Marcy BlumMarcy Blum is an American author, event planner, and owner of Marcy Blum Associates in New York City. EducationBlum 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] CareerMarcy 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. PersonalMarcy is the sister of American author and journalist Howard Blum. References
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