A Dream Wedding at the Hall of Mirrors

My wedding was perfect. We were married at the Hall of Mirrors at the Cincinnati Hilton Netherland Plaza. It was on a beautiful Sunday despite being full of rain and clouds the week before. I spent the morning getting pampered with my best friends and then taking pictures. My husband and I did our first look at Smale Riverfront Park by the Roebling Bridge, and that is a moment I will remember for the rest of my life. We did our bridal party pictures when we headed back before the ceremony. We took family pictures in the Hall of Mirrors before the service started, then we had the most beautiful ceremony. We took couples’ portraits while the room was flipped, and then we walked into the most beautiful room I had ever seen. The whole day was exactly how I envisioned it, from the tables and place settings to the flowers to the lighting. Surrounded by our family and friends, we enjoyed the most incredible dinner and had the best time dancing the whole night. October 12, 2019, is a day I will never forget because not only did I get to marry my best friend. I had my dream wedding!-Mackenzie P.

One afternoon, I came to the bridal district with my mom to see which stores we wanted to make appointments at to try on dresses with my bridal party the following weekend. We found a few stores with gowns I wanted to try on, including Bridal and Formal. I remember walking the racks in Bridal and Formal with my mom and finding a dress I liked that I wanted to come back and try on, but it was not like the other dresses I was looking at. I thought I wanted long sleeves, but this dress had spaghetti straps and didn’t fit the other gowns I had picked out. But I liked it, and my mom convinced me to take a picture of the tag so we could come back to try it on. I left the store excited to come back and try things on. Little did I know, that dress my mom had convinced me to take a picture of and try on later would be my wedding dress!
We came back the following weekend for my appointment with my bridal party, and from the second we stepped foot into the store, we were well taken care of. I checked in for the bridal appointment, and Bobbi was there to help us get started within minutes. She let everyone walk the racks and pick out a dress to try on, which I thought was fun! My mom reminded me to have Bobbi pull the dress I found the weekend before, and I selected a few other gowns. Bobbi gave her honest opinion on things and made me feel beautiful in every gown I tried. When it came time to try on the dress I picked out the weekend before, I almost didn’t want to because I didn’t think I would like it since it was so far off from what I wanted. I am happy I put it on because the second I turned around to see myself in it, I knew it would be what I would wear when I married my best friend. I came out of the dressing room in the dress, and my whole bridal party was shocked in the best way. My mom started crying, and everyone couldn’t stop talking about how fabulous the dress was. Bobbi knew this was my dress, and she did me up with the most stunning veil and hairpiece and I couldn’t believe it when I looked at myself in the mirror. It was perfect, and I said yes to the dress, veil, and headpiece! I couldn’t have asked for a better experience at Bridal and Formal or a more stunning dress to wear on the best of my life!

Wedding Location – Cincinnati, OH
Ceremony and Reception Location – Hall of Mirrors Hilton Netherland Plaza
Bridal Gown – Eddy K, style EK1134
Bridal Veil – Bel Aire Bridal, style V7377C
Bridal Headpiece – Bel Aire Bridal, style 6759
Photographer – Victoria Isabel