The Bride Wore a $200 Vintage Lace Dress and No Makeup for Her Upstate Farm Wedding
Trinity Mouzon Wofford isn’t exaggerating when she says her and now-husband Issey Kobori-Hotchkiss go “way back.” The two have known each since 1998, when both attended the same preschool in Saratoga Springs. In high school, they started dating in January of their senior year. “The rest is history,” says Trinity.
The couple, who founded the superfood and wellness brand Golde, got engaged in 2019. Ever the creative collaborators, they designed Trinity’s ring together with two heirloom stones—one that belonged to her grandmother, the other, her aunt. They asked London-based designer, Jessie Harris, to fuse them together. (Transporting the gems over the Atlantic was a family affair: Issey’s brother, who was beginning his studying abroad in Paris, transported them from America and then across the channel to England.) When Harris finished the ring, Trinity and Issey flew to London and picked it up before heading to Puglia for a week. “There was no big proposal moment—it was very low-key, sans pomp and circumstance,” says Trinity. “Instead what we had was a beautiful private moment: 24 hours in London (one of our favorite cities) to enjoy together before we went to Italy and explored the countryside. We didn’t share with family until the trip had wrapped.”
At first, Trinity dreamed of an elegant backyard affair. However, COVID-19—and the realities of running a start-up—put a pause on their plans. (“We didn’t have much time to allot to dreaming up the perfect wedding,” Trinity says.) When Trinity found out she was pregnant in October 2021, the two thought they might have missed the boat on having a big wedding.
Yet, that December, Issey’s parents mentioned Pitney Meadows, the local community farm in Saratoga Springs that hosts a handful of events each year. They instantly knew it was the perfect location. “While it wasn’t exactly a backyard wedding, we could quite literally bring our community ‘home’: The farm located is right across the street from where I went to high school,” Trinity says. “The Pitney family operated it from 1870 to the early 2000s. In 2016, the Community Farm was established to ensure that the land would forever remain a space to explore agricultural education and healthy food production. Given our personal connection to the area, and our work in the wellness space, we knew it was the perfect place to gather our loved ones.” They worked with Emily Ackerman at Salt Shaker Consulting (who, as it turns out, was a fellow preschool classmate) to bring their vision to life.
The wedding weekend began on September 2 with an intimate rehearsal dinner at Cafe Mutton in Hudson. The restaurant, which was recently named to The New York Times’s best new restaurants in America list, is a favorite of Trinity and Issey’s who live in nearby Chatham. “It felt so good to kick off our celebration at a place that we love so dearly,” says Trinity. “We’re also partial to any family business given our own background working together. After dinner, they left with a box of their signature buckwheat scones.
The next day, Trinity walked down the aisle, five weeks postpartum, to wed Issey overlooking a the farm’s bucolic backdrop.
Trinity wore a vintage lace dress from Lucia Zolea which she bought for $200. She layered over a celery green silk slip from Kamperett and paired it with Ferragamo pumps. “I got the dress and decided on it when I was pregnant but barely showing,” she says. “Luckily it was a bit roomy, so I figured I would have some wiggle room depending on where my body was at after a few weeks postpartum.” Her lace veil from Ofrenda Studio was embroidered with stars, and Trinity loved it so much she wore it the entire night.
She didn’t put on any makeup except for a swipe of last-minute lipstick, borrowed from her maid of honor. She also did her hair herself, fastening her half-updo using a barrette from Sophie Buhai.
Meanwhile, Issey custom-designed his own suit. Inspired by both 1940s and 1980s menswear, he sketched the fit from scratch and sourced his own fabric directly from heritage cloth maker Dugdale Brothers. Then, he brought it all to a Lower East Side tailor who sewed it together.
Trinity’s best childhood friend served as her maid of honor, while Issey’s brother was the best man. Meanwhile, Issey’s mother held their infant daughter, Ruby, in the front row throughout. (“I was pretty nervous about having a newborn at the ceremony, but she slept peacefully through the whole thing!” Trinity says.) 1970s music played throughout: The wedding party walked down to Carole King’s “You’ve Got a Friend,” where the bride entered to Stevie Wonder’s “If It’s Magic.” A family friend served as an officiant.
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