Black and white and gold all over, Kate and Mike’s LA wedding at SmogShoppe was crazy glam and a day they’ll never forget. Wedding planner Nam Lam of Modern LA Weddings achieved the sophisticated, yet personal, look Kate and Mike had envisioned for their wedding. We love that Kate’s bridesmaids carried gold-painted magnolias and wore off-the-rack Nicole Miller dresses, both of which served to make the bride shine even brighter in her incredible Inbal Dror gown. All the while, photographers Callaway Gable captured moment after moment for the newlyweds to cherish for the rest of their years.
The Couple:
Kate and Mike
The Wedding:
SmogShoppe, Los Angeles, California

I wanted to stay true to my personal style but I didn’t want to choose anything I thought I would hate looking at in 10 years. I think the outfit I wore in my senior portraits taught me that lesson! I loved my dress, definitely a once in a lifetime chance to wear a gown like that! I didn’t have my girls wear a bridesmaid dress, I chose an off the rack Nicole Miller dress and almost all of them have had the chance to wear it since then!
We wanted our venue to be fun. Stylish but un-stuffy. The most important thing to me was that it looked great. The most important thing to Mike was that it stayed in budget. We had an amazing wedding planner that helped us balance those two things!

I had to pee the second I was supposed to walk down the aisle! The played the song before ...