While students at Union College in upstate New York, Amanda, now a research director, and Helena, an attorney, ran in the same circles, but their paths didn’t cross until they joined the same sorority. Upon that first meeting, Amanda says, they made each other laugh, and they’ve been laughing together ever since. Five years after a first date at a college bar, Helena proposed on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial.
Their “garden disco” wedding, which they wanted to feel “modern, feminine, and floral,” was decorated in shades of mauve and blush, with black, white, and iridescent accents—plus plenty of greenery, including a foliage-and-disco-ball installation that hung over the ballroom reception and was Helena’s favorite detail of the day. The head table—with its iridescent linens, florals, candlelight, and mini mirrored balls—was Amanda’s favorite. Other special elements were the follow the call of the disco ball seating chart and a disco-ball Champagne tower in lieu of signature cocktails.
The Details
Venue: The Line Hotel
Planning and design: Ida Rose Events & Design
Florist: Sweet Root Village
Invitations: Minted
Catering: The Line DC
Cake: Buttercream Bakeshop (Closed)
Hair and makeup: MAB Artistry
Attire: Essense of Australia from Elegance by Roya (Amanda); Alexandra Grecco from Lovely Bride DC (Helena)
Music: Cherry Blossom String Quartet; Perpetual Sound
Rentals: Something Vintage; DC Rental; BBJ La Tavola
Decor and production: Dan Goldman Events & Weddings
This wedding originally appeared in the August 2024 issue of Washingtonian.
Amy leads Washingtonian Weddings and writes Style Setters for Washingtonian. Prior to joining Washingtonian in March 2016, she was the editor of Capitol File magazine in DC and before that, editor of What’s Up? Weddings in Annapolis.
