Hopeless Romantics

Hopeless Romantics

Issue:

August 2025

Summer meets fall at this garden-inspired soiree rife with texture and ambiance

Photographs by:

Ava Moore Photography

Hopeless Romantics

FEATURE TYPE:

The Wedding Row

October 21 2019

Amanda & Matt | Lowndes Grove Plantation

Office acquaintances, Amanda and Matt, turned friends at a karaoke work party. One evening after said work party, the pair strolled by the Empire State Building (at 1 a.m., mind you). Matt...

October 18 2019

Kait & Alec | Lowndes Grove Plantation

We’ve all probably dreamt at one time or another of marrying the “boy next door.” Luckily for Kaitlyn, she fulfilled that dream in a kinda sorta way. Back in college, Kait and her roomies had a group...

October 15 2019

Katie & John | Private Residence

You know that person you keep running into over and over, no matter how many times you move, no matter what state you happen to be in? No? Well, some lucky romances are grounded in just that recipe,...

October 13 2019

Ben & Erin | The Restoration Hotel

Here’s a confession: We have seen a bajillion shots of couples and wedding parties on the cobblestones of Chalmers Street (specifically on the block between Church and Meeting streets), and after...

October 10 2019

Grace & Trevor | The Mills House

We can honestly say we’ve never seen a couple with so many photos of themselves on their wedding website having so much fun in so many different hot spots across the globe (check out TrevorandGrace....

October 9 2019

Sarah & Corey | The William Aiken House

It all started in Hollywood, California, with a bright yellow truck. When Corey dropped his friend off to meet his wife at her pal’s place, he spotted a stunning pickup in the driveway there. The...

October 8 2019

Hannah & Matt | Boone Hall Plantation

We are totally in love with these two. Not only does their gorgeous wedding at Boone Hall Plantation and Gardens attest that you need not have an elaborate affair to have a sumptuously luxurious one...

October 7 2019

Cassi & Daniel | Magnolia Plantation and Gardens

If you need help believing in love at first sight, take a look at Cassi and Dan. Some years ago in Allentown, Pennsylvania, on the balcony of Dan’s Muhlenberg College dorm room, the pair first locked...

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