15 Stunning Photos from the Wedding of Erica Vazquez-Bacardi
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15 Stunning Photos from the Wedding of Erica Vazquez-Bacardi
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The Newlyweds
Cheers! Erica Vazquez-Bacardi, the daughter of rum heiress Hilda Maria Bacardi, married fiancé Joey Depriest-Capparelli on March 4 in a one-of-a-kind wedding at the Four Seasons Resort at Walt Disney World.
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Flower Power
Flowers most definitely made the event unique, with 20 florists from Flowers by Semia creating what they called "forests" for the ceremony and reception.
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Enchanted Garden
A set of iron gates led the way from the ceremony to the cocktail reception, with vines and soft flowers connecting the two spaces.
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Table Toppers
"The flowers were intended to take your breath away," wedding planner David Tutera told PEOPLE. "The dining tables [were] beyond magical."
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Center of Attention
One of the many focal points of the reception space was an X-shaped dining table. Tutera finished each place with custom amethyst candles.
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Walk This Way
"My vision was to create and bring to life something that has never been seen before," Tutera added of his whimsical design.
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Have a Seat
The garden theme even continued into the chairs, all velvet and tinted in shades of moss green. Tutera added wall-to-wall carpet to the hotel's grand ballroom to give it "the color tones of the forest ground," he said.
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Dinner Is Served
At the reception, 300 guests enjoyed two styles of dinner service including a traditional plated appetizer and a variety of entrée stations that included a pepper crusted beef tenderloin, plus fish and poultry options, all paired with a variety of sides and bread selections.
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Divine Dance Floor
In another never-before-seen touch, Tutera commissioned a dance floor that looked "like you are dancing on water in the middle of the forest," he shared.
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In the Spotlight
In addition to the trees framing the dance floor, the area was covered by dripping wisteria that featured whimsical lighting.
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Party On
As the night went on, Mirrored Dance Performers from DSquared Productions hit the dance floor for a performance followed by a flash mob.
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Tall Tale
The performance also featured DSquared Productions dancers on stilts, who were covered in leaves to match the forest feel. Two flanked the bride's mom, the evening's host, during her toast to the newlyweds.
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Purple Reign
Two layered tablecloths brought the forest theme to the tables: a lavender silk underlay with a sheer white overlay.
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Take the Cake
Executive Pastry Chef Rabii Saber, a James Beard Award nominee, crafted the sage-colored, seven-tier wedding cake, which had flowers painted by hand cascading down from the top tier in a combination of lilac, ivory and blush tones.
The inside flavors were vanilla cake with vanilla filling, salted caramel gelato and D'ussé caramel sauce, and chocolate cake with chocolate mousse filling, chocolate ganache and Bacardi 8 rum crème anglaise, melding the couple's picks with the family brands.
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Matters of the Heart
Tutera — pictured with Hilda M. Bacardi and his husband and business partner Joey Toth — walked the mother of the bride down the aisle and even officiated the wedding.
"It is an honor and a sweet and special experience to be part of," Tutera shared. "We do get very close to our clients; Joey and myself love to know them, enjoy their company and get into their hearts."