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Celebrations in Grand Cayman, Cayman Island, creates a Hindu-style wedding for 40 special guests. Photo by Rebecca Davidson.
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Red--the traditional color for weddings--blends with pink, the bride's favorite, in the bamboo mandap, the ceremonial tent and stage. Event design by Celebrations; photo by Rebecca Davidson.
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The groom and his attendants don traditional sherwanis. Event design by Celebrations; photo by Rebecca Davidson.
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Barabara Wallace Weddings mixes elements from modern-day America with Indian traditions for this wedding--here, an elephant decked out in red and gold carries the bridal couple. Photo by Withers Wanberg Pictures.
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Crimson pavilions--built on the resort site--add drama to the Barbara Wallace Weddings event. Photo by Withers Wanberg Pictures.
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Plan-It Parties creates a stunning dinner for 700 guests at the National Building Museum in Washington. The complex event involved eight celebrations--divided between the bride's and groom's families--over the course of eight days.
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Plan-It Parties uses orange and pink lighting to create a regal yet festive look.
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Fiori Fresco Special Events and Barbara Wallace Weddings meld Hindu and Sikh traditions; here, a multihued rose archway is gilded with tassels. Photo by Lars Wanberg/Withers Wanberg Pictures.
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The bride's wedding ensemble inspires the vivid pink, orange and fuchsia palette used for tent swagging and table linen by Fiori Fresco and Barbara Wallace Weddings. Photo by Lars Wanberg/Withers Wanberg Pictures.
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Elephants everywhere at this Barbara Wallace Weddings event--even on the weddding cake. Photo by Withers Wanberg Pictures.
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No white cakes here; Plan-It Parties designs a brilliant dessert.
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Linda Goldsheft of The Cake Studio applies traditional Indian mehndi motifs--the designs painted on the bride's hands and feet with henna--to wedding cakes. Photo by Linda Goldsheft.
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Henna artist
Roopa Raman offers her "Henna Bash" mehndi parties--not just for Indian weddings but other special events.
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Regal Tent Productions engineers a dramatic mandap.
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