Jessica Soffer and Alex Forden’s Wedding Cruise
Photo: Sasha Israel1/20I d like to say that there was an elegant, leisurely primping process but there wasn t. A friend did my eyeliner, I did everything else.
Photo: Sasha Israel2/20Alex loves black suits, the sleek simplicity of them. But when he tried on J.Crew’s white tuxedo, he couldn’t fight it. A good look is a good look. And this good look is so good.
Photo: Sasha Israel3/20As we were getting ready, Alex checked my teeth for lipstick and I checked his tuxedo jacket for lint. We were together every step of the way, which was exactly how we wanted it.
Photo: Sasha Israel4/20We couldn’t decide on a venue. One day, a friend suggested a boat because we are boat people, water people. Later that day, I saw the Mariner III docked in Sag Harbor and overheard the captain talking about charters. Sometimes, fate intervenes.
Photo: Sasha Israel5/20The boat was a surprise for our friends. We told them: black-tie, our house, 4:00 p.m. sharp. That’s it. Everyone loaded onto a bus and off we went. When we pulled up to the dock and saw the Mariner III, the crew, poised and elegant in their uniforms, they went nuts. I went nuts. There is excitement and then there is knowing that you will spend the next five hours in the most beautiful place on the most beautiful boat with the people you love the most in the world, looking their most beautiful.