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