Real Wedding
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rent Robertson met Nischelle alakota during their first year of medical school, where the two were ine plicably assigned seats together during e ams, despite any alphabetical rationale for it y the second year of med school, they were studying together ound by their mutual lo e of electronic dance music, they began attending concerts and then officially dating fter si years, rent hatched an elaborate plan to propose during a ayman slands trip with Nischelle s family he night before their departure, rent disco ered his passport had e pired While Nischelle headed to the Caribbean, rent headed to the passport office, where he pleaded his case to an official, who must ha e harbored a romantic streak, because si hours later he recei ed his passport rri ing in the aymans the ne t afternoon, he took Nischelle on a pre-arranged sunset stroll on e en ile each, then proposed while a photographer captured the whole thing from afar fterward, the pair headed to a beachside restaurant, where Nischelle s family was gathered to celebrate
A Grand Entrance
Nischelle & Brent August 8, 2021
he couple s wedding weekend began with a mehndi ceremony, where henna designs are applied to the bride s hands and feet he wedding itself took place the ne t day at elle er, whose contemporary waterfront setting spoke to Nischelle s aesthetic rent arri ed at the ceremony atop an elaborately draped horse, before joining Nischelle under a custom mandap (wedding canopy) draped with billowing blush curtains and a chandelier wanted something that was a bit different from traditional mandaps, says Nischelle, who worked with wedding planner Erica rombetti from nfinite ents he groom sported a traditional sherwani at the ceremony, while the bride wore a saffronand-pink sari before changing into an iceblue silk lehenga embroidered with crystals that took nearly fi e months to create
Musical Moments
t the reception, guests were greeted by tables dressed in blush pink and teal, with pink uplighting and music that reflected Nischelle s ndian roots and rent s est ndian heritage (e cept the first dance, which was to electronic dance music, naturally) firepit surrounded by lounges beckoned outside, where lanterns twinkled on the seawall as the sun sank in the west
Where are They Now?
he couple li es in New ersey, where Nischelle is an infertility physician and rent is a ascular surgeon — Fred Albert
