Gilded Aisle and Chelsea deserve MORE than 5 stars! They truly provide the experience every bride hopes for when thinking of her wedding.

If I can summarize anything about Chelsea, she is truly the magician behind the curtain. I have no idea how she did it all, but she allowed me to sit back, relax, and finally turn my brain off.... and that is the best gift you can EVER give a bride.

What's most impressive is the fact that I hired Chelsea with very little notice and she absolutely nailed every little detail. I had a horrible experience with my ex-planner (at another company!) and ultimately had to end that working relationship. With only two months until my wedding, I was desperate and so scared. By some insane stroke of luck, Chelsea and GA were available for my wedding date. Chelsea jumped right in to familiarize herself with everything I had done up until that point, meet with all my vendors, and fully understand my vision. EVERYTHING turned out even better than I could have imagined.

I had collected so much of my own wedding decor and even the welcome party decor, and all I know is that I stepped away for hair and make up, and walked into a room beyond my wildest dreams. Chelsea dug through boxes of stuff and put everything together better than I could have ever done myself.

She's thorough, detail oriented, and so talented. She was an absolute joy to work with, and I would hire her 1000 more times if I could. She was one of the very best decisions I made during this entire process, and I'm so grateful that my experience eventually led me to her.

THANK YOU CHELSEA & GILDED AISLE!!

Lynne, Analisa, and Elizabeth were fantastic to work with! They were always responsive, organized, and made sure everything ran smoothly on our wedding day. They made individual timelines for each member of the wedding party, which kept everyone on the same page and made the day feel effortless. They truly made the entire so much easier, and I would 1000% recommend them!

I can't recommend Chelsea and The Gilded Aisle enough!

We worked with Chelsea for a year and a half leading up to our June 2026 wedding, and she was incredible every step of the way. She is:
- Incredibly responsive
- Exceptionally organized
- Thoughtful, proactive, and detail-oriented

She knows the Chicago wedding industry inside and out, and every vendor she recommended was fantastic and aligned with our vision and budget. She was also instrumental in helping us develop our design vision and bring it to life in a way that felt so personal to us.

The biggest gift Chelsea gave us was peace of mind. By the time our wedding day arrived, we felt completely confident that everything was taken care of. We had zero stress and were truly able to be present, soak in every moment, and enjoy the day with our family and friends.

If you're looking for a full-service wedding planner who is talented, organized, and genuinely wonderful to work with, look no further than Chelsea and The Gilded Aisle. Hiring her was one of the best decisions we made for our wedding.

We feel incredibly blessed to have worked with Lynne and her team to bring our beautiful wedding to life. My husband and I planned our wedding from overseas and are both the first to marry of our siblings, so there was a lot we didn't know. From our very first call, we knew Lynne was the perfect planner. We relied heavily on Lynne's guidance for everything from budget to design and were blown away by her quick replies, unwavering professionalism and complete devotion to our event. We often felt like her only clients in the sense that she was always available to field our questions and worries no matter the day of the week. When we had issues (or big dreams), she would come up with a novel way to make it happen.

On the wedding day itself, Lynne and her team coordinated flawlessly (from 7 AM to midnight!) to ensure our parents, siblings, and the wedding party knew exactly where to be and what to do so they could enjoy the day without stressing. I had another, much smaller ceremony the following day for which I did not engage Lynne, thinking it would be easy to pull off ourselves. I immediately regretted not having her and realised how much she had done to help the day run smoothly the day prior!

Lynne certainly went above and beyond to help us find vendors, create a beautiful, seamless wedding, and resolve last-minute disasters. She is truly a master of all things weddings and we cannot recommend The Gilded Aisle enough!

