At first, Eryka (above, left) tried on solely white attire for her marriage ceremony. “I attempted on each one on the market,” she mentioned, “and ran out of choices. So, I opened myself as much as coloration.” She and her fiancée Rachel ended up each sporting fuchsia on their huge day. Right here, three {couples} share their matching appears…
Eryka + Rachel
Eryka (left) and Rachel at Metropolis Corridor.
Eryka: We had been planning to get married in August 2026 within the lake city the place Rachel grew up, however after the 2024 presidential election, we felt it was necessary to get our geese in a row earlier than the inauguration in January 2025. We had two months.
Rachel: Though nontraditional, a colourful marriage ceremony outfit felt pure to me. I knew I needed to put on a go well with, and I’ve at all times preferred a fluorescent palette. As a result of we had been on a good timeline, the query was, what choices can be found? I knew I’d discover issues that match nicely and really feel good at J. Crew.
Eryka: After I determined to maneuver away from white attire, Instagram’s algorithm fed me a pink Banana Republic costume, and it simply clicked.
Rachel: At first, I apprehensive that we could be too matchy-matchy. However Eryka had a imaginative and prescient, and she or he’s just about at all times proper about aesthetic selections.
Eryka: Solange’s marriage ceremony had been burned in my mind since I noticed the photographs again in 2014. I really like how she and her husband each wore white and seemed so slick and cohesive. Matching is one thing we wouldn’t actually do exterior of this expertise, so it made it really feel particular.
Andrew + Dae
Andrew (left) and Dae throughout their first look.
Andrew: From the beginning, we preferred the concept of sporting related outfits to emphasise us coming collectively in marriage. We discovered a tremendous tailor in L.A. — Jerry at JB Clothiers. He even custom-made our shirts and added particulars like our initials. I cherished that we matched however had refined variations in our appears and wore completely different sneakers.
Dae: We landed on white tuxes with black trim. We didn’t wish to look conventional but additionally didn’t wish to look too fashionable, and the white tuxes felt like an ideal in-between. We additionally put our marriage ceremony social gathering in black.
Dae: I believe a lot of a heterosexual marriage ceremony is concentrated on the bride’s look, however that simply isn’t us. We needed to see one another shine, but additionally shine collectively as a unit. I hate when pals mix names like Bennifer, however it actually grew to become a DaeDrew second.
Katie + Mike
Katie: I had been married earlier than and wore a conventional costume, however neither that marriage nor costume had been as ‘me’ as I needed to be this time.
Mike: I used to be serious about a classy look involving florals — one thing blue, plus winter whites. This coat turned out to be precisely what I used to be searching for.
Katie: Mike settled on that jacket, and I used to be nonetheless trying round at concepts when I discovered an identical corset. That’s what pulled it collectively.
Mike: Matching introduced residence the sensation that the 2 of us are in it collectively.
Katie: And it introduced a way of gender equality to the event, which is absolutely vital to us.
Congratulations to all of the attractive {couples}!
P.S. Would you put on a brief marriage ceremony costume, and how did you make your marriage ceremony really feel true to you?
(Sylvie Rosokoff shot the weddings of each Mike and Katie and Rachel and Eryka. Dae and Andrew’s marriage ceremony was photographed by itla photograph.)
