Colorful Flowers and Iridescent Decor Set Apart This Wedding at SPACE Gallery in Denver, Colorado

High school sweethearts Diane and JJ have their very own way of doing things. After Diane proposed to JJ on New Year’s Eve, the couple planned a party-ready city wedding inspired by urban street art and filled with highly saturated color. “JJ describes the décor as ’90s prom and ’80s roller disco,” Diane says. The couple broke with tradition at many points, starting with the first look. “We were supposed to turn around at the same time, but I just booty-bumped him instead,” Diane says.

Diane’s bridesmaids carried black brass knuckles with colorful flowers. “You can’t hold two drinks with a bouquet, you know,” Diane says. Diane carried a soft mix of pastel dahlias, roses and white anthurium. “No crazy colors here,” she says.

Diane and JJ didn’t know which exhibitions would be serving as backdrops, but it panned out perfectly. “The pieces by Anthony Falcetta actually matched our florals and décor, coincidentally,” Diane says.Inspired by a fashion ad she’d seen in London, Diane worked with her planner to design a colorful iridescent wall covered in pink-stained roses and a chain-link pattern. Diane and JJ kept things minimal at their reception, topping tables with bud vases, Instax portraits and paper runners reading “love birds.”

Guests found their seats by grabbing packs of candy cigarettes. “The candy reminded us of our childhoods,” Diane says. “It kept things light-hearted. Weddings can be too serious.” Diane’s loved ones took on decorating the cake, which they spent the night before the reception redoing after a mishap. Nonetheless,  Diane noted that the cake "barely made it out alive.”