Alessandra Brawn and Jon Neidich s Wedding
Photographed by Lucy Brown Armstrong1/20We decided to get married at a family friend s historic villa in Tuscany. Jon and I had our heart set on getting married somewhere far away and romantic. Here, I am upstairs at the villa getting ready before the ceremony.
Photographed by Lucy Brown Armstrong2/20Peter [Dundas] managed to make me really calm about the one thing I found to be very difficult—the dress. I went to a million different places and tried on a million different dresses, and couldn t find one that felt right. But, the second Peter and I started talking, everything went seamlessly.
Photographed by Lucy Brown Armstrong3/20I don t consider myself to be an extremely traditional person, but the one thing I really wanted was this traditional wedding-dress silhouette, with sleeves and a train. My bouquet was Lily of the Valley.
Photographed by Lucy Brown Armstrong4/20The most important part of the dress was the bow that tied across my shoulders at the back, and then sort of cascaded down mid-leg. And then the jewelry was very important because it s what my mother-in-law does—she has a jewelry company called Sidney Garber. The dress didn t allow for a lot of jewelry, so we decided on the diamond pearl drop earrings that she was married in.
Photographed by Lucy Brown Armstrong5/20The veil was hand-sewn with flowers cut from the same lace used on the dress.
