Carley Roney of Knot.com shares a photo with DJ Jay Sims

On Wednesday evening, Jay & I had the opportunity to attend an amazing Wedding networking event at the Chicago History Museum hosted by Knot.com. We were surrounded by beautiful flowers, delicious food, and the top wedding vendors throughout the Chicago area including Elizabeth Wray Design, Melissa Phillips of Simply Perfect by Melissa, Jim Verraros & Bill Brennan of Bridal Expo Chicago, and the marvelous wedding planning team of Jena Warren & Audra Byrne of An Affair to Remember just to name a few.

I had a great conversation with Jim & Bill who had recently returned from New York (my favorite city next to Chicago) where they attended Bridal Market.  They were so excited to talk about the beautiful designer wedding gowns they saw go down the runway.  I was especially delighted to hear about the new partnership between Vera Wang and David’s Bridal.  Gowns will range from $600 to $1,500, with most coming in under $1,200, which will make a designer gown much more affordable for today’s Brides. And of course we had fun talking about Kleinfeld’s Bridal in New York City, made famous by the TLC show “Say Yes to the Dress.”

The highlight of the evening was meeting cofounder and editor in chief of The Knot Inc., Carley Roney.  She was so generous with her time and spent the evening speaking with Chicago Wedding Professionals about current trends in our industry.

It truly was a beautiful fall evening in Chicago…and what could be better than sharing ideas with so many wonderful wedding professionals!