15 - Bizarre origins to common wedding traditions with LA event planner Kristin Banta
When you get engaged and begin to plan a wedding, you find yourself having to make decisions about this or that: Are you going to wear a white dress? Will you have a best man? Will you do the bouquet and garter toss?
I'm getting married, and the planning process has led me to question why some common wedding traditions even exist in the first place. As it turns out, some of them have quite bizarre origins.
Kristin Banta is a Los Angeles event and wedding planner. Her company has put on some big parties, including the premiere party for "Three Billboards Outside of Ebbing, Missouri" in Hollywood and plenty of beautiful, unique weddings.
Our conversation in this episode covered topics such as:
-Kristin's background and what led her to event planning.
-Some of her favorite weddings that she's helped plan and design.
-Wedding trends she's noticed for this year.
-The origins behind common wedding traditions (begins around 28:30):
1) "Something Olde, Something New..." rhyme
2) The garter toss
3) The wedding bouquet
4) The bridal veil
5) Wedding and engagement rings
6) The white wedding dress
7) Matching bridesmaids
8) The best man
9) The breaking of glass at Jewish weddings
10) The Honeymoon
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Thank you to Kristin Banta!
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