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JACKIE KENNEDY BEAUTY LESSONS For over 50 years, the late Jackie

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April 2017

RUPAUL IS INSPIRATION The Whitney Biennial opens

Lust.

Kennedy remains one of America’s most revered style icons

March 17, and is on view until June 11

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Photographs : Sarah Gibbons

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BEAUTY To Wear or Not to Wear Makeup?

CULTURE RuPaul is Inspiration at the Whitney Biennial

LIVING Elegant Wedding Under a Canopy of Palms

004 010 020 RUNWAY Versace Says No to Couture Shows

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Versace Says No to

Couture Shows

Photograph : Valerio Mezzanotti

The Great Show Shake-Up has reached couture.

By Vanessa Friedman JAN. 17, 2017

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Versace will not hold its usual fashion show this

investment has not changed; the atelier is the same size.”

coming Sunday, the opening night of the couture

He also noted how effective the coverage has been of the

spring 2017 shows in Paris, opting instead for a

brand’s red-carpet dressing, which is effectively a platform for

number of “major client events” during the year

its couture as each celebrity’s gown is made to order. More so,

in cities around the world, including Hong Kong and New York,

possibly, than an invite-only catwalk in Paris, even one where

according to its chief executive,Jonathan Akeroyd.

clients make up 40 percent of the audience.

After men’s wear events in Milan this week for both the main

And of course, between “Brexit” and the Trump inauguration

Versace line and the secondary Versus Versace line; after out-

plans, everyone is a little distracted these days, even the 1

fitting celebrities such as Blake Lively and Naomi Campbell at

percent. They aren’t exactly focused on the shows.

the Golden Globes, and presumably readying for the upcoming British Academy of Film and Television Arts (known as Bafta) and Oscar nights; and before the women’s show in February, the house has decided that, well, six is enough.

“At the moment, we do six shows a year, and my feeling is: That’s a lot of shows,” Mr. Akeroyd said. “Eight, if you count couture, seems excessive. And we all know the model is changing quite a lot, so why not take the opportunity to try something new?”

This is the second time Versace has left the official couture schedule: In 2004, it likewise suspended its shows, returning in 2012.

This time, however, the brand is stepping off the hamster wheel at a moment in which more designers are questioning the point and relevancy of the traditional fashion show, whether it’s for ready-to-wear or couture, and experimenting with different formats, from see now/buy now (Ralph Lauren, Burberry) to combining men’s and women’s fashions (Gucci, Calvin Klein), doing

The change is Mr. Akeroyd’s first big move since joining the

a show as a film (Vera Wang) or ballet (Opening Ceremony), or

Italian brand last spring after more than a decade at Alexander

moving to Los Angeles from a standard fashion-week city just

McQueen. And though the cancellation could be interpreted as

in time for awards season (Tommy Hilfiger, Rachel Comey).

a cost-saving choice, especially for a company rumored to be preparing an initial public offering, Mr. Akeroyd said that budget was not the issue. Stress was. Also relevancy.

“It’s the time and intensity of producing a show,” he said. “The

So while Mr. Akeroyd is leaving the door open for a possible return (though not for July’s couture shows; Versace is sitting those out, too), I wouldn’t hold my breath. Can the red carpet replace the runway? We’re about to find out.

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Photograph : Courtesy of Jarae Holieway

How to Wear a Beret Like a Badass This Spring

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Model, Stylist, and Artist Jaraé Holieway Shows Us How to Wear a Beret Like a Badass this Spring.

