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About the Editor
With years of experience in event planning and linen design I want to share with you my passion and vision of the wedding industry along with the elite wedding professionals whom I have had the privilege to work with over the years. The work showcased through out the magazine is an unsurpassed look into the world of luxurious platinum weddings. It highlights amazing style and creativity and it is what has inspired this issue and made the pages of Simply Elegant Platinum Weddings come to life. I want the sophisticated simple elegance of this publication to be an inspirational vision and elaborate resource to any bride dreaming or planning their platinum wedding. With a combination of luxurious wedding planning and chic couture fashion showcasing bold sexy trends, Simply Elegant Platinum Weddings Magazine was designed to present Boston’s most prestigious wedding professionals in the industry to showcase their products and services while offering prospective brides and groom a multitude of innovative ideas for planning their platinum wedding.
Gina Karlsson
Photography: Relive Photography by Laura Parent
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Cover Photographer: Dan Doke Photography Hair: Ben Mitrano, Makeup: Richard Burgess, Salon: Frances Ray Jules Salon, Boston, Wardrobe Stylist: Leslie Blain Boutique: Lellite Boutique, Boston Gown: Monique Lhuillier Location: Boston Public Library, Boston, MA
Published by: Simply Elegant Magazine 60 Island Street, Lawrence MA 01840
Editor-in-Chief GINA KARLSSON Publisher & Executive Editor MAGNUS KARLSSON Editorial Assistant LIANNE ALDRED Fashion Assistant: KATIE HUMINICK Contributing Photographers Dan Doke of Dan Doke Photography, Roland Silva Jr. of Photography by Roland Silva, Laura Parent of Relive Photography, Lori DeSantis Photography, Zenobia-Studios, Click Imagery, Inc., Dasha Kazakova Photography, Joyelle West Photography Contributing Stylist Avanti Salon, El Coco International, Frances Ray Jules Salon Contributing Writers: Elizabeth Donahue A special thanks to all the participating wedding professionals who helped make the pages of simply elegant PLATINUM WEDDINGS Magazine come to life, for without them none of this would have been possible. This magazine is dedicated to my children, the most amazing people in my life. May my love shield them from all their worries, may my inspiration guide them to their dreams, may my passion encourage them to be amazing and may my strength take them through it all. Thank you to my husband for supporting my dreams. Every effort has been made to ensure the accuracy of information provided in Simply Elegant Platinum Weddings New England, no responsibility can be accepted for the ads or services supplied by advertisers or printers errors. All advertisements are published on the representation that advertiser is authorized to publish the contents. No part of this publication maybe reproduced in any form without the specific written permission of Simply Elegant Magazine.
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Location: BOSTON PUBLIC LIBRARY; Table Fashions: THE COUTURE LINEN COLLECTION, Boston, MA; Floral Design: John LaRoche for Blue Guava, Boston, Bridal Fashion: MARCHESA Boutique: LeLite Boutique, Boston, MA;Hair: Ben Mitrano, Makeup: Richard Burgess, Frances Ray Jules Salon, Boston, MA Photographer: DAN DOKE Photography
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Location: OMNI PARKER HOUSE, Boston, MA; Designer: MARCHESA; Boutique: LELITE BOUTIQUE, Boston, MA; Hair: Ben Mitrano, Makeup: Richard Burgess, Frances Ray Jules Salon, Boston, MA; Photographer: DAN DOKE Photographer
Location: OMNI PARKER HOUSE, Boston, MA; Designer: OSCAR DE LA RENTA; Boutique: LELITE BOUTIQUE, Boston, MA; Hair: Ben Mitrano, Makeup: Richard Burgess, Frances Ray Jules Salon, Boston, Photographer: DAN DOKE Photography
Location: MANDARIN ORIENTAL, BOSTON, Designer: OSCAR DE LA RENTA; Boutique: LELITE BOUTIQUE, Boston; Photographer: DAN DOKE Photography; Hair and Make up: EL COCO INTERNATIONAL, Boston
Weddings at Mandarin Oriental, Boston. Distinctive. Lively. Stylish. Yours. 776 Boylston Street, Boston, MA 02199 Please contact us for more information at +1 (617) 535 8888 or visit mandarinoriental.com/boston.
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Location: INTERCONTINENTAL BOSTON, Designer: GEORGES CHAKRA; Boutique: LELITE BOUTIQUE, Boston Photographer: DAN DOKE Photography Hair and Make up: EL COCO INTERNATIONAL, Boston, MA, SPA N’Joli Methuen, MA
Location: MANDARIN ORIENTAL, BOSTON; Designer: GEORGES CHAKRA; Boutique: LELITE BOUTIQUE, Boston, Ma Hair and Make up: EL COCO INTERNATIONAL, Boston, MA Photographer: DAN DOKE Photography
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Location: MANDARIN ORIENTAL, BOSTON; Floral Design: PETALS INC., Peabody, MA; Linen: CLOTH CONNECTION; Chairs and China: RENTALS UNLIMITED, Stoughton, MA; Photographer: DAN DOKE Photography; Table Design: GINA KARLSSON
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Location: RITZ CARLTON BOSTON COMMON, Linen: THE COUTURE LINEN COLLECTION, Boston, MA; Floral Design: MIMOSA FRESH FLOWER DESIGN, Boston, MA; Event Designer: DAVID M. HANDY EVENTS, Boston, MA; Ghost Chairs: RENTALS UNLIMITED, Stoughton, MA; Up lighting: HIGH OUTPUT, INC. Canton, MA; Crystal and Silver Decor: CHRISTOFLE, Photographer: DAN DOKE Photography
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