Lauren Gaba and Brian Flanagan’s Wedding at a Family Vacation Home in Montecito
The bride wore a high-neck, long-sleeved dress with a dramatic silhouette to wed at her family’s vacation home on the coast of California. After the ceremony, she slipped into a silk column dress by Zac Posen so she could dance like crazy until 3:00 a.m.
Photo: Lauren Gaba Flanagan1/36We stumbled across Jonathan Wright’s shop on a walk one day and fell in love with both the man and his work; as someone who works in design and loves print, I particularly appreciated his old-world style and attention to detail. We chose a traditional engraved ecru suite and made it our own by using Florentine paper to line the envelopes and back the insert cards.
Photo: Laura Kleinhenz of Docuvitae2/36My wedding gown and veil were Oscar de la Renta, and it was one of the quickest and easiest decisions I’ve ever made. It was exactly what I’d envisioned; something traditional with long sleeves but still appropriate for a wedding at home in the garden.
Photo: Carolyn Seuthe3/36The bustle of my dress was hard to find due to the many layers of fabric, so my tailor at Oscar de la Renta had the brilliant idea of drawing a diagram to help my bridesmaids.
Photo: Laura Kleinhenz of Docuvitae4/36My something borrowed, something blue, and something old was my mother’s sapphire ring, a gift to her from my late father.
Photo: Laura Kleinhenz of Docuvitae5/36Getting dressed upstairs in my mother’s room. All of us got ready together and the mood was perfect—ceremonial yet relaxed. The collective energy between my bridesmaids is really a marvel; they are such smart, hilarious women, and they kept me laughing the entire weekend. I’ve known most of them for at least 10 years.