By Brooke Bobb MAR. 22, 2017

vintage threads and a red beret. Berets seemed like uniform hats to me, very serious and conservative. I thought, ‘How can I make this cool; how can I make it funky?’ ” As she does with her glittery photo art, Holieway took the traditional topper and gave it her signature “sass.” She delights in dressing herself according to beret color, whether it’s a head-to-toe cobalt blue look with door knocker earrings and a leopard jacket or a red pant and strawberry-printed top. In

Not a look went by at Maria Grazia Chiuri’s recent

general, Holieway’s personal style seems like it was plucked

Dior show that wasn’t topped off with a beret. In

straight from an all-girl hip-hop crew circa the ’80s, with

fact, the prototypical French topper is shaping up

abstract neon prints, vintage tees, and plenty of gold jewelry.

to be one of Fall 2017’s most ubiquitous items

“Fashion is my greatest form of self-expression,” she told me.

for gals and guys, with additional cameos at men’s shows like

“My style is evolving as I grow, but it’s always been rooted in

Prada, Moschino, and Antonio Marras. As a New Yorker by way

my love for ’70s and ’90s culture and for my

of Chicago, berets tend to intimidate me, so I went looking for

great-grandma Bobby.”

ways to wear the saucer-shaped hat in real life. As so often happens these days, I found it on Instagram, specifically in the account of Jaraé Holieway.

When discussing her beret-wearing muses the multi-hyphenate explained, “I always look to the late, great Prince, and Janet Jackson, Eartha Kitt, and Lisa Bonet rocking berets in the

For the 24-year-old freelance artist, model, and stylist from

’80s.” Aside from Holieway’s signature red hand-me-down

Long Beach, California, the beret is much more than a simple

hat, she’s started collecting more hues from places like Meow

outfit topper. To her, it’s a piece of pure fashion magic, but that

Vintage in Long Beach and Amazon online. So far, she owns

wasn’t always the case. As she explained via email, “About two

14 and counting. “I love my monochromatic outfits with a beret

years ago I was going through a hat phase and was obsessed

to match,” Holieway said. “They make me feel empowered,

with huge wide-brimmed Western hats in crazy colors.” She

sophisticated, and badass—it’s a uniform with a twist.”

added, “Then a relative of mine gave me some fabulous

Illustrations : FreePik

I N S I D E R ’ S G U I D E T O B L O G G I N G Be consistent.

More than half of bloggers post on a weekly basis.

20%

are inspired by seasonal trends

A posting schedule will help your readers know when to check your blog.

64%

are inspired by daily life

16%

are inspired by magazines/websites

10.3 perhours week on average time spent blogging

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Create don’t curate.

Instead of just reviewing a new trend, show how you would wear it. Putting your own spin on something can help your content stand out! Especially when other bloggers cover the same thing.

Build a community.

60%

of bloggers use their smart phone cameras to take photos.

Keep a journal of ideas.

Inspiration can strike anywhere. Carry a notebook with you on the go to write down any ideas that come to you - perfect for dry spells.

Getting to know your readers and other like-minded bloggers will help your blog start to grow. Don’t be afraid to put yourself out there - connecting with others makes the process all the more rewarding.

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RuPaul Is Inspiration At the Whitney Biennial The Whitney Biennial opens March 17, and is on view until June 11.

99 Gansevoort Street.

By Mark Guiducci MARCH 17, 2017

The first Whitney Biennial in three years opens to

Still, it’s easy to get lost in a show as varied as the Biennial and

the public today, and with it comes an invitation to

in his introductory catalogue essay Lew offers an amazingly

meet (or re-meet) sixty-three artists who together

unexpected tour guide: the drag queen RuPaul. Drawing on

are supposed to present a snapshot of Amer-

the Transcendentalist ideas of Ralph Waldo Emerson and

ican art in 2017. And, as a show, it’s pretty triumphant. The

Walt Whitman, Lew argues that unabashed individualism—as

exhibition manages to be plainly political (with only a few overt

encouraged by a larger community, like that of Drag Race—

references to Donald Trump) and is full of figurative painting,

is what this Biennial is all about. “As such,” Lew writes, “Drag

which is finally back in fashion. Overseen by the Whitney’s

Race serves as a foil for several of the ideas central to the

Christopher Y. Lew and independent curator Mia Locks, this

exhibition—or, as she likes to call herself in her fabulous Renzo

Biennial is the museum’s first in its shiny new home on the

Piano couture, Ms. Whitney Biennale.” Tellingly, the essay is

Hudson, where the show has more square footage than it ever

titled “All Together Now (You Better Work).” (The exhibition

did at the Whitney’s uptown space (now the Met Breuer). Lew

catalogue—designed in beautiful brevity by Tiguere, a Puerto

and Locks, however, actually chose fewer artists than have

Rican design firm that the curators met during a scouting trip to

been exhibited in Biennials past, in some cases even devoting

San Juan—also includes an essay by Negar Azimi on what she

whole rooms to the work of one person—giving an effect

calls the “semiotics of hair” as a cultural metaphor, citing both

that’s less salon-style, more cerebral.

