A New Orleans Inspired Wedding at Philadelphia's Reading Terminal Market

Here’s what happens when a twin foodie from Philadelphia meets another twin foodie in New Orleans and the two fall madly in love! Emily & Sam’s Reading Terminal Market Philadelphia wedding was a celebration of their favorite loves in life: the laid back Nola lifestyle, delicious food and, of course, each other. It was such a pleasure planning Emily & Sam’s unique wedding day, especially given that this was our second opportunity to work with Emily’s family.

Back in 2014, Truly You had the pleasure of planning with Emily’s twin sister, Abbie, and her then fiancé Josh at the Old Mill in Media, PA. When Emily, Abbie and their Mom, Margi, called last year for help on Emily’s wedding, we jumped at the chance to plan yet another personalized and polished wedding with the Readingers! As you will see in the photos below, this crew is particularly close and loves to keep the focus on the fun. Emily & Sam even invited their twins and their parents to be a part of their first look. How sweet is that?

We started the day at The Courtyard Philadelphia for hair & makeup before heading over for photos at Philadelphia’s City Hall with Jim Heine from Hoffer Photography. Emily, our style star bride, wore a gorgeous beaded Nicole Miller gown with an illusion neckline and added a pop of color with her blue Michael Kors pumps. The bridal party, dressed in southern inspired navy blue print bridesmaids gowns and custom fleur-de-lis bowties, joined for a few pics before everyone headed back to the hotel for the wedding ceremony. What came after was hands down one of the coolest things we’ve ever been a part of as Philadelphia wedding planners.

As a riff on the traditional New Orleans second line, we planned for Philadelphia’s favorite party people (the mummers!) to lead a parade of Emily & Sam’s 250 guests from the Courtyard Marriott over to the reception at Reading Terminal. The Philadelphia police shut down Filbert street as the mummers played “When the Saints Go Marching In” and guests waved their custom fleur-de-lis hankies high in the sky. Upon arrival, guests were greeted with delicious bites from ten market vendors and the endless cocktail party continued throughout the evening! Big hugs + congratulations once again to a truly stylish and fun-loving pair: Emily & Sam!

A New Orleans Inspired Wedding at Reading Terminal Market

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