Vivienne Westwood Bride at Congress Hall, Cape May

Nourah and Matt had been excited to share their love of Cape May with their family and friends and selected the city’s historic Congress Hall resort for his or her wedding ceremony on eleventh October 2025. With Rachel Pearlman Photography, behind the digicam, their New Jersey seaside celebration was a superbly basic affair, with some beautiful modern bridal style.

Nourah wore a Vivienne Westwood robe from LOHO Bride in Los Angeles, with Jimmy Choo sneakers and a classic Mikimoto pearl choker. I like that she describes her gown as comfy in addition to elegant, one thing that may so simply get ignored once you’re looking for a marriage gown. For the after occasion, she turned into Clio Peppiatt and Prada.

Bel Momento Weddings helped the couple plan their day, with white flowers, gentle blue and inexperienced particulars and watercolour stationery complementing the resort’s historic interiors. Nourah’s account brings us a lot nearer to the household on the centre of all of it, and I’m grateful to her for sharing these recollections with us.

We actually needed a clear, easy, and basic design. I didn’t need something overly themed or fashionable, or any colors that felt like they needed to be included in all places. I additionally tried to match the decor to the marriage venue. Colours had been just about white, with hints of blue and inexperienced. We additionally needed to verify Cape May’s persona was additionally represented, so we had some coastal parts, which helped with the colors and elegance of all the pieces.

I walked down the aisle. I selected my music as a result of it’s one other Coldplay favorite of mine and at all times.

The wedding ceremony occasion and Matt walked in to Birds of a Feather by Billie Eilish, my processional was A Sky Full of Stars by Coldplay and our recessional was Just Like Heaven by The Cure.

Reasons we picked these: all songs I like and at all times have on repeat, that felt glad and uplifting, not too emotional and heavy, however nonetheless good love songs.

Our ceremony was officiated by my little brother Ramzy.

We wrote our personal vows and skim them to one another in personal on the seashore the day earlier than the marriage. We pulled and tailor-made a few of our vows for the ceremony so our company may hear. My brother instructed tales of us, how we met, his relationship to every of us, after which we learn our shortened vows.

We met in NYC in February of 2022. We had initially first met in 2018 or 2019 once I first moved to town from LA, however it was a quick hello, good to satisfy you, and that was it from there.

We met by way of my buddy within the metropolis, who was relationship one among Matt’s pals from faculty. We first began relationship after a reintroduction at my buddy’s thirtieth celebration bus to the wineries in Long Island (in the course of winter in Feb).

We dated for two-ish extra years after that and bought engaged in August 2024. We had been at our buddy’s wedding ceremony in Kent, UK, then took an extended journey with our pals after to Sicily.

Matt deliberate to increase the journey in Taormina at a resort with simply us two earlier than we went residence. He proposed on his birthday after we checked into the resort, on the balcony in our room.

It was excellent, and we had been capable of take pleasure in the remainder of our journey engaged, which was so particular.

I used to be additionally actually so shocked as a result of I had no concept. He was good at being stealthy!

Our flowers had been by A Garden Party. Congress Hall may be very basic and historic with easy colors like blue, inexperienced, and yellow, so I used to be capable of complement these with pure colors in flowers and greenery.

We labored with an artist who does customized watercolour and illustrations. Taylor Near from Mulberry and Elm. She was superb and helped design all the pieces from invitation suites, napkins, indicators, matchbooks. She designed a fantastic crest for us that we had been capable of tie into all the pieces.

Our speeches had been nice. Everyone gave nice speeches, and had been excellent for every particular person. Everyone did a superb job being humorous but additionally very emotional!

We booked our band by way of East Coast Entertainment. Our band was so superb and enjoyable, so dancing with everybody was a serious spotlight for positive.

Our first dance was to Yellow by Coldplay. I’ve at all times cherished Coldplay and Matt began liking them after we began relationship. We truly bought to see Coldplay first collectively at a piece Christmas occasion (loopy I do know), then went to a Coldplay live performance in London earlier than we bought married and it felt proper!! We each love this music, and had the identical ideas as our processional music, it was upbeat sufficient, not too heavy, however nonetheless a candy love music.

Everything went so effectively, from my brother being the officiant, to our first dances, to speeches, to ending the night time on the bar downstairs. Getting prepared was additionally nice, having my mother, sister, and mother-in-law with me within the AM. It was tremendous chill, and my pals got here to hang around and say hello whereas we had been all within the suite.

I cherished having all of my family and friends there. Also, simply having enjoyable with everybody! There was no drama, and I admire that I used to be capable of let unfastened and really take pleasure in it with everybody – primarily, having my pals get to lastly see and expertise Cape May after speaking about it for therefore lengthy. Also, our households coming collectively was so particular. I like seeing people who you recognize, and love really feel the identical manner about one another! Having my grandparents there was so particular too.

My grandpa sadly handed away two months after our wedding ceremony, so it was a very lovely household reminiscence in hindsight. My grandma has been ready for a grandchild to get married, so she was excited.

I wouldn’t have completed something in another way! If I may’ve added 4 extra hours to bounce, dangle, and speak to individuals, I might’ve completed that! But, that’s simply how weddings go!

Enjoy the time as a result of it feels such as you’re planning for therefore lengthy, and there’s a lot to do, however then it’s over! It’s true that it appears like a blink of a watch.

The day speeds by, so attempt to calm down, you’re not going to suit all the pieces in. Have enjoyable and calm down as a result of it’s your time to take pleasure in it totally. Also, plan as a lot as you’ll be able to collectively! It’s enjoyable to make selections collectively and feels just like the strain is off of 1 particular person.

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