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Marcy Blum

Marcy Blum is an American author, event planner, and owner of Marcy Blum Associates in New York City.

Education

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Blum is a graduate of The Culinary Institute of America and began her career in the restaurant business, later creating a segue into the then-developing field of event planning.[1] In 1986[2] she became one of the first in the industry to develop the vocation into a successful career[3][1]

Career

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Marcy Blum has been named one of the top wedding planners in the world by Vogue Magazine, [4] [5] Harper's Bazaar,[6] and Martha Stewart Weddings.[7] New York magazine described Blum as a "desired wedding planner to the wealthy and famous."[8]

Among her clients are Rickie Fowler and Allison Stokke,[9] Billy Joel,[10] Kevin Bacon and Kyra Sedgwick, Salman Rushdie and Padma Lakshmi, Katie Lee Joel,[11] Colin Hanks and Samantha Bryant, Lebron James and Savannah James,[12] Fabiola Beracasa Beckman and Jason Beckman,[13] and George Soros and Tamiko Soros,[14] The Rockefeller family, Nate Berkus and Jeremiah Brent,[15] Annie Lawless and Jeffrey Jacobs,[16] and Andre Iguodala and Christina Iguodala,.[1][17] She was also the planner of The Knot's "Dream Wedding" in 2014 of Boston Marathon bombing survivors, Rebekah Gregory and Pete DiMartino.[18]

Blum has been a guest on the CBS Morning Show, The Today Show, Live with Regis and Kelly, The Oprah Winfrey Show, Rachael Ray Show[19] and The Nate Berkus Show.[citation needed][20]

Blum has written and contributed to many articles, including The New York Times,[12] New York magazine,[21] The Knot,[22] Brides magazine, Elle, Modern Bride, InStyle, and Town & Country. She coauthored, with Laura Kaiser, two books, Wedding Planning for Dummies and Wedding Kit for Dummies.[1]

In 2018, Marcy Blum was named a 'Tastemaker' for HomeGoods.

Personal

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Marcy is the sister of American author and journalist Howard Blum.

References

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  1. ^ a b c d Swerdloff, Alexis What Do Padma Lakshmi and Kyra Sedgwick Have in Common? Their Wedding Planner, New York Sun, January 11, 2005
  2. ^ Mallozzi, Vincent M.; Gettleman, Jeffrey Taming the Runaway Wedding Planner, The New York Times, June 24, 2007
  3. ^ "New York Times". The New York Times.
  4. ^ "VOGUE Ultimate Wedding Planner's List".
  5. ^ Rees, Samantha. "Vogue's Ultimate Wedding Planner Master List". Vogue. Retrieved 2016-03-19.
  6. ^ "Bazaar's Little Black Book: The Top Wedding Planners in the U.S." Harper's Bazaar. 2016-03-16. Retrieved 2016-03-19.
  7. ^ "64 Top Wedding Planners". Martha Stewart Weddings. Retrieved 2016-03-19.
  8. ^ "A List of Utterly Impractical Celebrity Weddings -- The Cut". The Cut. 2 June 2014.
  9. ^ "VOGUE". 12 February 2020.
  10. ^ "Billboard". Billboard.
  11. ^ "Jimmy Iovine & Liberty Ross Wedding Gift Picks - Billboard". Billboard.
  12. ^ a b Williams, Alex (2015-08-15). "How Celebrities Keep Their Weddings a Secret". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2016-03-19.
  13. ^ "VOGUE". 16 September 2014.
  14. ^ "Billionaire Soros weds consultant in third marriage". Reuters. 2013-09-22. Retrieved 2016-03-19.
  15. ^ "Nate Berkus Marries Jeremiah Brent". PEOPLE.com. Retrieved 2016-03-19.
  16. ^ "BRIDES".
  17. ^ "Couple Injured in Boston Marathon Bombing to Marry in Dream Wedding". people.com. Retrieved 2016-03-19.
  18. ^ "Couple Injured in Boston Marathon Bombing Weds". PEOPLE.com. Retrieved 2016-03-19.
  19. ^ "Rachael Ray Show". 20 August 2019.
  20. ^ "Interview with Wedding Planner Marcy Blum – Wedding Market". weddingmarketnews.com. 21 November 2013. Retrieved 2016-03-19.
  21. ^ "The High-End Party: Gilded to Perfection". NYMag.com. 3 November 2006. Retrieved 2016-03-19.
  22. ^ "3 Expert Planning Tips from Celeb Wedding Stylist Marcy Blum". theknot.com. Retrieved 2016-03-19.
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