the imagery of Beyoncé’s “Formation,” and Mr. Trump’s coif.

Not to be missed!)

With that spirit of inclusivity and individualism in mind, here are a few examples of artists whose works work together in this Biennial:

Larry Bell and Raúl de Nieves

Jordan Wolfson and Asad Raza

The laminated glass boxes of minimalist master Larry Bell’s

Last year, Jordan Wolfson debuted Colored Sculpture, a

Pacific Red II hold court on one of the Whitney’s outdoor

giant metal marionette that was brutally thrown across David

terraces, presiding over lower Manhattan, while Mexico-born

Zwirner’s Chelsea gallery, with face-recognition technology

Raúl de Nieves’s stained-acetate windows and accompanying

allowing the doll to look viewers in the eye, making the whole

yarn sculptures occupy the fifth-floor’s entire eastern gallery,

experience unnervingly personal. Wolfson’s Biennial contribu-

throwing worlds like “Peace” and “Justice” onto the ground

tion, Real Violence, takes it a step further—and maybe a step

in saturated shadows. These are likely to be the two most

too far. It’s an immersive virtual reality experience in which one

Instagrammed works of the Biennial, and it so happens that

watches the artist beat a man to death, first with a baseball

they speak to each other in ruby-colored light used in almost

bat and then with his feet, in the middle of a city street in

opposite (but nonetheless complementary) ways.

broad daylight. It is as dreadful as it sounds, and even knowing

Deana Lawson and Henry Taylor

that the victim is an animatronic doll augmented by CGI is of

The curators hung Deana Lawson’s frank and regal photographs of black people in their domestic spaces in the same gallery as the paintings of the L.A. based artist Henry Taylor, whose paintings of black life vibrate with a mystical quality. It’s a pairing that might seem surface-level (black portraits with black portraits), but the work resonates together, going way beyond similarities in subject matter.

little comfort. Sickly clever and genuinely shocking, it left me dreading the fast-approaching day when virtual reality is indistinguishable from actual reality. Real Violence will no doubt be the most discussed work from the Biennial (and probably of the whole season), and I can only thank the Whitney curators for placing it directly adjacent to Asad Raza’s peaceful installation of living trees, including cherry blossoms that have just started to bloom.

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Dana Schutz and Samara Golden

Aliza Nisenbaum and Frances Stark

Stepping off the Whitney’s fifth-floor elevator, the first thing one

In a process that she describes as “political witnessing,” Mexico

sees is a monumental Dana Schutz canvas from the artist’s El-

City-born artist Aliza Nisenbaum paints the people of her

evator series. The figures are boxed in by the grey doors of the

immigrant community who are overlooked (and often even

lift (it mirrors, of course the viewer’s experience in the museum

unseen) by the government and society at large. The curators

building), but everybody is nonetheless falling on top of each

hung Nisenbaum’s paintings in a room next door to Frances

other, arms jousting, legs akimbo. Nearby, a Samara Golden

Stark’s huge canvases, which are based on Ian F. Svenonius’s

installation titled The Meat Grinder’s Iron Clothes faces the win-

book Censorship Now!! and which demand censure of the

dows along the West Side Highway. Golden has built everyday

art world along with the government and most of western

urban spaces (a cubicle-laden office, a gym) in layers like those

civilization. Nisenbaum and Stark go about their politics in

of a skyscraper, mirrored to multiplying and confusing effect—

categorically different ways—inclusion, as opposed to open

but everything has gone to rot. Schutz and Golden’s works are

warfare—but viewed together, they equally represent the spirit

vibrantly colored and visually stunning, but with both it doesn’t

of this Biennial.

take long to see that something is not quite right.

