Chelsea Clinton's $5 million wedding details

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by Kristin Larson for SheKnows.com

Details about Chelsea Clinton's wedding are all hush-hush on the down-low. In-the-know wedding planner Donnie Brown, however, offers SheKnows some pre-wedding scoop. Could it really be this crazy? Of course it could. And, anyway, it sure is fun to speculate!

It sounds like a wedding fit for a princess: Glass walls, tables overflowing with orchids, Swarovski crystal chandeliers, Casablanca lilies and hydrangeas, and a six-foot sugar flower-topped designer cake are just some of the lavish details expected at Chelsea Clinton's wedding this weekend.

THE BUZZ

"It's going to be amazing," says Donnie Brown, wedding planner featured in the Style Network's hit TV series Whose Wedding is it Anyway?

"A lot of people are saying [it's costing] $3 million. I am thinking more like $5 million."

The daughter of former President Bill Clinton and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton will marry fiancée Marc Mezvinsky on a 50-acre estate along the Hudson River in the sleepy village of Rhineback, New York.

Aside from Chelsea Clinton's wedding dress -- WWD just reported she is wearing a one-of-a-kind Vera Wang wedding dress -- and the massive wedding tents, Brown, an expert at wedding details, is speculating on the other details via his well established network of planners, florists and designers.

"A lot of it is speculation, and a lot of it some research I've done," he notes.

OK, SO WHAT ABOUT HER DRESS?

Brown, who authored Donnie Brown Weddings: From the Couture to the Cake, says Clinton will most likely go off-white, eggshell or ivory -- not plain white.

"Chelsea Clinton's wedding dress won't be like anything Vera Wang has done before or will do again," he says. "It's going to be a full skirt, long opera length with a train. There will be a lot of detailing and a sweetheart neckline."

As far as the jewelry, Brown says a top jeweler will most likely loan Clinton some jewels. "These jewelry designers will jump through hoops to loan her the jewelry," he says.

MORE ABOUT CHELSEA CLINTON'S WEDDING: Get insight into the reception, the flowers, the decor and the wedding cake here!


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