Inside Chloë Sevigny’s Elegant, Emo Connecticut Wedding
Chloë Sevigny first heard about her now-husband, Siniša Mačković, from her friend Lizzi Bougatsos. “She was like, ‘You have to meet this guy–he is stylish, and smart, and funny, and irreverent’, ” Chloë remembers. But she didn’t pursue anything until she eventually crossed paths with Siniša at a Gagosian opening. “We locked eyes and stared at each other. We exchanged a few words, very coy, and very heavy,” she says. “And then I went to a Karma after-party with some girlfriends. And we met each other on the dance floor, without exchanging any words. Eventually, he said, ‘Can I see you sometime?’ And I was like, ‘Maybe’. ”
They saw each other a couple more times in social settings before finally planning a lunch date. After eating, they walked up to the Morgan Library Museum for a Frankenstein exhibition—one of Chloë’s favorite books growing up—then watched a Depeche Mode documentary. “And then it grew from there,” Chloë says. “There was courtship, dancing…we went out dancing one night at Pyramid and one thing led to another. That was the night Vanja was conceived.”
An engagement followed in Turks Caicos, while the two were on their babymoon. “He pulled out this green box from Kentshire in Bergdorf Goodman,” Chloë remembers. “I know that green box, and he got on his knee. There was this whole speech that he had written about different moments we had shared together.”
The two married at New York’s City Hall before their baby was born. “There was also a green card situation,” Chloë laughs. “We were going to have our wedding with all of our friends and family later so I could drink.” Invitations were at the printer, but thankfully they didn’t go out because at that point, the pandemic had started. Their wedding celebration was put on hold for two years, then eventually rescheduled for an idyllic spring weekend in Chloë’s hometown of Darien, Connecticut.
“I had always been enamored by Talmadge Hill Community Church–the white clapboard exterior, aesthetically, I found it very charming,” Chloë says. “I love weddings that are bursting at the seams, and I always wanted to get married at this church. We met Reverend Carter there, and I just fell in love with what they were preaching, the whole vibe, so we asked him to marry us.”
New Cannan’s Waveny Park is where Chloë always wanted to have her reception. “I hung out there as a kid doing acid and being a wild child,” she says. “This [venue] would be my fantasy dream wedding. Unfortunately, we landed on a Sunday so we had to be out of the venue by 10:00 p.m.”
When it came to planning, Chloë worked with Chris Hessney of Hessney Co, who’d been recommended to her by Lauren Santo Domingo, Fabiola Beracasa, and Karin Nelson. Her longtime stylist Haley Wollens oversaw her wardrobe for the day. “She’s dressed me for all of my most important events—Cannes, different premieres, and yada yada,” Chloë says. “She was like, ‘Yes, but I have to do the whole thing. Bridesmaids, everything.’ It was so much work. We sent a lot of photos back and forth of silhouettes that worked on me, and things we’d seen in the past.”
Both Haley and Chloë were excited about Glenn Martens. “Serendipitously, he was doing Gaultier Couture this season, so we were like ‘Wow, maybe there’s going to be something there,” Chloë says. They fell in love with Look 8, a sheer ruffled number. “It was a godsend that they were willing to make me the dress.”
The only issue was there was a substantial train. “I couldn’t really dance at my own wedding [in the dress],” Chloë admits. “That’s not practical. I also had this long-standing relationship with JW Anderson, so we worked very closely on the second look.” The resulting short white Loewe dress had a square neckline and big, billowy sleeves.
Mugler’s Casey Cadwallader was tapped for the third look of the night—an ivory catsuit with a sheer bustier and matching pants that flared out into bell bottoms. “I’ve worn Casey at Cannes,” Chloë notes. “He sent some sketches, and Haley was very hand-holding with all of the designers and really looked out for me.” She accessorized with a white handbag embellished with a gold bow. For shoes, they pulled a million Manolos. Jewels were borrowed from Kentshire.
There was a no-phones policy during the ceremony. “I really wanted no phones,” Chloë says. “People are so used to pulling it out. Even if you tell them, they will just pull it out. You have to put a sticker on the camera. I was worried that was tacky, but everyone said it was the only way, so we got these really cute stickers with a photo of us kissing on them, and my brother walked in before [the ceremony] and asked everyone to respect our wishes and not document the service.”