Photographs : Matthew Carasella

To Wear or Not To

?

WEAR Makeup

Illustration : Sarah Gibbons

The question is surprisingly fraught, but the answer is simple.

Recently, Buzzfeed compiled examples of men on Reddit and Twitter who had shared photos of women they found beautiful, seemingly amazed

By Haley Mlotek OCT. 10, 2016

by their own enlightened taste: The women, celebrities like Rihanna, Jennifer Lawrence and Emma Stone, were, they believed, not wearing makeup. “Kylie Jenner looks so much better without makeup to me idk why. I’m prob just weird,” one man bravely tweeted.

In fact, these women were wearing makeup; in one particularly egregious instance, a photo had been taken from a magazine editorial featuring a natural makeup look, with products listed.

The men had confused makeup that does not announce itself with makeup that does not exist. And who can blame them?

“Natural beauty” has become less about lack of effort than about successfully hiding effort altogether. After a punishing night, when I use a fine-pointed brush to apply Clé de Peau Beauté concealer to my red-rimmed lower lashline, I am trying to fake wakefulness; I cannot fault a man who would, taking

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my illusion at face value, rush to celebrate his own wokefulness.

“honest,” or “real,” or even radical, but that would be missing

In light of this, it’s not surprising that it became news earlier this

the point: More than anything, she looks exceptionally relaxed

year when the singer Alicia Keys declared she would abstain

and open, completely at ease in her own skin. She is radiant

from makeup, declining to wear it even at public events or on

with serenity, like a person on vacation who really knows how

television. In an essay about her decision for the online maga-

to let go. The message she broadcasts is that comfort is the

zine Lenny, she wrote of realizing that she had written “a lot of

root of confidence, and not the other way around. This is true

songs about masks filled with metaphors about hiding.” After

whether a person is wearing makeup or not.

years of feeling like she

Of course, Keys’s kind of

needed to wear makeup

comfort requires its own sort of

to perform, both as a singer and as a woman in the world, it struck her that this preparing for the public eye was only magnifying the effect of its scrutiny. The #nomakeup movement soon took off, with other celebrities and women’s magazines jumping on the bandwagon. (“Mila Without Makeup” boasted Glamour’s

“ She is radiant with serenity, like a person on vacation who really knows how to let go.”

August cover.)

discipline. On the beauty website Into the Gloss, her makeup artist described the many rituals and products that go into her new look: acupuncture, exercise, a healthy diet. Facials, lip treatments, sprays and oils.

I began to wear a full face of makeup in middle school, as a gesture of defeat, attempting to obscure hormonal breakouts, asymmetrical features, eyebrows that were too bushy and lips that were too big. As I got older, I spent less time

At first glance, Alicia Keys, Mila Kunis or Gwyneth Paltrow

searching for pigmented powders to cover my face, and more

— women whose visages we’ve come to know intimately in

time searching for concoctions to strengthen or improve it. I

their makeup-wearing form — look a bit naked and exposed

didn’t so much want to look better as I wanted to be better. I

without it, as though a veil has been lifted, revealing something

bought serums with the consistency of liquefied amber, thick

private and raw. But to examine them more closely is simply

white creams expelled from pump bottles with such force that

to get reacquainted with the features of the human face: its

they seemed impatient to get to work, masks made from insect

shapes and curvatures; gradations of light and color; freckles;

secretions. The irony, naturally, is that clean, clear skin is the

eyelashes. It would be easy to deem a makeup-less Alicia Keys

ideal base for makeup.

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8 Beauty Lessons We Learned from

Jackie Kennedy

Because no one turned heads quite like the former first lady.

By Aubrey Almanza MAR. 10, 2017

Despite having been out of the White House for over 50 years, the late Jackie Kennedy remains one of America’s most revered style icons. Want to emulate her look? Read on for hair, skin, and makeup tips courtesy of the former first lady.

