This week’s Wedding Wednesday story comes to us from Regina and James:
James and his family introduced me to vineyard vines a few years ago, and it was very fitting with my new style since I had moved from suburban central Massachusetts to the seacoast of Portsmouth, New Hampshire. James (having grown up in York, Maine) has always loved living near the ocean and dressing the part in bright colors from vineyard vines. After we had been together for a year, I took him on his very first trip to Martha’s Vineyard, where we were caught on camera wearing our vineyard vines sweaters at The Seafood Shanty (and we were featured in the catalog!).
When we were planning our wedding, we knew without a doubt that vineyard vines had to play a part! We went with a subtle starfish theme and hues of pink and navy adorned our reception hall. We chose the York Harbor Inn in York, Maine as the site of our festivities and we lucked out with one of the only sunny days in May of 2011. We danced the night away to a live band, and I even serenaded my groom to Stevie Wonder’s ‘For Once in My Life’. Our guests feasted on lobster and shrimp and ended their evening fighting for the last cupcake on the cupcake tower! In lieu of wedding favors, we made a donation to the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation to help find a cure and in recognition of my 21 years of living with Type 1 diabetes. At the after party in the pub downstairs, I changed into my vineyard vines Caroline dress and we closed the bar! We jetted off to Bermuda the following day. We’re currently living happily ever after in Newburyport, MA.
Our ringbearer, Cameron, patiently waiting for the bride!
Happiness caught on film!
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Enjoy this week’s Wedding Wednesday from Katha and John!
My husband and I were married at the Newton White Mansion in Mitchellville, MD on April 2,2011. From the moment we got engaged, I knew that I wanted to have a “preppy” wedding. I lived in Portland, Maine and as a result have loved everything nautical and of course, lobster! I discovered vineyard vines in college, I was in love the clothing the minute I bought my first polo. My fiancé (now husband) was quickly introduced to vineyard vines once he met me. He naturally fell in love with the brand as well. When it came time to picking out what the groomsmen were going to wear, we both immediately knew that we wanted the guys to wear ties from vineyard vines, navy blue blazers, khakis, and boat shoes. We went to the store in Georgetown and the staff there were amazing! They helped us pick out ties for the groomsmen and we decided to go with the green whale power ties for the groomsmen and a blue whale power tie for my husband. I also spotted a purple tie with lobsters on it and I had to buy it for my Dad to represent “Maine” in the wedding. I knew the lobster tie would be a special touch. My husband also wore a VV lobster belt I had bought him when we first met. All of the groomsmen loved the ties and the staff at VV’s did an amazing job wrapping them up for us! They even tied VV’s bottle opener key chains to the tie boxes! Thank you so much VV for helping us create the perfect wedding we both wanted!
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Independence Day has come and gone, but VV is still making fireworks! This week’s story comes to us from young Elise, who must have felt like a real “rock lobster” in her new twirly dress. Feel free to wear this dress wherever and whenever you wish!
“What’s July 4th without a new red, white, and blue dress! When the vineyard vines Summer catalog came, my Mom and Nanny knew the Seascape Dress was for us! My little sister Brooke and I, love wearing twirly dresses and spending our summer vacation with our Nanny and Poppie at their cottage on Goose Rocks Beach in Maine. We love our vineyard vines dresses so much that we insisted on wearing them to the Goose Rocks Beach July 4th 5k run to cheer on our Mom and Dad as they ran …. you can’t believe how many runners stopped to compliment us on our dresses! We refused to take these special dresses off and spent the rest of the day in them at the beach and during our Red, White, and Blue Lobster cookout ( I especially loved the lobster and strawberry shortcake) and while I carefully experienced my first sparklers . We’ve worn these dresses almost every day since July 4th throughout Kennebunkport and Hanover, NH. We can’t wait to show these off when we get home to Alexandria, VA. I’ve already asked my mom if I can wear it to school on the first day of First Grade!”
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