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We were so excited to see our very own Darcey Lohman quoted in national press this afternoon! CNBC posted the article “NATO summit in Chicago sends some brides fleeing.” The truth is…some Chicago weddings were scared off by the NATO summit and some Chicago wedding planners avoided the date, but Big City Bride did not! Big [...]

Chicago weddings are lucky this weekend with incredible Spring time weather! That’s one less worry for Chicago brides and grooms as they get anxious to share the city with the NATO Summit. Chicago has been preparing and planning for the NATO Summit for a very long time and awaiting the excitement and potential worries that [...]

We are relocating all of these wonderful tips, tricks, and trends for Chicago weddings to a new site! Same blog but a new look and a new address! Big City Bride has NOT run out of ideas… in fact we need a better place to share all of our ideas, inspiration, connections, and insight into [...]

Valentine’s Day is just around the corner. Although it may be a Hallmark Holiday…it is still a holiday celebrating love, and Big City Bride loves love, and we absolutely LOVE to celebrate love! Chicago wedding planners plan their careers around romantic gestures so of course this time of year we want to share whatever romantic [...]

It’s finally time to introduce the woman behind Big City Bride, Susan Cordogan! Chicago’s favorite wedding planner began as a one woman show and has since grown to include a wedding planning team of women who work together to coordinate Chicago weddings of every size, budget, and style! What makes Big City Bride such a [...]

Sometimes it’s fun to get lost for a few minutes in a quick video of wedding pictures. Allori Photography was the Chicago wedding photographer who captured this gorgeous wedding at the Chicago Cultural Center. Currently featured in the wedding magazine Chicago Social Brides, RyAnn and Richard’s wedding was a vibrant and beautiful mix of Richard’s Jamaican/Carribbean [...]

We love movies about love! The new movie, premiering this week is The Vow. Filmed in Chicago, this movie with Chatum Tanning and Rachel McAdams is a story of a newlywed couple who is recovering from a car accident that puts...

How sweet it is ….to find a pink food truck in Chicago! Our Thursday just got better … and we have to share. Our LOVE for food trucks continues! The Sweet Ride just rolled through the Lincoln Park area of Chicago and Big City Bride flagged them down. Look at all the amazing treats to be [...]

Winter is a perfect time to cuddle up by the fire with your love. However, the winter months are long and although the frequent lazy nights inside are nice, getting out into the brisk fresh air can be good for a relationship. The wedding planners at Big City Bride always support romance, especially in Chicago [...]

We are less than two weeks away from the much anticipated February 14th opening of the BHLDN Store in Chicago, Anthropologie's answer to all things bridal. We fell in love with BHLDN when they launched last year on Valentine's...