MASTER THE LAZY-DAY LOOK.

TAKE GOOD CARE OF YOUR EYEBROWS.

Even the seemingly perfect first lady

Long before Brooke Shields debuted in

had off-days. When your hair refuses to

Blue Lagoon, Kennedy made the case

cooperate, steal her method of wrapping

for a strong brow. To steal her look,

a silk scarf–preferably one by Hermès–

make sure your eyebrows are always

around your head. If you don’t have time

filled in and blended using a pencil like

to apply a full face of makeup, reach for

this one from Anastasia Beverly Hills.

a pair of oversized black sunglasses to

Eyebrows should also be sharply arched

conceal dark circles.

and well-groomed.

USE OIL TO PROTECT THE ENDS OF YOUR HAIR.

INVEST IN LUXURIOUS FACE CREAM.

Kennedy’s hair may be one of the most iconic ‘dos of all time, but let’s face it – that bouffant didn’t come naturally. Years of sun damage and the repeated use of hot styling tools and hairspray took their toll, so her hairstylist and makeup artist, Peter Lamas, recommended she used oil on the ends of her strands for added protection and hydration. She particularly loved lavender oil to keep her hair healthy.

WASH WITH SOAP FROM THE DEAD SEA.

While Kennedy aged gracefully, her skin suffered from a bad smoking habit. To keep her face looking youthful and radiant, she relied on Erno Lazlo’s Phormule 3-9 Repair Cream, a heavy moisturizer which claims to “protect skin from free radical damage and oxidative stress.” As was the case with many of her favorite things, the cream is pricey, but it delivers hydrated skin no matter your vices.

REMEMBER THAT SOMETIMES, LESS IS MORE.

As former first lady aged, her skin

Ever the world traveler, Kennedy was

suffered from sunspots, likely the results

exposed to countless international

of her many holidays in the South of

beauty products, but she particularly

France, Greece, and Rhode Island. To

loved Erno Lazlo’s Dead Sea Mud Soap.

cover up the discoloration, she turned

Rich in minerals like calcium, potassium,

to Elizabeth Arden’s Flawless Finish

and magnesium, the soap works to heal

Foundation, which gave her a

and invigorate, while the mud’s fine salt

fresh-faced, even complexion.

granules exfoliate without stripping your skin of its natural oils.

PICK A SIGNATURE SCENT.

Kennedy’s preferred fragrance, which TREAT LIPSTICK LIKE AN ACCESSORY.

she wore daily, came from House of

Despite her otherwise minimal makeup,

Krigler, a luxury French perfumery found-

Kennedy never shied away from bright

ed in 1879. “Lovely Patchouli 55,” a

lipstick, and often matched her pout to

sensuous perfume with notes of amber,

the exact shade of red or pink that she

bergamot, patchouli, and leather, was

was wearing. Try pairing a classic red

her scent of choice.

dress with Chanel’s Rouge Coco Lipstick in ‘Gabrielle’ to give the trend a try.

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Meet the Wet Brush, the affordable styling tool that will make your after-shower routine go much smoother.

By Aubrey Almanza MAR. 10, 2017

What is worse than getting out of the shower and having to spend 10 minutes painfully yanking through the snarly bird’s nest on your head? Nothing. The answer is nothing. (OK, some things, but practically nothing.) I have long, thick, hard-tomanage locks, so this is a particularly sensitive topic for me. But I’ve found the fix: the Wet Brush.

Actually, my best friend found it. While visiting me last weekend, she got all excited and skipped over to her suitcase because she had “a surprise you’re going to love!” She then unveiled the most underwhelming pink, plastic hair brush I’ve ever seen. I was too quick to judge its basic appearance because this thing lived up to its name. The detangling brush could comb through my knotted post-shower strands very quickly and without tugging on my scalp, leaving my hair silky smooth. It also worked just as well working through my dry bed-head hair the next morning. The power lies in the thin, “IntelliFlex” bristles that can bend and wiggle through tangles without tugging or causing damage.

