St. Louis Weddings LADUE NEWS SPECIAL SECTION
Kate & Company
In the Details
By Julia Christensen
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t is considered the most important day of your life—and you don’t want to spend it worrying about tables, décor and dealing with vendors. Brides who want to plan their own festivities often feel overwhelmed by the way things will—or will not—come together on the big day, and St. Louis event organizer Kate & Company offers a unique semi-planning service to help these brides stay blushing, not flustered. “Our ‘day of’ service is where we come in for the last 90 days and help with the finishing details,” says owner Katie Fogerty. This includes timeconsuming specifics, such as creating timelines, counting RSVPs, explaining parking and scheduling vendors. “The last 90 days can be a stressful time for any bride.” With the assistance of Kate & Company the day of the wedding and the three months beforehand, details about the big day are understood and the bride is familiar with the staff—a combination that could offer more relief and assurance than working with a stranger for merely a few hours.
While picking out colors and patterns may seem right up a bride’s alley, the overwhelmed feeling can sprout from any bridal decision, no matter how comfortable she is in event-planning. “It’s more about the feeling of how everything comes together,” says Fogerty of brides’ predicaments. According to her, one common problem can be décor: With chargers, linens and flowers coming from multiple sources, seeing the end result isn’t easy. “It’s really hard to visualize— if you don’t do this on a regular basis— how they’re going to come together on the table… and who is going to put them on the table.” Not only can Fogerty and her team take care of tablescape set-up at the event, she can do so beforehand in her showroom to make sure it meets the bride’s approval. Other levels of event assistance include the partial, full and unlimited planning packages, which offer preferred vendor discounts. While the company will work with any vendor the
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ON THE COVER Kate & Company, located at 132 West Monroe Ave. in Kirkwood, offers wedding, event and engagement planning services. For more information call 909-9996 or visit kateandcollc.com.
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