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African American Stars share their wedding details. Whether it's an over-the-top, media-frenzied extravaganza or a private, friends-and-family-only ceremony, the wedding of two famous folks is always a cause for celebration — and much media attention!
Toni Braxton & Keirston Lewis
Toni Braxton & Keirston Lewis
The wedding of Toni Michele Braxton and Keirston Jamal Lewis in a Georgia wonderland was a victory, a shout and a fairy-tale ending to one of the greatest comebacks in show business history. As the bride and groom walked down the aisle after being pronounced husband and wife, the groom suddenly swooped up his bride and carried her in his arms to the garden as she squealed with laughter. Take a look at her bridal registry.
Former Atlanta mayor and former U.S. Ambassador Andrew Young officiated at the sunny, late afternoon ceremony in the rose garden of the formal French and Italian gardens near the amphitheatre in the 60-acre Dean Gardens estate outside Atlanta. Because of the interest in the wedding and the high-profile guests, security was extra tight. Georgia state troopers kept paparazzi at bay well beyond the 20-foot-high, black wrought iron gates at the property's entrance.
Security was so tight that guests didn't even know the ceremony's location until the very last minute. The invitations directed them to a local church; and when they arrived, they needed a ticket to gain entrance to the shuttles that ferried guests to the private estate for the wedding. Guests were asked to leave cameras and cell phones at home. Workers hired for the wedding said they didn't know whose wedding it was until they arrived at the site.
The groom and his groomsmen entered to a hip version of "So Fresh, So Clean," a single by Atlanta's own OutKast. The mothers of the bride and groom were seated to Bach's "Jesu, joy of Man's Desiring," A 16-piece orchestra, directed by Terrence Lee Jones, played a mixture of classical and contemporary music, announcing the bridal party's entrance.
The bride's entrance was heralded with Handel's "Arrival of the Queen of Sheba." And the audience gasped as they caught their first glimpse of Braxton through a billow of tulle, walking down the 40-foot, white-carpeted aisle on her father's arm to Wagner's "Bridal Chorus."
The singer, who has worn some of Hollywood's most revealing gowns, was lustrous, shimmering in an ivory Vera Wang gown of duchess satin. The full gown featured a notched crystal-beaded front bodice with back-button detail, and a cathedral train with matching veil. The ivory bridesmaid's gowns were by Watters & Watters and were personalized for each bridesmaid. The groom wore a Ralph Lauren tuxedo with an ivory jacket and black tuxedo pants.
After the ceremony, guests were ushered past two flamelit touchier columns into a large white jewel-decked fairyland tent attached to the property's clamshell amphitheatre. Tiffany & Co., Toni's favorite store, set the decor for the day. Even her wedding invitations were delivered in special boxes by express mail.
All linens and flowers were decorated with the bride's colors of baby pink and Tiffany blue. Table linens were all custom-dyed in Tiffany blue as was the carpet in the tent. The chairs featured custom chair caps adorned with Bohemian crystals that doubled as place cards. Tables were decorated with pink and blush paveed roses.
Singer Toni Braxton and Keri Lewis’ wedding cake was designed by Atlanta’s Mark Lotti and was a four-tier creation which looked like a perfect stack of four robin’s-egg-blue Tiffany boxes. This theme carried throughout the wedding in which the carpeting, chair covers, and tablecloths were all custom-dyed to resemble Tiffany’s trademark blue color.
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