Beverly Clark doesn’t just help plan dream weddings—she feels them. For 20 years, her passion has filled her from deep within; the international wedding expert is the master at every nuance, exhilaration and exaltation of the nuptial experience.
A Santa Barbara native, Clark is the bestselling author of “Planning A Wedding to Remember.” She designs and produces a collection of elegant wedding accessories, gifts, books (including her latest release, “I Love You Because...”) and recently launched “Beverly Clark’s 2006 Elite Wedding Collection” magazine. Clark also runs wedding location, honeymoon and travel Web sites with her husband and business partner, Nelson. Celebrities like Heather Locklear, Delta Burke and Joely Fisher have used Clark’s accessories for their weddings. Clark has been a featured wedding expert on national television and major magazines and is universally appealing because she addresses all aspects of a woman, including femininity, inner strength, sensuality and romance fused with traditionalism and modernism.
She is a visionary with indelible style, grace and an innate sense of what it takes to create the wedding of your dreams. “Every bride wants to feel special, like Cinderella or a movie star,” says Clark. “No matter how formal or how large the wedding, it should be memorable.”
Finding different perspectives on wedding planning in a heartfelt, spiritual way is Clark’s specialty. She focuses on making the whole experience an intensely intimate and emotional one for couples and their families; she helps them create a substantive life experience, not just a production. Clark explains, “I incorporate trends into my work, but I go with what I feel. I focus on the experience. Whether it’s a cathedral wedding, a beach wedding, or a chateau in France, I inspire people to follow their dreams.” Through the ease of her resources, Clark helps couples to enjoy the journey, so that the planning, rather than being overly stressful and daunting, will be reflected back on as a sort of memoir, a story in itself.
When planning weddings, Clark suggests doing something that’s different or offbeat. “I try to be as creative as possible in a situation. I love to create an element of surprise, whether it be with a special song, personalized vows or a letter,” she says. “I inspire people to be creative with their own personalization.”
She herself finds inspiration in everyday life, and pays close attention to detail. “I may look at a hat, flower, or pin, or I could be walking ... and an idea will spark.”
There’s gentility, poise, and a charming, delightful girlishness about Clark. Part dreamer, part sophisticate, she has helped countless brides de-mystify the process of planning a wedding. Her reflective nature, coupled with the duality of her spiritual energy and serenity, is the magic she brings to couples in creating the ultimate dream wedding, and life experience to remember. For more information, visit www.beverlyclark.com.
