To Ms Lelian Chew, founder of luxury event and wedding planning company The Atelier & Co, the gravitation towards the casual and candid is reflective of another shift: the growing desire for storytelling and emotional resonance.

“Today’s couples are not simply commissioning beautiful weddings. They are commissioning stories. And those stories are multi-layered – from a custom-designed monogram carried through invitations, signage and menus, to music performances tailored to their love story, to drone shows choreographed to personal soundtracks. Every detail becomes a chapter in a narrative worth preserving,” she says.

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