I bought my own immediately, and I now notice an obvious difference when I happen to pick up my icky, evil old brush. Another hack? Use it in the shower with conditioner for an even silkier mane when you blow dry. Moms out there, this beauty steal could be a lifesaver for anyone who struggles combing their child’s hair sans tears.

The Wet Brush comes in a few different shapes and sizes, including a full-size paddle option, as well as a Wet Brush “Squirt” that is adorable and mini and perfect for your purse or gym bag.

You’re welcome!

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Take the Pain Out of

Detangling Illustration : Sarah Gibbons

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An Elegant Wedding Under a

Canopy of Palms

By Alexandra Macon MARCH 30, 2017

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Isabel Seely and Gregory Buntain’s initial encounter

space, we had two Mongolian yurts—one yurt was merchan-

sounds like it could have been a storyline in the Love

dised with Warby Parker glasses, and in the other yurt, we

Actually script. As brand manager at Warby Parker,

hosted a rotating cast of different designers, creatives, and local

Isabel had been tasked with overseeing the company’s

artisans. Greg’s company, Fort Standard, was one of the ven-

first pop-up retail experience during the 2011 holiday season.

dors in the space for an entire week. Since the pop-up space

“For two months, we took over a garage space in Soho and

was also serving as my office, we got to spend a lot of time

built it out to look like a market—it was called the Warby

together. On the last day, Greg gifted me a bottle of homemade

Parker Spectacle Bazaar,” remembers Isabel. “Inside the

cider with a custom label that read: ‘Isabel, I’m going to miss spending time with you in your yurt home. Thanks for a great week! Maybe we can drink this together sometime?’ I thought it was a bold move, but it worked!”

The two had been dating for four years when Greg initiated the idea of planning a weekend away to celebrate both of their November birthdays with Isabel’s brother and sister. “We booked this beautiful house in upstate New York, which I thought I had discovered online but, as it turns out, he had found all along,” says Isabel. “We left early to get up to the house and get settled. He built a fire and as we sat on the sofa waiting for my sister to arrive, he asked me to marry him. Being a designer, he made a holly box to hold the beautiful emerald-cut ring, which he also designed with his friend and jewelry designer, Wing from Wwake. The bottom of the box has the date of the proposal and our initials stamped on it. I was so shocked I forgot to answer his question at first! But of course, I said, ‘Yes!’ Not long after, my sister and her boyfriend and my brother and his wife walked in the door. We called both of our parents and then called my sister who lives in Los Angeles. Within minutes of us speaking on the phone, she and her husband walked through the door. And then, Greg’s brother and his girlfriend arrived from San Francisco an hour later! The 10 of us spent a really cozy weekend together. We’re both so close with our families, and it meant so much to me to be surrounded by our siblings. Thinking back on our proposal, I still get giddy. He really planned the perfect weekend and I couldn’t have been happier!”

Photograph : Karen Kristian

Our gold wedding bands were handmade by my parents’ best friend.

Both wedding bands are made out of the same piece of gold, which is a Greek tradition.

Photo: Karen Kristian

Shortly thereafter, they turned their attention to planning. The two love to travel and really wanted their wedding to feel like a fun, relaxing vacation for their guests. “My family does a big trip over Christmas each year, and I had been looking to go to Kamalame Cay for some time,” says Isabel. “When Greg and I decided we wanted to get married in the Bahamas because it was easy to get to and is a truly beautiful destination, I knew Kamalame was the spot! As we planned the wedding, we were lucky enough to spend a good amount of time on the island and fell even more in love with the place.”

David Hew and Michael King own and run the island and helped the couple throughout the planning process. “The Hew family as a whole was incredibly hospitable during every visit—they had us over for family dinners, we explored the island together, and we got to know the staff intimately,” says Isabel. “From the second we

Lunch and some Samson Specials (the island’s specialty rum drink) at the Great House.

Photo: Karen Kristian

arrived, we felt entirely at home and knew we had made the right decision!”

One of Isabel and Greg’s goals was to keep the wedding aesthetic natural and local.

