It's been three months since Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce said 'I do.'
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But Swifties are still waiting with bated breath for the newlyweds to share even a glimpse of the biggest celebrity wedding of the century.
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Now, for the first time ever, the Daily Mail can reveal exclusive images that showcase in great detail how the design team planned to transform Madison Square Garden from a New York City sports venue into a whimsical forest wonderland.
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The elaborate plans included a two-tiered carousel, a man-made pond underneath the altar and droves of real and fake trees with twinkling lights sprinkled throughout the reimagined space, which was reminiscent of the couple's August 2025 proposal.
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The never-before-seen designs follow our exclusive first look from inside Swift and Kelce's wedding, which we published earlier this year and which featured a coral-carpeted entryway adorned with the couple's heartwarming personal photos and the headline-making reveal of their first dog together.
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The leaked video also gave a sneak peek into the room in which Swift, 36, walked down the aisle, but how did it all come together?
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The Daily Mail has spoken exclusively to an insider who pulled back the curtain on the difficult decisions the bride was forced to make throughout the wedding planning process in her bid to pull off the wedding of her dreams.
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The Daily Mail has exclusively obtained renderings of the designs used to prepare for Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce's wedding.
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The rendering above obtained by the Daily Mail shows how the plan was carried out using rows of trees and lots of greenery.
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'I wouldn't have changed that part at all,' Guérard said of the scenery depicted in the rendering, though she had stronger opinions about the seating choice
Swift and Kelce got engaged in August 2025 in the NFL star's backyard, which had been transformed into a magical garden filled with lots of flowers in pink and white hues
The couple started dating in 2023 and tied the knot three years later at Madison Square Garden
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'When you’re talking about a billionaire in a billionaire wedding, you would think that anything you want, they can make it happen.
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And there were a lot of things that they actually had to cut back,' the source said.
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The Daily Mail has learned that the wedding planning process began in November 2025, three months after Kelce proposed and eight months before the big day.
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Dozens of Zoom calls with workers sworn to secrecy took place to meticulously plan every detail of the A-list couple's vision.
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The design plans the Daily Mail obtained attempted to execute every one of their ideas, but not all aspects of the renderings eventually made it to the wedding day.
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Spearheaded by Los Angeles-based celebrity planner Mark Seed, the nuptials were hush hush for months as several teams worked diligently to bring Swift's ideas to fruition for one of the biggest days of her life.
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As a result, the project was given the top-secret name 'Eventica.'
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Photos the Daily Mail exclusively obtained showed staffers in a West Coast workshop constructing the one-of-a-kind wedding set, including a large T&T logo to symbolize the couple's first initials.
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All of the equipment was transported leading up to the big day in 11 semi-trucks.
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Prior to its arrival in the Big Apple, our source confirmed that the entire set was taken to Rock Lititz, a dynamic production campus in Pennsylvania that offers rehearsal studios where many famous stars have previously prepped their tours.
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Exclusive images the Daily Mail obtained also showed some of the models that were created to carry out the design plans, including the couple's T and T logo
An insider exclusively told the Daily Mail that some of the structures, like the one seen above, were created to mimic Colosseum-like walls for the altar decor
The designs were overseen by renowned planner Mark Seed and built on the West Coast
The project, which as the photo documents was assembled from pieces, was secretly dubbed 'Eventica,' according to the Daily Mail's source
We were told the entire set was transported across the country in 11 semi-trucks
Swift herself worked on her 2018 Reputation Stadium Tour there, and worked on the sound for the Eras Tour at Clair Global, also located on the Rock Lititz campus.
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'We did do a bunch of test builds and walk-throughs there,' the source said of the wedding prep, explaining that Rock Lititz was chosen because its space was similar to Madison Square Garden (MSG), where Swift and Kelce eventually tied the knot.
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We're told it was Swift's idea to marry at MSG because of her love of New York City, its accessibility to family and close friends who lived nearby and due to privacy and safety protocols, as she had a guest list of more than a thousand guests that she and Kelce, 37, couldn't bear to whittle down.
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The week of the wedding, semi-trucks were seen pulling up to the Manhattan venue.
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Paparazzi then captured dozens of workers dressed in baseball caps, T-shirts and jeans unloading the secret decor, which was concealed at times with black coverings so as to not give away the theme to the fans hoping for a peek outside.
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We hear the final concept was Swift's – with some input from Kelce, of course.
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'The plants, the lushness was definitely spearheaded by [Swift],' the insider said.
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The altar itself was adorned with foliage and vines instead of the floral arch that was featured in the original design plans exclusively obtained by the Daily Mail.
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The entire wedding process reportedly took place from November 2025 through July 2026.
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Guérard told the Daily Mail that despite some of her critiques about the design choices made, as depicted in the renderings, a good planner's job is to bring out the 'style of the bride and grooms at all times'
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The Daily Mail's source said the front rows closest to the altar in the ceremony room, as shown in the rendering above, were reserved for family and close friends, but there was no other assigned seating.
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Guérard told the Daily Mail that the seating, as depicted in the renderings, could have had more 'comfortable' options like sofas
The design rendering above is an overhead shot of what the final result looked like when Swift and Kelce held their ceremony inside of MSG.
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The center ramp shows where Swift walked down the aisle.
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Guérard criticized the choice to use actual stadium seating, as indicated in the photo of the rendering
Guérard said instead of the cream-colored coverings, seen in the rendering photo above, she would have opted for black or green so that the seating would better 'disappear' into the room
Celebrity wedding planner and event producer Tara Guérard – who did not work on Swift and Kelce's wedding but has been in the industry for more than 30 years and worked with high-profile clients, including Swift's former friend Blake Lively for her wedding – told us in an exclusive interview that she 'loved' that Swift chose to not go the traditional flower route, as shown in the renderings.
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If your idea is to try to create a whimsical, beautiful forest, then I totally love the leaves and trees and making it feel like a forest I think is dreamy.
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I wouldn't have changed that part at all,' she said.
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However, the Tara Guérard Soiree founder – who did not see Swift and Kelce's wedding designs in person – felt that the seating for the ceremony should have been done in 'browns and green, so they all kind of disappear, not white or cream'.
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She was also not impressed by the choice shown in the rendering to use cream-colored coverings that went over the stadium seating.
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'I probably would've tried for more comfortable seating assignments,' she explained.
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'The ceremony was over an hour long, and when you ask people to sit down for that long of a time, you really need to make sure they're really well cushioned.'
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