50 wedding lessons that couples and wedding experts have learned since March 2020

There has never been a more creative time to get married. Long gone are the stuffy traditions and political guest lists of yore, and in their places are new customs, made up of pared-back romance and undying love. Kate Demolder speaks to couples, planners and guests whose weddings were directly affected by the pandemic, and what they learned from planning a wedding in chaos.

1. Look at the bigger picture

We were due to get married August 22 2020 and made the decision around April to postpone our wedding to 21 August 2021. We changed venues, invited smaller numbers and had to do things our way which felt like a let down when planning but actually allowed us to have the wedding we wanted rather than the one we felt we should have.