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Reimagining event design through the lens of fashion, interiors, travel and storytelling, we'll create a red-letter soirée that's yours and yours alone.
We'll help you discover your voice and tell your story through highly immersive designs and experiences, so you can have a footloose + fancy-free celebration that's simply legendary. You deserve it.
Let's Plan your smashing event and have a ball along the way
Eternal nomads at our core, we feel like bona fide luck magnets to have assignments that take us all over the world alongside gracious and up-for-anything party animals that make the word fabulous seem like a severe understatement... But no matter how many safari suppers or tropical rainforests we trek for, planning multi-day events in the beloved regions below has simply become canon for our W&O crew!
It may be impossible to bottle up the charm of these aesthete-favored regions for destination fêtes in Europe, but we'll do our darndest! After all, we're firm believers that you can never find your attention too tethered to discussions of pinch-me places.
Cast your eyes on this entourage of gobsmackingly gorgeous pit stops as you start your search for the absolute belters of European wedding venues out there. Simply click on the welcome booklets to hear us riff on each, and prepare to witness a questionable ratio of pasta pics to fitness room specs.
Foxy fabrics. Irreverent humor. Cirque de fleurs. That's us. We're entering our Laura Gonzalez meets Kelly Wearstler era, and boy is it a colorful one.
On the days we're not courting local artisans for that triple whammy (place card, keepsake and cultural signifier), we're donning our math caps to polish up bouquet scale in relation to the bridal fashion or going eyeball deep in paint samples to ensure continuity between the custom décor elements and the entire day-of paper suite.
There's a subtle alchemy to a celebration that sings, and we take the business of making magic oh-so-seriously. What, like it's hard?
Ever cheeky with an itch to charm (a hallmark we attribute to our Alabama origin stories), we treat each event like a Choose Your Own Adventure.
Through a smidgin' of merry little rendezvous, we'll learn exactly what puts some pep in your step and butterflies in your belly. But that's just the start of how we make an event feel effortless, winsome and bursting with joie de vivre...
Consider the whole kit and caboodle below our personal version of Women Tell All. Like London at Christmastime, we go all in.
You can't build a house without a solid foundation, and we're a lot like a general contractor in that respect. Seamless event flows, innovative experiences and show-stopping designs that don't just look good on paper are products of time, transparency and trust. So our process follows suit!
Whether it's rough and tumble luxury or cinematic grandeur you're after, our foremost mission is to uncover that hidden mecca of styles, passions and stories that epitomize you and devise an event reflective of your spirit.
Through a playful consortium of workbooks, light-hearted soul-searching and a bit of strategic dialogue over wine + cheese, we'll peel back the layers of the onion before ever brushing shoulders with colorways, moodboards, venue recs or timelines.
Foundations
After a healthy dose of "get to know you" (and believe me, we're going further than the Bachelor ever does), we'll begin spinning the wheels on allocated investment strategies, destination discovery, week-of-the-event flow and the creative team.
Much like white before red at a wine tasting, order matters. And years of experience have taught us that the right approach at the beginning is to leave no question unasked, no expectations undiscovered and no parameters unaddressed.
There's a boatload of discourse to be had in these initial weeks and months, but we'll guide you every step of the way.
Be Curious
You have your own lens through which you see and experience the world. That alone makes it special! So in a society that sees more repetition than a solid stripe print, we like to approach events from a highly individualized and cerebral place. One that excavates the quintessence of you by asking well-rounded, contemplative questions and picking up on those subconscious cues you never quite knew how to articulate. Staying innovative with childlike curiosity is an earmark of our craft, and we wouldn't be able to produce the sky-is-the-limit events that we do without a healthy dose of optimism, imagination and Plato-endorsed introspection. #KNOWTHYSELF
We love us some witty banter + rose-colored glasses, but don't let our Southern charm fool you into thinking we lack the chops to tell it like it is. Honesty with a take-it-or-leave it dollop of tactful guidance is our specialty, so whether we're having a tete-a-tete about the different ways to optimize your investments, the challenges/opportunities we foresee or the tough calls we have to determine on the fly, we'll be confident, upfront and entirely judicious as we advocate for your best interests. While ultimately every green light belongs to you, we'll invariably signal, from our POV, if you should stop, slow down... or rev up the engine and collect $200.
Be DISCERNING
Normalize levelheadedness on an event day! Contrary to popular belief, you're not doing it wrong if you're calm, cool and collected the whole way through. We wouldn't be doing our jobs if you weren't! We firmly believe that keeping our demeanors unflappable and our attitudes solutions-oriented ultimately fosters an experience where you feel safe, held and deliciously unburdened. Even the best laid plans fall victim to whims of nature, the man, and unforeseen circumstances that affect the entire globe. So if and when the hogwash hits the fan, you can rest assured knowing our survivalist hearts thrive in moments where adaptability is paramount.
Be OPEN
“Our wedding day was unbelievably beautiful, stress-free, fun and filled with love. We have Willow & Oak to thank for all of these things. Haley and her team were able to make what I expected might be a long and arduous planning process into an exciting and smooth creative project. They listened to what we wanted and added dozens of other tiny (yet giant) details that resulted in an amazing day. I don’t know if I’ve ever felt more taken care of, and Willow & Oak has our eternal thanks + admiration for making our day beyond special."
RACHEL & MICHAEL | CHARLESTON, SC
Lassoing inspiration from fashion, interiors, art and travel, we're perpetually on the hunt for expressions of life’s greatest pleasures, the beauty of human connection and the cultural nuances that define our experiences of the world.
Our no. 1 muse is you, but you don't have to ask us twice to riff on your vibe! Our approach is playful, unconventional and decidedly fresh. We believe that repetition is boring and that the most crowd-rousing moments are the ones that have yet to happen.... because they belong to you.
WHERE IN THE WORLD WILL YOU GO?
From the trulli + masserie of Puglia to the safaris + riads of Marrakesh, your destination Bash awaits
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