{"id":814,"date":"2013-03-19T09:00:57","date_gmt":"2013-03-19T14:00:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/younameitchicago.com\/?p=814"},"modified":"2020-03-02T20:08:03","modified_gmt":"2020-03-02T20:08:03","slug":"dont-need-a-planner-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/younameitchicago.com\/dont-need-a-planner-3\/","title":{"rendered":"Reason #3: So You Think You Don&#8217;t Need A Wedding Planner?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Thanks again to those of you who are following along our new blog series: \u201cSo You Think You Don\u2019t Need A Wedding Planner?\u201d Our third post took a bit longer because of some travel (yay! love travel.) on the schedule, but here it is: so enjoy, then share!<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Reason #3:<\/span> The Fashionista Bride says \u201cI know my own personal style better than anyone else.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Who she is:<\/span>\u00a0 She has had a subscription to Vogue since she was 12 years old. She tabs it, uses it as her shopping guide and carries it in her purse until the next issue comes out. Her bucket list includes at least one trip to NY fashion week.<\/p>\n<p>She follows @InsideDVF, @womensweardaily and @NETAPORTER and re-tweets them all the time. Going shopping with her is a contact sport. You did it once, it kinda hurt it a little, you were sore the next day and don\u2019t plan to do it again anytime soon. She counts Heidi Klum as a personal role model and never misses an episode of Project Runway.\u00a0 She regularly pins stuff like this:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/younameitchicago.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/high-fashion1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-816\" src=\"https:\/\/younameitchicago.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/high-fashion1.jpg\" alt=\"High fashion on Pinterest\" width=\"726\" height=\"406\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Her wedding will be all about fashion, trends and&#8230;fashion trends. For her, fashion is a way of life, and her wedding will be an extension of this philosophy.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Here\u2019s what I have to say to her:<\/span><br \/>\nOf course you know your style better than anyone else! The awesome thing about your wedding is that it can be a wonderful opportunity to share your taste and style with your friends and family. Fashion trends and wedding trends are often very interconnected. Concepts in both areas overlap tons. Think: color, light, texture, mood&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>However, taste in one area doesn\u2019t automatically translate to knowledge in the other. There are still so many moving parts and pieces to a wedding. The challenge of planning wedding logistics alone is reason enough to work with a planner. The best weddings aren\u2019t just visually beautiful and stylistically unique, but also flow and transition well and make people feel great before, during &amp; afterwards. A planner doesn\u2019t (read: shouldn\u2019t) just help you with one aspect of your wedding.\u00a0 They should be there to help you get done what needs doing, whatever that is.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">About our services for her:<\/span><br \/>\nOften, the best dressed people don\u2019t do it on their own. They have people helping them: stylists who get to know them and help them define their style and accentuate the best parts of who they are. If fashion is your passion and you consider your taste to be impeccable, that\u2019s awesome! It is one huge area where we don\u2019t need to help you figure anything out. We seek to help you accomplish the vision you have for your day &#8211; not impose our vision for what we think your day should be. I once had a bride come to me about a race car themed wedding. (NOT JOKING.) Now, NASCAR is not my cup of tea &#8211; never has been. However, working with us means she\u2019d have the best darn NASCAR wedding you\u2019ve ever seen.*<\/p>\n<p>The same goes for you: you pick the style and we just help make it happen. \u00a0We are the most awesome stylist for your wedding! Once we know where you want to go with your wedding, we are constantly on the look out for ideas and ways to enhance your vision for your day.\u00a0 We don\u2019t presume to know your style automatically upon meeting you. Instead we take the time to ask thoughtful questions about what you like, what you do with your time, what interests you, how you feel and what you think about your big day.\u00a0 We LISTEN and we hear what you are saying. Then we work to help you find ways to express it in clearer, more meaningful ways within the context of your wedding. Instead of just having two expert eyes scoping out trends and styles for your big day (yours) &#8211; why not four or six or eight (yours + ours)? The best thing about getting ideas from us is that we are not emotionally attached to those ideas in the same way your Aunt Bea is. When she suggests you use her friend Frannie as your florist, it might hurt her feelings if you say no. When we suggest things to you &#8211; you have the freedom to say no for whatever reason you want to, with or without explanation.<\/p>\n<p>The style and substance of your wedding should reflect who you and your partner are. Since we know that, and believe it wholeheartedly, that\u2019s what we work towards in the planning process. We believe the best weddings are the ones that wouldn\u2019t have worked for any other couple &#8211; they are so special and so personal that no one else\u2019s names could have been on the invitation. Isn\u2019t that what you want? We think it is what you deserve. That&#8217;s <em>our<\/em> style, and it never goes out of fashion.<\/p>\n<p>*It also means I would have been learning a whole lot about NASCAR&#8230;honestly I&#8217;m not too sad that one didn&#8217;t pan out. \ud83d\ude09<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">You can read the previous post in this series <a href=\"https:\/\/younameitchicago.com\/weddings\/dont-need-a-planner2\/\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">You can skip to the next post in this series <a href=\"https:\/\/younameitchicago.com\/weddings\/dont-need-a-wedding-planner-4\/\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Thanks again to those of you who are following along our new blog series: \u201cSo You Think You Don\u2019t Need A Wedding Planner?\u201d Our third post took a bit longer because of some travel (yay! love travel.) on the schedule, but here it is: so enjoy, then share! 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