Valentine's Day weddings back with gusto and heart themes

In a sign that the city's spirit is beginning to lift following the ebb in the third Covid wave, the trend of Valentine's Day weddings has resumed. Several couples are scheduled to tie the knot on the Monday of February 14.

- Bella.Jaisinghani

Decorator and caterer Francis D’Souza is designing a picture-perfect Catholic wedding for Savio Poulose and Fern Pais at Galaxy Ground in Mahakali, Andheri East. Savio, a city-based technology consultant, and Fern, a communications professional from Pune, were to wed on January 29. The bride, though, suffered a mild attack of Covid, and the next best available date was February 14.

Fern laughed and said, “We are going all out to celebrate the day of love. We will decorate the venue with red and white heart-shaped helium balloons and release them in the air together at the end of the ceremony. This was my mother’s idea. We are having a heart-shaped selfie booth as well. Both our families are very excited that we are getting married on Valentine’s Day, and everyone has ideas on what we can do.”