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Emma Garson: Author

Emma Garson is the Real Weddings Editor at Green Wedding Shoes, where she specializes in documenting couples' celebration stories and design choices. A graduate of Loyola University New Orleans, she brings professional writing experience from entertainment industry publications, where she worked as a journalist interviewing talent and covering cultural trends.

Since joining GWS in early 2023, Emma has combined her editorial background with first-hand wedding planning experience—having planned her own 2023 wedding, she understands the vendor collaboration process, design decision-making, and logistics that couples navigate. Based in New York, her coverage focuses on the intersection of storytelling and design across diverse celebration styles.

Real Weddings Editor New York, NY Loyola University New Orleans

This “Coastal Chic” Destination Wedding in Tulum Was Effortlessly Elegant

Everything you thought you knew about a beach wedding? Forget it. This “coastal chic” wedding photo shoot in Tulum — captured by Soul Lovers and brought... Read more.

The Bride Wore a Black Dress for This Darkly Romantic Wedding in a Historic Los Angeles Theater

“In the heart of downtown Los Angeles, beneath chandeliers once lit for silver screen legends, a love story unfolds—steeped in shadow, velvet, and soul.” That’s... Read more.

This Beetlejuice Inspired Wedding in the Sand Dunes of Oregon Was a Gorgeous Goth Fantasy

We’re in the heart of Spooky Season now, and we’ve got all things undead + otherworldly on the mind. So crack open your copy of The Handbook for the Recently... Read more.

Spooky Sophistication: This Gothic LA Wedding’s Witchy Celestial Vibe Has Us Over the Moon

“Halloween has always been one of my favorite times of year,” says October bride Raquel, “and I wanted our wedding to honor that sense of spookiness, but in... Read more.

This Micro Wedding in the Stunning Hoh Rain Forest Ended with a Beautiful Bonfire on the Beach

A romantic rain forest. A breathtaking beach. A 5-person guest list. This ultra-intimate Washington State micro wedding was an outdoorsy, authentic day full of so... Read more.

A Colorfully Romantic Alabama Wedding Rich With Thoughtful Details

Design nerds: assemble! If you’re obsessed (like we are) with the magical way that all the smallest elements of a wedding day’s design can come together to create... Read more.

A Midsummer Night’s Fever Dream: This Fantastical SoCal Wedding Was a Bold Take on Shakespeare

“I have had a most rare / vision. I have had a dream past the wit of man to say / what dream it was,” says Bottom in Act IV scene i of Shakespeare’s A Midsummer... Read more.

This Rat Pack-Inspired Palm Springs Wedding Was Nonstop Swanky Nostalgia

Grab a dirty martini, throw on your finest retro cocktail attire, and have some 1960’s vinyl spinning on the turntable: it’s time to fall in love with Gina +... Read more.

Inside This Color Drenched California Wedding + Its Modern, Playful Design

Listen, we love a wedding full of earthy, muted neutrals or a celebration in classic black + white, but sometimes a little color is called for! “We prioritized... Read more.

Take a Look Inside the First Ever Wedding at Giraffe Manor in Kenya!

In the Langata suburb of Nairobi, Kenya, there’s a stately manor house deep in a forest, its stonework exterior covered in climbing vines. Originally built in... Read more.