“We didn’t want anything that felt like it was shipped in from New York to the Bahamas,” says Isabel. “We also wanted each night of the weekend to feel a bit different, all leading up to an elegant evening under the canopy of the jungle.”

Isabel embarked on all of this without a wedding planner. “My mom and I, with help from my sisters, did it together,” she says. “My mom is an amazing interior designer, and we have the same taste, so it was so easy and fun! It also helps that Greg is a designer. I was lucky that he was so involved!” They also had help executing their vision from Kamalame’s amazing staff; their coordinator, Donna; and their friends at Cays and Co. Figuring out what to wear wasn’t as straightforward. “The wedding dress I eventually

Rehearsal dinner time!

Photo: Karen Kristian

went with was not what I initially thought I wanted,” admits Isabel. “I originally pictured myself in a bohemian, embroidered dress, but I fell in love with this Ines Di Santo gown at Bergdorf Goodman. Bergdorf was my last bridal appointment during a crazy day that had been spent hopping from one place to the next with my mom, soon-tobe mother-in-law, and my sisters. And, looking back, I couldn’t be happier with it! It was comfortable, true to my style, and fit the Bahamian environment perfectly.”

The bride planned the rest of her wardrobe meticulously and each night her look for the evening was more colorful and fun than the last in the lead up to the main event.

The weekend kicked off with a welcome party, and Isabel wore a batik pencil skirt with a simple silk camisole by Lela Rose, Salihah Moore beaded earrings that Greg had given her before they’d left on the trip, and Ulla Johnson tassel heels. For the

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Photo: Karen Kristian

Greg and I enjoying the rehearsal dinner toasts and my beautiful mom looking on.

Photo: Karen Kristian My dad and me skipping down the aisle during rehearsal.

Photo: Karen Kristian

rehearsal dinner, the bride chose a light blue Zimmermann

wore. “We wanted a sophisticated look and also to incorporate

lace dress and beaded Valentino sandals. She kept her jewelry

our island setting through touches of color and natural materi-

simple with diamond bar studs by Anne Sisteron. On her

als like linen,” explains Isabel.

wedding day, she wanted to feel like herself so she did her own

The ceremony took place on a pier that led into the ocean.

makeup. She wore her mother’s diamond drop earrings that

Guests were given coconut water and rum drinks upon arrival

her sister in-law wore at her wedding as well. “She couldn’t

and gathered at the end of the pier—some standing and some

be with us in the Bahamas because she had just given birth

sitting—as the groomsmen took their place in front of a screen

to my adorable nephew Warner, so it was nice to have that

of natural greens and plants in terra-cotta pots. A steel drum

shared element between us,” says Isabel. “They were also my

band played “Sea of Love” as Isabel and her father made their

something borrowed, and it meant so much that they had been

entrance. “My dad was the biggest comfort to me as I walked

passed down.” The bride finished everything off with bright

down the aisle, excitedly approaching my handsome groom

Altuzarra pom-pom heels. “My shoes were my favorite part!”

at the end!”

says Isabel. “We had pom-pom details throughout the wedding, and these just felt so island-y. They were a bright pop of color under my dress, which I loved! I also wore fresh flowers in my hair. My sisters helped me fasten them to my bun. Having their help was so special—I don’t know what I’d do without them!”

Meanwhile, Greg was in a custom pink suit and designed a blue-and-white linen shirt, which all of his groomsmen also

The bride’s brother officiated the intimate ceremony. “He took his role very seriously and actually asked Greg and me to answer questions separately about each other, and then he incorporated our stories into his speech,” says Isabel. “A lot of it came from our own words, but—of course—my brother incorporated his own funny elements and jokes in as well. It

was truly so personal and touching—the most special gift he

the island. “We chose the coconut grove for our dinner

could give to Greg and me.” The couple also included an ele-

reception and designed one long serpentine table to seat all

ment of a traditional Greek wedding ceremony—the Stefana,

of our guests,” says Isabel. “It was pretty incredible to have

or crowns representing their union. “While it was not important

this one long, windy table through the jungle with big paper

to us to have a religious ceremony, Greg and I both wanted to

lanterns lighting the palm canopy above!” The table settings

weave our family traditions into the weekend,” says Isabel. “Our

were kept very simple with natural leaves found on the island in

Stefana now hang above our bed, just like my parents’ Stefana

different ornate glass vases and lots of votives. Isabel and her

hang above theirs.”

