The Experience

When you've devoted your career to the art of the gown, you don't just get dressed for your engagement session — you create for it. As founder and lead designer of Grace and Ivory, Tina arrived in her own work. The tiered crimson swept through Garfield Park Conservatory in perfect conversation with the space — soaring glass, sculptural cacti, golden light — nature doing exactly what it does when a great dress gives it something to work with. Then came the electric blue metallic: strapless, dynamic, the kind of silhouette that doesn't ask for a room's attention so much as simply take it. The evening closed at The Press Room with a save the date cake — back where the story started, and now with every reason to celebrate it.