O nce upon a time in the not so distant past...there was a wedding planner named Nancy Swiezy whose expertise was called on to plan destination weddings in Newport, Rhode Island, New York City and the Hamptons on Long Island. This wedding planner had encountered many strange situations but there was one situation that had eluded her. The Hoop Skirt. The Hoop Skirt?? ...you say! Yes, that mysterious support system that takes on a life of its own under a wedding gown with a really, really big skirt. "But why the sudden interest in a Hoop Skirt?", we asked. "Oh yes, we see" we replied, as she explained that her 2009 Newport Bride, Jennifer Fessler, had proclaimed that the design of her wedding gown included a skirt with a circumference 10 times the size of her waist! How darling, she thought. How daring and then "How will her bride ever be able to walk, move, sit, pose?" Like any great wedding planner who takes a simple concept and turns it into some
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