Signature Weddings: Creating a Day Uniquely Your Own (Hardcover)

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America’s most innovative wedding designer—hailed by Modern Bride as the "wedding design dynamo"—showcases her completely fresh and beautifully photographed ideas for personalizing your special day.

Michelle Rago is a rising star in the world of weddings, and she has made her name by focusing on the biggest trend in weddings today: personalization. Now she makes her creative process available to everyone, revealing the techniques that made Modern Bride name her as one of the industry’s top twenty-five trendsetters. With stunning photography illustrating ten real-life weddings from a variety of locations and styles—from country nuptials in Vermont to a tropical ceremony in the Caribbean to the St. Regis Hotel in New York to a country club in St. Louis— Signature Weddings shows readers how to tap into their inspiration by focusing on and including:

• How Michelle designs a wedding that truly reflects the bride and groom
• The three essential S’s: setting, season, and situation
• Core design elements, ranging from a family heirloom to local foliage; and color palettes that inform every design detail, from bouquets and centerpieces to table settings, decor, invitations, food, dress, and cakes
• Sidebars and boxed text throughout that focus on specific concerns, from destination weddings to wedding programs, dealing with the weather, rehearsal dinners, lighting, music, invitations, and more.

Unlike over-the-top wedding guides full of unrealistic concepts, or dated books that try to impose one old-fashioned approach, Signature Weddings lets couples embark on a creative journey that suits any budget or taste—with results to cherish for a lifetime.

About the Author

Michell e Rago’s wedding and event design company has served some of Manhattan’s most prestigious couples and wowed the readers of magazines including Martha Stewart Weddings, InStyle Weddings, Town & Country, and Modern Bride. Rago has worked in creative services at New York magazine and Condé Nast Traveler. She is a graduate of the New York Restaurant School.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 240 pages
• Publisher: Gotham; 1ST edition (January 7, 2007)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1592402542
• ISBN-13: 978-1592402540
• Product Dimensions: 12 x 8.8 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.8 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #109,258 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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9 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The Vogue of Wedding Planning Books, January 16, 2007

By	Kimberly E. Steward "Kimberly Blackwell" (Saint Louis) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

If Anna Wintour were to pick a wedding book that was as visually and editorially pleasing to the bride as Vogue is to fashionista's she would definetly pick Signature Weddings. Not only are the ideas obtainable the book really shows you how to personlize your wedding. After reading this book I feel that I am able to help make my wedding a wonderful memorable event...one filled with love and inspiration. I have only had the book for only a week and have read it from cover to cover.

7 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars new bride, January 15, 2007

By	S. Citron - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

I was searching online for an inspirational book to help kick start my wedding planning. I purchased Michelle Rago's new book and it has been wonderful! I love the pictures and they way she describes everything made me feel like I could really have all those things at MY wedding!! A must have for any new bride.

7 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A Must Have!, January 15, 2007

By	James Rota "Event Producer" (Palm Beach, FL USA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

As a seasoned event planner, I was most impressed. This is more than a "how to" book, its pure inspiration for creativity with flawless detail. Signature Weddings takes the reader on a passage of discovery with beautiful images and thought provoking text. It's a must have for the newly engaged who desire a wedding that truly reflects who they are.