Daisey & Ben
REVEL MOTOR ROW | CHICAGO, IL
Daisey and Ben married on May 14, 2022, at Revel Motor Row in Chicago's South Loop. Philip Maher designed the building in 1936 for the Illinois Automobile Club, and its tan brick courtyard, round tower and tall arched windows gave the couple a ceremony setting that needed very little added to it. They kept the palette to white, ivory, black and green, and asked guests for formal attire.
The invitations set that tone: an arched card with a BD monogram, black calligraphy on white and soft gray paper, and an illustrated map of the city. Daisey got ready with her bridesmaids, who wore mismatched champagne satin, a few of them in wide-leg pants. She wore a strapless sweetheart gown with a fitted silhouette, a long train and a cathedral veil, and carried white anthuriums, roses, ranunculus and astilbe. Ben wore a dark green tuxedo with black satin lapels, a black bow tie and black velvet loafers.
They saw each other first in a sunlit room lined with arched windows, then walked the venue's terrazzo stairs together before the ceremony.
The ceremony took place outside in the courtyard. Two tall columns of white roses, anthuriums and trailing greenery framed the doorway under the tower's round window, and guests sat in rows of black chiavari chairs on the stone terrace. Ben walked down the aisle first, and Daisey followed, crossing the sunny courtyard with her bouquet of white anthuriums.
Cocktail hour began right after, and dinner was served in the main hall under its steel trusses and skylights. Garlands of greenery and crystal globe pendants hung from the beams. Round and long tables were dressed in champagne linens with black chiavari chairs, clear gold-rimmed chargers, blush napkins, menus printed with the BD monogram and handwritten place cards. Low arrangements of white roses and greenery ran down the tables with pillar candles in glass. Guests found their seats on a blue-gray board with the monogram at the top.
Instead of a cake cutting, Ben poured a champagne tower while Daisey cheered him on, and they shared their first dance under the globe lights. Melody Joy Co. photographed the day. For more Chicago weddings we planned, see Jaclyn and Scott at Café Brauer and Kristin and Tyler at Bridgeport Art Center. If you're planning a wedding in the city, read about our Chicago wedding coordination or start a conversation with us.
VENDOR CREDITS
Planner & Design: Wedicity | Venue: Revel Motor Row | Photography: Melody Joy Co.
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