Chelsea and her team are great - highly recommend working with her as your coordinator! Her responsiveness, conscientiousness, thoughtfulness and kindness made all the difference in our experience pre-wedding and on the wedding day! While Chelsea leaned in the most in the last 2-3 months prior to the wedding, we'd hired her about a year and a half before our wedding, and she was available for questions that entire time, which is much more than most month/day of coordinators offer. From answering our questions during our planning process, to building our timelines and coordinating with all vendors, to making sure our day went smoothly, Chelsea was very helpful. I'm very particular and type A, and Chelsea was extremely patient with me :). She was also extremely knowledgeable about our venue, Armour House, which was helpful. Highly recommend working with her and the Gilded Aisle!

Chelsea made our entire wedding weekend a dream! Once we began working with Chelsea, I no longer had to coordinate anything with any of our vendors. Chelsea asked me questions about things I hadn’t even thought about to ensure our wedding was the most perfect night, and without Chelsea, it would have been completely chaotic. She was with me from the second I woke up on my wedding day, and her team was the last to leave the venue at the end of the night. I can’t thank Chelsea enough for coordinating the wedding of my dreams and ensuring my husband and I got to enjoy every perfect minute.

First let me say that I never write reviews. The level of professionalism and guidance that we received from Chelsea Kiely at The Gilded Aisle compels me to share my review with you.
Here is what you get when you hire Chelsea Kiely: Au courant advice delivered in an understated manner. Chelsea is very good at listening to our brides vision and translating her ideas into recommendation’s for vendors. Top notch service across the board!

Words do not express how wonderful Allison was as our day-of-coordinator! Not only is she extremely kind, professional and fun to work with, she was also so organized in nearly every facet of the planning process. Our seasoned wedding photographer called Allison the most organized and detail-oriented coordinator she'd ever worked with. The wedding timeline she built for us included the smallest details, like where the nearest AED and fire extinguisher were at our vendor and hotel. She is also an incredibly thoughtful human who would pick up on the tiniest things we'd mention in our conversations. For example, in a call I briefly mentioned that my dad recently had hip surgery. Several weeks later, Allison sent over the schedule for family pictures and had organized it so that my dad could take all of his first and then sit down to rest before the ceremony.

She seamlessly navigated so many different moving parts and communications across our vendors in the two months leading up to our wedding. Her day-of management was also flawless. She and her team made sure everyone and everything was accounted for, and we honestly cannot imagine having our wedding be such a success without her. We cannot recommend her and Gilded Aisle enough!

If you are currently looking for a wedding planner, your search can and should end now. Chelsea and the Gilded Aisle were the best vendor we had at our wedding 2.5 weeks ago (and we'd highly recommend most of them!). 

Coming from a type-A, work event planning background, I thought I had most things covered for our wedding, but I wanted to feel like a bride, not a coordinator on my wedding day. Chelsea far exceeded every expectation we had well before our wedding day with her impeccable communication, the planning tools she provided us, contact with our vendors, advice, and numerous items we were able to borrow from her for our day, saving us countless hours, stress, and money in rentals. 
She is professional, kind, and incredibly knowledgeable. Every detail is organized and taken care of - those you thought of and twice as many that won't cross your mind. Our day had a few unavoidable hiccups we knew of (and likely more we didn't), as everyone's will, and Chelsea was phenomenal at managing them all so we never felt stressed. We were able to enjoy every moment of our wedding day truly thanks to Chelsea and her team. 

She was there from the moment hair and makeup began through well beyond the last dance, taking care to keep our most precious items and deliver them to our home. There is no one we trusted more than Chelsea, and no one we could recommend more than her for your wedding day. Do yourself the biggest favor and include The Gilded Aisle on your vendor team - it's the best decision we made! 

Lynne Kennedy at the Gilded Aisle is incredible! She helped plan my NYE wedding in 2021 and we could not have done everything for wedding planning and prep without the help of Lynne! She was extremely responsive, organized, and always valued our opinions in what we wanted for our wedding. I cannot recommend Lynne enough! I will definitely be recommending her to all my family and friends. Just stop searching for a wedding planner hire Lynne Kennedy already! :-) you will NOT be disappointed!