Recommended Reading

"Preston Bailey's Fantasy Weddings" by Preston Bailey

In this incredible collection of inspiration, images, and ideas, Preston Bailey shares his experience from more than twenty years of designing celebrity and high-profile weddings to show brides- and grooms-to-be how to create an unforgettable event. Each chapter portrays one of nine breath-taking weddings designed by Bailey. The themed wedding events - including a Glorious Glasshouse Fantasy, a Tropical Latin Fantasy, and a Modern Metropolitan Fantasy - are illustrated with luxe, full-color photographs. Bailey's engaging text guides the reader through the entire process of planning the decor for a wedding and explains how to bring diverse elements together to create a stunning, yet personal, environment.

Beginning with large decisions, such as choosing a color theme and transforming a space to fit the couple's vision, he moves on to the details - flowers, centerpieces, arches, napkin rings, lighting, table settings, and more. Bailey also presents nine design motifs from his Signature line. Above all, Preston Bailey's Fantasy Weddings encourages those planning a wedding to have fun and allow their creativity to blossom while designing their dream event.

Preston Bailey is regularly covered in major media outlets like the New York Times, In Style, Martha Stewart Living, CBS's Early Show, and the Oprah Winfrey Show. He has headed Preston Bailey Set & Entertainment Design in New York City for over 23 years. Bailey has a quarterly column in Elle Decor magazine, and is a much sought-after guest speaker. He was recently inducted into the BizBash Event Style Hall of Fame.

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"In Style: Weddings" by the Editors of In Style Magazine

How many times has the instant that a wedding turned magical taken you by surprise? Was it the disarmingly accurate rehearsal dinner toast or the bride's knowing glance during the exchange of rings? Was it the vow that could only have been written by that particular man about this special woman or the significance of the song playing as they take the floor for their first dance as husband and wife? Whether staged with black tie formality in a candle-lit chateau or with bare feet under a summer oak tree, the perfect wedding is only perfect to the extent that it's personal. When you've decided to say yes, "In Style Weddings" is the one book you'll need to create your unique expression of this timeless ritual. So that when the time comes to say I do, you'll be in the moment - and loving it.

"In Style Weddings" offers a world of inspiring options shown in exquisite detail - invitations, dresses, flowers, music, cakes - and tips from today's top wedding planners on how to make it all come together in a way that's personal, meaningful, and just right. Throughout each chapter, "In Style Weddings" includes details from celebrity nuptials: How Kate Beckinsale fell in love with her strapless Vera Wang gown, the flowers that Debra Messing carried, and the cake that Catherine Zeta-Jones and Michael Douglas picked for their wedding.

Dallas Light and Sound maintains a copy of "In Style: Weddings" in our reference library, relying on it often when in need of "personal" inspiration.

"Fete - The Wedding Experience" by Jung Lee




Jung Lee's "Fete - The Wedding Experience"
is a souce of inspiration, one of the many
outstanding titles included in the
Dallas Light and Sound reference library.

"Fete - The Wedding Experience" by Jung Lee offers a fresh take on weddings for today’s modern couples. Filled with practical tips to help anyone at any income level plan the wedding of their dreams, Dallas Light and Sound treasures this tome which we count amongst our top resources in our reference library.

Lee writes from the perspective that extraordinary weddings are the ones that bring the marrying couple’s vision to vivid life. Every element-—venue, music, food, decor—should resonate with meaning, reflecting the pair’s own taste and style. Putting all those elements together in a way that ensures a magical time for the wedding party and all the guests entails much more than just ticking off the boxes on a preset checklist. It requires introspection to discern the bride and groom’s true wishes—and it takes the impeccable orchestration of the total experience.

By focusing on introspection and orchestration—and by enabling couples to realize their wedding-day fantasies, no matter where they live and no matter what their budget—Jung Lee and her company, Fête, have secured a position amongst the top levels of the wedding-planning industry. In Fête: The Wedding Experience, Lee shares her secrets with every bride- and groom-to-be, walking them through the same planning process she’s developed for her sophisticated clientele.

Knowing that every memorable wedding is uniquely personal, Lee tells the stories of eight Fête-produced weddings, each highlighting a different aspect of planning. Lavishly illustrated with 150 stunning photographs, Fête: The Wedding Experience will provide endless inspiration.