe-list.aspx• http://www.fengshuidana.com/2013/04/08/6-fascinating-

facts-about-blue/

• http://www.luxuriousmagazine.com/• http://www.bridalguide.com/