mom also designed custom napkins with mint green pom-pom

After the two exchanged vows they wrote together, the new-

trim to add a fun, unexpected detail. Each guests’ name was

lyweds walked back down the aisle to the steel band playing

hand-calligraphed on a tag tied around a small snow globe.

“In the Jungle.” “At the end of the aisle our wedding party and

“Growing up, my dad collected snow globes, so Greg and my

family rushed down to kiss and congratulate us!” says Isabel.

dad custom-made tiny ones for each guest!” says Isabel. “The

The newlyweds then went off to take photos as guests contin-

globe had a little palm tree on the inside with sand Greg had

ued to enjoy some more island drinks and steel drum music.

collected on our first trip to Kamalame. We wanted to pass

Throughout the evening, the bride and groom wanted each element of the night to expose guests to a different area of

along this family tradition to our guests, and it was made even more special because Greg made each one himself!”

I love this photo of my handsome groom. I gave him this vintage Breitling watch that he opened on the morning of our wedding.

There were so many tiny buttons on my dress—it took so long to get it on!

Photo: Karen Kristian

Photo: Karen Kristian

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Photo: Karen Kristian

Dinner was served family-style and paired with wine that had a lot of significance to the new couple. “Greg’s parents started One of the funny moments in the ceremony.

Photo: Karen Kristian

a beautiful tradition where they bought a case of bordeaux the year each of their sons was born to be opened at their wedding,” says Isabel. “We shipped this wine to the Bahamas and got to enjoy it at our wedding dinner with his parents, brother, and my family. It was such special moment during the meal, and I really hope to pass the tradition along!” While everyone was seated, the father of the bride took the opportunity to toast the new couple. “It was beautiful, and to our surprise, he actually wrote it down in advance—he’s known to be very off-the-cuff,” says Isabel. “This was one of many moments that

Olivia conducting the Greek tradition of the Stefana. Symbolizing the joining of the two souls and the creation of a new household and the ribbon on the crowns symbolizes unity.

weekend when I was trying to hold back tears.” After guests

Photo: Karen Kristian

Afterward, guests followed the bride and groom down a

enjoyed mini key lime pies and rum cake, the newlyweds thanked everyone for joining them on such an incredible trip.

Then, Greg surprised his bride with a toast of his own. “It was the first time he spoke about me as my husband and it was a very sweet moment,” admits Isabel.

small candlelit path to the beach for their first dance. Friend Our guests threw rice as we walked down the aisle together, another Greek wedding tradition!

Photo: Karen Kristian

and musician Jonathon Linaberry (The Bones of JR Jones) performed the couple’s song, one of his original pieces, called “Hearts Racing.” “Everyone gathered around, resting in the sand, and watched our first dance together,” says Isabel. “It was so romantic to be under the stars, dancing to our song.

Then, everyone crowded on the dance floor and our amazing DJ, Kirk Duncombe, had us all moving for hours!”

Tiki torches were set up in the ocean at the sand bar, lighting up the water, and eventually, Greg’s best friend and his brother

We could not have been happier! Stealing a kiss on the tiny island road.

Photo: Karen Kristian

stripped down and went skinny-dipping. They grabbed the torches and beckoned for everyone else to join in. “It didn’t take long before most of our guests were running in—some fully clothed, some not!—splashing around in the Caribbean,” says Isabel. “I went in in my wedding dress surrounded by my husband in his suit, my family, and best friends! It was pretty surreal to all be in the dark, warm water together, with the music still playing and the tiki torches lighting our way! After the impromptu swimming, the Kamalame team brought out late night snacks and drinks, and we all continued dancing until the morning!”

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