Shelby Wax
Contributing weddings editor at Vogue who curates featured wedding photo essays and reports on style trends in the wedding industry. Offers insight into costs, aesthetics, and how social media shapes modern weddings.
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May 3, 2026 • 30min
The cost of “I do”
Shelby Wax, Vogue weddings editor, and Karen Dunak, marriage historian at Muskingum University, unpack why modern weddings cost so much. They explore how ads, reality TV, Pinterest, and Instagram turned ceremonies into status symbols. They also get into trend pressure, regional price gaps, micro weddings, and the tug-of-war between personal meaning and spectacle.
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Apr 27, 2026 • 1h 2min
Shelby Wax: Inside the Mind of a Wedding Editor - Taste, Timing, and the Stories That Actually Get Published
Shelby Wax, writer and contributing editor with bylines at Martha Stewart Weddings and Brides, shares insider perspectives on editorial taste and timing. She discusses why brand fit, narrative, and sequencing matter more than pretty images. Conversations cover submission pitfalls, what makes editors open a gallery, and why inclusivity and networking shape what gets published.
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May 3, 2026 • 30min
The cost of “I do”
Lauren Miller, founder of the Tiny Wedding Collective who plans intimate ceremonies. Karen Dunnick, history professor and author studying the rise of the white wedding. Shelby Wax, Vogue weddings editor who curates bridal aesthetics. They discuss how media and social platforms shaped fairy-tale expectations, why micro weddings appeal, rising coast-to-coast budgets, and what makes a wedding feel editorial-worthy.
