The engagement party should always take place before the save the date cards are sent. Select the guests wisely. Everyone who attends will expect to be invited to the wedding.

I’ve been dating a guy for over two years, and he accompanied me to my son and future daughter-in-law’s posh engagement party. I gave them my own card with a substantial monetary gift.

Heart-shaped pizza, a more-is-more dress code, and unapologetic “delulu” were the order of the day for Vogue editor Naomi Elizée and Anthony Blue Jr.’s engagement party in Queens, New York.