[{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org\/","@type":"BlogPosting","@id":"https:\/\/equallywed.com\/glamorous-rupauls-drag-race-inspired-wedding-with-custom-gold-gown-and-emerald-tuxedo\/#BlogPosting","mainEntityOfPage":"https:\/\/equallywed.com\/glamorous-rupauls-drag-race-inspired-wedding-with-custom-gold-gown-and-emerald-tuxedo\/","headline":"Glamorous Rupaul’s Drag Race-inspired Wedding with custom gold gown and emerald tuxedo","name":"Glamorous Rupaul’s Drag Race-inspired Wedding with custom gold gown and emerald tuxedo","description":"From illustrated drag queen drawings on the paper goods to tables named after drag queens, the celebration was endlessly fabulous.","datePublished":"2021-07-08","dateModified":"2021-07-12","author":{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/equallywed.com\/author\/molly\/#Person","name":"Molly Sprayregen","url":"https:\/\/equallywed.com\/author\/molly\/","identifier":10507,"image":{"@type":"ImageObject","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/a82a2bb933fcf821e7a511d30ad3c653?s=96&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/a82a2bb933fcf821e7a511d30ad3c653?s=96&r=g","height":96,"width":96}},"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Equally Wed","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","@id":"http:\/\/equallywed.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/equally-wed-lgbtq-weddings-logo.jpg","url":"http:\/\/equallywed.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/equally-wed-lgbtq-weddings-logo.jpg","width":218,"height":60}},"image":{"@type":"ImageObject","@id":"https:\/\/equallywed.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/glamorous-rupauls-drag-race-inspired-wedding-with-custom-gold-gown-and-emerald-tuxedo-agaton-strom-equally-wed-6.jpg","url":"https:\/\/equallywed.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/glamorous-rupauls-drag-race-inspired-wedding-with-custom-gold-gown-and-emerald-tuxedo-agaton-strom-equally-wed-6.jpg","height":2000,"width":1333},"url":"https:\/\/equallywed.com\/glamorous-rupauls-drag-race-inspired-wedding-with-custom-gold-gown-and-emerald-tuxedo\/","about":["Real LGBTQ+ Weddings"],"wordCount":562,"keywords":["Buffalo","LGBTQ wedding","New York","rupaul's drag race"],"articleBody":"Daniel and Marty’s Buffalo, New York wedding was inspired\u00a0 by their love of Rupaul’s Drag Race. 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There were tall palm leaf centerpieces, charcoal velvet linens, and a black and white dance floor.What was the overall vibe of the wedding?The overall vibe of our wedding was a dance party.\u00a0 We spent a lot of time discussing music and what would get people up and moving.\u00a0 Ultimately, when we met with our DJ, Jonjon Battles\u00a0, for the first time he said our music selections sounded like what he would play at his own wedding.\u00a0 That\u2019s when we knew we had gotten it right.\u00a0\u00a0We also wanted to highlight Buffalo, so we chose the Hotel Henry, which reinvented the historic landmark H.H. 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