The Bride Wore Oscar de la Renta—Then Changed Into Cowboy Boots—To Marry in Her Hometown of Dallas
Interior designer Rosemary Miller first laid eyes on William Spiller when she was on vacation with her family in Sun Valley. “We were having lunch at Will’s father’s wine shop, and he happened to be working there on his college break,” Rosemary remembers. “I looked at my parents and said, ‘He’s really hot.’ It wasn’t until about five years later that he realized I existed.”
In the summer of 2018, Rosemary left her job working for Mi Golondrina in Dallas, where she grew up, and moved to Sun Valley for a summer before returning to school to study interior design later that fall. “I was taking a golf lesson, and Will happened to be there and came up to my instructor and introduced himself,” Rosemary remembers. A few days after that, they crossed paths at the watering hole, The Cellar, and hit it off. “He kept asking me on a date—I was nervous to accept thinking it was just a summer fling,” Rosemary explains. “But at the end of summer, I went back to Dallas, and we dated long distance for two years before I finally moved up to Sun Valley.”
“I distinctly remember watching Rosemary arrive for that golf lesson,” Will remembers. “She was in the most perfect all-white golf outfit. She walked by me to go take a lesson with the golf pro, Dom Conti, who also happens to be a friend of mine, and I turned to my co-worker and said, ‘Who is that?’ to which he replied, ‘You don’t have a chance!’”
The couple got engaged the night before Thanksgiving of 2023. “After dating for over five years, I was really hoping that an engagement was in my near future,” Rosemary admits. “Especially since my family was coming for Thanksgiving. But Will is very sneaky and tight-lipped, so I had no idea when it would actually happen.”
When Rosemary got home from work that evening, she and Will were planning on meeting her parents for dinner, but Will asked if she wanted to walk the dog beforehand. “When we got to the river, I was like, ‘Oh my gosh is it about to happen?!’...and then it didn’t,” Rosemary remembers. “We got back to the house, and I was in my closet secretly bummed out about the whole thing, and then I turned around, and he was on his knee. It ended up being the best surprise ever in debatably my favorite place on earth.” Later that night, they joined Rosemary’s parents for a small, celebratory dinner.
Shortly thereafter, Rosemary and her mother embarked on the planning process. “It was truly the best part,” Rosemary says. “My mom is my best friend, we talk on the phone a minimum of three times a day, and so getting to plan with her and see her so frequently for trips back home to Dallas or New York made it so special.”
The mother and daughter team worked with event planner Augusta Cole on every aspect of the wedding. “Augusta and her team are also the most amazing people,” the bride says. “They were so organized and understood our vision from the moment we first started planning.” As an interior designer, Rosemary is no stranger to color and pattern play. “The way Augusta was able to execute this mentality through her tablescapes and decor ideas is truly remarkable,” Rosemary says. “Cathy Kincaid, has designed my family’s homes for a long time, and I even had the pleasure of working for her out of college—and much of her design aesthetic was a huge inspiration for our wedding. We all wanted to evoke the feeling of being in one of Cathy’s homes.”
