AnnaSophia Robb Wore Danielle Frankel to Wed Trevor Paul Under a Harvest Moon
Actor and producer AnnaSophia Robb and entertainment lawyer Trevor Paul’s meet-cute feels like one from another time, when finding romance was more reliant on happenstance or fate. It was March 2016, and while reading their respective books at a communal table at what is now called Partner’s Coffee in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, they struck up a conversation. “It was The Genealogy of Morals for me—I was in college—and Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone for Trevor,” AnnaSophia remembers. “I asked if it was his first time reading Harry Potter, and he replied that he was taking a study break from his—much less exciting—law school case books.”
When their small talk ended, they went their separate ways without exchanging numbers. The very next evening, as luck would have it, when AnnaSophia was getting off the Bedford Ave subway, there Trevor was waiting on the corner for his roommate. They made eye contact, and then—just like in the movies—it started to rain. They shuffled into the corner bodega, where Trevor finally asked for AnnaSophia’s number. “It was one of those kismet New York moments,” she remembers.
In August 2021, having been together for over four years, the couple traveled to Amsterdam to visit friends. “We had plans to travel around after,” AnnaSophia says. “Little did I know, Trevor was scheming the whole time.”
After arriving, they spent their day exploring Amsterdam. “Trevor was very smitten and kept humming our favorite song, ‘Everywhere’ by Fleetwood Mac—I still didn’t catch on to what was about to happen though!” AnnaSophia admits. “One evening, we rented a canal boat to watch the sunset. Apparently, they let just about anyone rent boats and drive them around the canals of Amsterdam—no boat license or anything required.”
Eventually, they managed to park the boat just as the sun was setting over the canals. “Then, all of a sudden, Trevor balances on one knee and tells me he wants to be with me ‘everywhere’—hence his Fleetwood humming all day—and popped the question. I was gobsmacked, utterly surprised, then I cried and started screaming to everyone that we’d just gotten engaged.”
They FaceTimed their families and walked around the streets of Amsterdam with a bottle of Champagne. In all the celebrations, they lost track of time and managed to miss their dinner reservation. “Every restaurant nearby was closed—so we ended up ordering Happy Meals,” AnnaSophia says. “It turns out Dutch McDonald’s is pretty delicious.”
Once the shock passed, AnnaSophia and Trevor began searching far and wide for a wedding location. Sonoma, San Juan Islands, Mexico, Colorado, and Europe were all on the table. “We were open to anything,” AnnaSophia says. “But then, last October, we were in the Berkshires with my maid of honor, Coco, and Trevor and I looked out at the blooming hydrangeas with that sweet smell of autumn and the rolling auburn tinged hills and thought, ‘Let’s marry upstate!’ It’s easy enough for our city friends, but still feels like a destination wedding, and we met in New York—it’s been our home for a decade. It also reminded Trevor and I of our respective hometowns: Trevor is from a small town in the Midwest, and Upstate New York has similar rolling green pastures to those back in southern Illinois, and I’m from Colorado, so seeing the Catskills in the distance feels like a gentle echo of the Rockies.”
In the wee hours that night, while scouring the internet for possible venues, Trevor found Inness, a hotel that had just opened a few months prior. The next weekend, AnnaSophia and Trevor drove to the estate. “We fell in love with the property and had that buzzy feeling in our bellies that gave us the quiet assurance this was ‘the place,’ ” AnnaSophia says. “During this season of celebration, Trevor and I recognized that choosing each other at this point in our lives, with freedom and economic security, is a gift and a privilege. Twelve million girls are married every year, some as young as 8 years old, so we wanted to partner with Vow for Girls to raise awareness and funds to stop child marriage. To that end, we included Vow for Girls on our registry and in our welcome note. 100% of funds raised go directly to community-led efforts to end child marriage. Efforts include advancing girls’ rights by providing education, job training, and vital life skills.”
On their wedding weekend in early September, AnnaSophia and Trevor had three days of sunshine and married at Inness under a Harvest Moon. “It was on the cusp of fall but with the warmth of summer still hanging in the air,” AnnaSophia says. “New York was green and in full bloom.”
The couple’s florist Molly Ford introduced them to wedding planner extraordinaire, Rachel Urban of Apricity Event Co. “She was terrific at guiding Trevor and I through the process," AnnaSophia says. “All the logistics, all those headache-inducing parts of a wedding that are far less glamorous than cake, dresses, flowers, and love. The real work!”
Inness has more than 30 Scandinavian-style cabins on the property, as well as a large farmhouse that serves as a hotel and communal living room. Family and friends stayed in all the cabins and booked out the farmhouse, creating an experience that, at its most raucous, felt like adult summer camp and, at its most refined, felt like a retreat in the Catskills.
To kick the weekend off, on Friday evening, the couple hosted an intimate rehearsal dinner in the screened-in porch of the farmhouse with their immediate family and bridal party. “I have always loved vintage and knew I wanted to incorporate something special for the wedding weekend,” AnnaSophia says of how she went about choosing her Friday night look. “I’d been searching for a while, and one day, I messaged one of my favorite stores, Aralda Vintage, and asked if they had any tiny white dresses. They messaged right back with a photo of the perfect dress: A 2001 white John Galliano cutout slip dress. I wanted to wear something a little more slinky and playful for the rehearsal dinner and welcome party to contrast with the luxurious romanticism of my wedding dress.”
After the rehearsal dinner, the party opened to welcome guests. “The only way to describe the feeling of seeing everyone from different parts of your life arrive one after the other is: fireworks,” AnnaSophia says. “My mouth was wide open with wonder the whole time, as guest after guest appeared outside the farmhouse.”
