The Best Wedding Gowns, Getups, and Going Away Looks for Brides

Summer 2020

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The Best Wedding Gowns, Getups, and Going Away Looks for Brides | Downtown’s luxurious Hotel Bennett shows off its colorful side to welcome this fresh crop of bridal looks

Ashley Brook Perryman Shop Corbin Gurkin Directions USA Lindsey Nowak Quinn Sherman

Photographs by:

Corbin Gurkin

Venue: Hotel Bennett

Photographs: Corbin Gurkin

Styling: Lindsey Nowak with Quinn Sherman

Beauty: Ashley Brook Perryman

Model: Katelynn Pureza through Directions USA

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A Shore Thing

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Big Doings

A pair of crafty engineers plan a DIY wedding for the ages... and a bride scores a start-up business in the process

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Rags to Riches

A local design pro and organization expert turns a cherished waterfront dive into her very own dream wedding venue

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Paper Perfection

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Cheers to That

With help from her family and husband-to-be, a crafty Summerville bride pulls together an exquisite—and mostly handmade—reception at Harborside East

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Up the Cool-Girl Ante

A primer for adding an edge to your elegant Charleston wedding

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Class Act

Get schooled in Great Gatsby bridal style at the iconic 1820s McBee House at Ashley Hall, Charleston’s century-old learning institution for young women

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Dress Rehearsal

Style blogger Hilary Rose Elrod (she’s engaged!) test drives the most stunning bridal jewels in town

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Backyard Beauty

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In the Limelight

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Bare Is Beautiful

Embrace your natural beauty with fresh, light makeup that showcases beautiful skin

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Making Waves

Kick off your wedding weekend like Annie and Davis did, with a stylish supper on the harbor

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Take a Bow

K. Cooper Ray is on a mission to return menfolk to manners, one bow tie at a time. Find out how the local tastemaker teamed with Brooks Brothers to reinvent a wedding wear classic

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Winning Looks

Stray off the beaten fashion path like these Lowcountry couples and their wedding parties

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Belle of the Ball

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Welcome Home

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'Tis the Season

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