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Lindsey & Eric: A Formal Wedding in Palm Beach, FL

Planning a destination wedding from thousands of miles away is daunting -- add a hurricane into the mix and it can be downright disastrous. The Brid

Planning a destination wedding from thousands of miles away is daunting -- add a hurricane into the mix and it can be downright disastrous. The Bride Lindsey Kupferman, 28, psychologist and professional musician The Groom Eric Nederlander, 39, Broadway producer and theatre owner The Date November 21 But New Yorkers Lindsey Kupferman and Eric Nederlander pulled off their sophisticated soiree with ease, even when a hurricane pulled the plug on their original wedding date. The two simply postponed their nuptials for a couple of months, letting guests know via adorable cards that depicted a bride and groom hanging from a palm tree during a hurricane. “We had to have a sense of humor about it,” Lindsey says.

The couple married under a huppah adorned with white orchids in Lindsey’s favorite room, the Mediterranean Ballroom, at The Breakers. “The room is right out of an old European palace -- very elegant and old world, which I love,” says Lindsey. Theirs was a traditional Jewish ceremony, officiated by Lindsey’s family’s rabbi from North Carolina, and with Eric’s attendants delivering blessings. The couple added their own twist on tradition and made it a double ring ceremony, with Lindsey placing a ring on Eric’s finger as she said, in Hebrew, “I am to my beloved and my beloved is to me.”
The Traditions
After the newlyweds were introduced, Lindsey took to the stage and serenaded Eric with ”Till There Was You,” from The Music Man -- the first musical the couple saw together.
The Bridesmaid Bouquets
The Reception Decor
The Accessories
The Groom
The Reception Decor
The Bridal Bouquet
The cake was decorated with sugar flowers and pearls created to match the embellishments on Lindsey’s gown.
The celebration wrapped up on a sugar high, as guests were sent home with individual replicas of the multi-tiered ivory wedding cake. Attached to each was a tag that read: “Lindsey and Eric, A sweet happily ever after ...” Hurricane and all, that’s exactly what Lindsey and Eric found.
The reception was held in the Venetian Ballroom, where the tree of life theme was evident in exquisite weeping orchid tree centerpieces with candles hanging from the branches. “I wanted guests to feel like they were sitting under trees, with the candles like the stars in the sky,” Lindsey explains. Warm lighting in gold and red tones beamed a flower-like pattern on the walls, and a martini bar, made completely of ice, was carved with both their logo and initials.
The First Dance
Lindsey's exquisite lace Vera Wang gown was the only gown she tried on “because I knew exactly what I wanted,” she says. The only problem was that the gown was strapless, and Lindsey had always envisioned herself in a Victorian style. The stylists at Vera Wang came to the rescue, translating the image in Lindsey’s head into an incredible lace bolero with a high neck and bell sleeves. “It fit so perfectly with the dress that it looked like one piece,” she says. “After the ceremony, I took off the bolero and wore the strapless gown for the reception.” The bride’s chapel-length veil was custom designed by Vera Wang using the same lace as her gown.