Kleinfeld Love Stories: Tracy and Anthony

Engaged:

Every year Anthony and I exchange a photo album with pictures of all the vacations, birthdays, and day trips we experienced together. Anthony had the clever idea of giving me my 2024 album at Christmas and the last page of the book was a page that said, “Will You Marry Me?” I was going through the album so slowly that he almost died waiting for me to get to the end! I have never been so shocked in my life! It was a proposal at Christmas in front of my whole family, and it was great!

Kleinfeld Consultant:

After purchasing my ceremony dress within 48 hours of Anthony’s proposal, I flew from Toronto to NYC to look for a veil at Kleinfeld. While looking at veils, I asked my consultant, Lauren, if I could possibly try on a reception dress (of my dreams!). I have always loved Pnina Tornai and had seen a dress that I continued to have my eye on. Lauren was gracious enough to oblige, and suddenly, my trip from Toronto to NYC for a veil turned into a trip for a veil and another dress!

In the end, I was not able to have my dress altered at Kleinfeld and Pnina actually called a friend of hers, Alonna, in Toronto to do my alterations. Alonna completed the alterations beautifully. She also made me a matching purse out of the extra fabric which was absolutely stunning!

Married:

Location:

Venue:

Our wedding was in St Catharines Ontario in the Niagara wine region of Canada. Our theme involved lavender and an Italian vineyard. We even had our engagement photos in a lavender field!

We had a gathering of 120 friends and family to celebrate the union of two cultures: Italian and Caribbean. Our wedding had many personal touches including a wine featured during the ceremony from our favorite winery in the Niagara region, personalized M&M’s with our photo on it, a bouquet adorned with photos of my late grandmother, father, and brother-in-law.

We jumped the broom together which is a wedding ritual in which a couple leaps over a broom after their vows to symbolize their union and a new beginning. The tradition has deep roots in African-Canadian and American history where it was used by enslaved people who couldn’t legally marry. Today, black people often incorporate this tradition to honor their ancestors and provide a symbolic cleansing of past hardships before building a new life together.

We also had tabletops name plate corks with our names engraved, a bomboniere of an Italian wine plate, and cork purchased in the Amalfi Coast which was a city we visited together the year prior. We celebrated with a Caribbean black rum cake and Italian confetti from Sulmona which was another city in Italy we visited and the region where Anthony’s family is from.

We had a Vogue photo booth for guests with a cover written in both Italian and English. I surprised Anthony by hiring a second florist to create a ceiling installation as well as surprised him with my second Kleinfeld dress which was introduced during our slide show!

During our honeymoon in Paris, Anthony surprised me with a professional photographer to take photos in front of the Eiffel Tower. Quelle vacance magnifique!