Bridal fashion has been a Detroit staple at Hour Detroit since 1998 (the first year we published 12 issues). Normally, an annual feature like this can cause me some stress — “What are we going to do this year?” — but I don’t have much to worry about with this one. It’s in the hands of our very talented and capable designers, Creative Director Lindsay Richards and Associate Art Director Steven Prokuda.
For this year’s theme, they wanted to focus on movement and flow and photograph the gowns “somewhere we could focus on the model spinning at any angle and there would be no bad shots,” Richards says. “We wanted to get her running through the halls in a place with floor-to-ceiling windows.”
The team found the perfect location in Pontiac, at The Treasury, a 1921 building in the Pontiac Commercial Historic District that has been restored and renovated into a gorgeous reception venue. The former bank was designed by the same architects as the Detroit Opera House and has the same kind of grandeur, including features such as Ionic columns, Palladian windows, and a 35-foot coffered gold-leaf ceiling.
Joining the design team at the shoot on a mid-January Tuesday was Associate Editor Juliana Lumaj, who was making sure to get the credits for the gowns, accessories, and jewelry — and behind-the-scenes photos.
Midmonth tends to be a time when the editorial staff gets out in the community to do research or to meet with publicists, business owners, and freelance writers. On this particular day, Associate Editor Jack Thomas was doing research at the Bentley Historical Library for his story on the zigzag tower at Domino’s Farms and I was having a breakfast meeting with Culture Convo columnist and WDET host Ryan Patrick Hooper to go over future story ideas and finally try the food at The Fly Trap in Ferndale, his favorite diner and the subject of his February column. Consider this my fly-on-the-wall column.
Happy early spring!
This story originally appeared in the March 2025 issue of Hour Detroit magazine. To read more, pick up a copy of Hour Detroit at a local retail outlet. Our digital edition will be available on March. 10.
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