One major decision the bride had to make was what to wear to say “I do.” Originally, Margot was planning on going on a shopping trip with her mother, who had booked a trip to NYC in October. “Around July, I had friends say that was way too late, and my dear friend Ellie booked us an appointment. I had no idea what I was looking for, so we went to a boutique that carried lots of designers and tried everything,” she remembers. While the bride thought she found a winner, she took her friends’ advice to first go look at Danielle Frankel’s showroom before making a purchase. “I wore the first thing I tried on: a two-piece that mixed structure and soft, contemporary and classic, and made me feel amazing,” says Margot. “I’d never seen anything like it—so different, but it also didn’t feel like it was trying to ‘make a point.’”
Once the dress was ordered, the rest of the ensemble easily fell into place. “The old saying of ‘something borrowed’ was very real for me—I was really drawn to the idea of things that belong to people I love,” says the bride. “I wanted to wear my mother’s wedding earrings and my grandmother’s garter, which my mum and my sister also wore.” To accessorize further, Margot received her shoes as a gift from two friends ahead of the wedding. One fun, sentimental touch? They were the same brand her mother wore for her walk down the aisle.
Margot kept the nostalgic wardrobe going by choosing to wear her mother’s wedding suit to the courthouse on Friday. That evening, the bride would don a dress created by her friend, bridal designer Meredith Stoecklein of Lein. “I had loved the idea of wearing something really glam while we’re all drinking beers,” says Margot. “Meredith has the most beautiful dog in the world, Moses, and he was there for all of our fittings and was immaculately behaved while we were playing with the beautiful lace.” She accessorized the look with jewelry borrowed from her friend Ali and a vintage coat that belonged to her friend Jennifer’s mother. “It felt so right,” she says of her “something borrowed” pieces.
For the groom’s wedding day look, he donned a bespoke evening suit by J. Mueser. “I originally met him at People’s and loved his style—classically elegant through a modern lens,” describes Jack. “The creative process, from the first appointment in his beautiful atelier through to collecting the final suit (during yet another snowstorm), was perfect. Entirely relaxed but really memorable.” He says of the finished product: “It’s something I’ll wear for the rest of my life.”
The bride and groom spent the beginning of their wedding day morning together before separating to get ready. Margot had her hair and makeup done by Willow House Beauty, who gave her a fresh, natural beauty look and a clean chignon that would pair easily with her veil. The pair found each other again as Margot walked down the aisle on the arm of her father. “Humanist and deeply personal, the ceremony was a true highlight for us,” share the couple, who wrote the script from scratch with their friend Justin. Family and friends joined to do readings, and all the guests even sang at one point in the ceremony. The couple describes feeling “present and happy” throughout the proceedings. “Feeling so calm and present was a surprise to us,” they say. “We were nervous about being nervous, but it felt so natural and joyful and fun.”
