The Finishing Touch — Weddings, Events, Design, Paperie

Last week the ladies of The Finishing Touch took a team field trip to see the new Bride Wars movie featuring Kate Hudson and Anne Hathaway.  In case you have not seen all the media, the premise of the movie is that a clerical error tests the lifelong friendship of two brides-to-be when their respective weddings are scheduled at the famed Plaza Hotel on the exact same date.  The mistake of booking them at the same location on the same day was made by their so-called “queen of all wedding planners,” Marion St. Claire, played by Candice Bergen.  So here are our thoughts on her character….we have to ask why Wedding Planners on TV and in film are always shown as either crazy divas or pretentious “sticks in the mud."  As we hope you all know by now we ladies are certainly not either of these things!

The movie was certainly amusing and we enjoyed ourselves but we had to laugh at how the wedding planners were there in full force with their walkie-talkies on the day of the wedding, but we never saw Marion or her team helping the brides deal with all the planning and stress along the way.  I guess what it comes down to is what you will always hear us say.  There is little drama associated with our brides, as they hire us to ensure that we minimize that drama.  Our desire and focus is always on making the planning process as smooth and fun as possible for our brides.