Real Wedding Day Looks

A traditional aso oke for a Nigerian wedding. A kimono for a Japanese tea. A red lehenga for a Hindu ceremony. The men and women featured in our wedding announcements (and other couples) wore outfits that told many stories, some of personal style and others of cultural traditions. Here is a selection of photographs from…

Let the Wedding Games Begin

Meredith and Andrew Shackleford didn’t want their wedding to have an ordinary cocktail hour. Instead of having their guests sip drinks and eat canapés, the couple divided everyone into six teams to compete in a series of games that included croquet, ladder ball, and blindfolded wine tastings. The winning team took home bottles of champagne…

Ana Buling, Jack Peterson-Daily

Ana Vivienne Buling and Jack Harmon Peterson-Daily were married Oct. 19 at the Foundry in Long Island City, Queens. Gail K. Johnson, a friend of the couple who is a Universal Life minister, officiated. The bride, 28, is a white collar associate at King & Spalding, an Atlanta-based international law firm. She graduated summa cum…

Tegest Saunders, Tyler Bighum

Tegest Lois Saunders and Tyler Brandon Bighum were married Oct. 19 in Philadelphia. The Rev. Michael K. Bighum, the groom’s father and a Baptist minister, officiated at the Liberty View, an events space at the Independence Visitor Center. Mrs. Bighum, 32, is a compliance officer in Manhattan for BNP Paribas, the French bank. She graduated…

Marichal MacDonald, Aman Gupta

Marichal Lynn MacDonald and Aman Gupta were married Oct. 19. Pandit Prabhakar Sharma, a Hindu priest, officiated at the Mandarin Oriental in New York. Mrs. Gupta, 28, is a talent-acquisition principal at Via, a ride-sharing service in New York. She graduated summa cum laude from Dickinson College. She is the daughter of Robin M. Lenz…

Miranda Joseph, Erin Durban

Miranda Joseph and Erin Leigh Durban were married Oct. 19 at the Campus Club at the University of Minnesota in Minneapolis. Rabbi Michael Adam Latz officiated. Dr. Joseph (left), 56, is the chairwoman of the gender, women and sexuality studies department at the University of Minnesota. She is also the author of “Against the Romance…

Gloria Choi, Alex Hwang

Gloria Choi and Alex Jong Hwang were married Oct. 18 at the New Haven Lawn Club, an events space in New Haven, Conn. The Rev. Stephen J. Ro, a Presbyterian minister, officiated. Ms. Choi, 37, is a senior vice president in Manhattan for FCB Health, a health care advertising agency. She graduated from the University…