Inside Ben Platt and Noah Galvin’s “Dress to Dance” Summer Wedding in New York City

When it came to their wardrobe, Ben and Noah wanted their wedding looks to celebrate their personal aesthetics and uniqueness. “Upon doing our initial gay wedding research, we discovered that it is, upsettingly, common practice to match on your wedding day,” Ben says. “[In addition to both wanting to look different,] we also did not want to look like cater waiters, so we opted for coordination as opposed to straight-up matching.”

For their dressiest moment on Friday, they chose to wear head-to-toe navy Thom Browne tailoring. Noah chose a cropped suit jacket and pants, while Ben chose to lean a little bridal and opted for a kilt with a matching blazer. On Saturday, while the grooms told their guests that the event would be as “casual as can be,” Noah wore full Issey Miyake. “He showed everyone up,” Ben jokes. Meanwhile, Ben wore a vintage button-down and capris, which were thrift store finds from American Rag Cie in Los Angeles.

The wedding ceremony took place on Sunday, and after an extended cocktail hour in the garden of Pioneer Works, everyone was invited inside to gather around the chuppah. “We wanted everyone standing and crowded around informally, like a big hug,” Ben says. The chuppah was made of marigold fabric, and the dance floor the couple stood upon—and then later danced upon—was a giant rendering of an abstract painting created by Noah’s father, Austin Galvin, who passed last year. Ben’s parents and Noah’s mom escorted them through the crowd of friends and family, while their combined siblings sang a beautiful rendition of the Bee Gees’ “To Love Somebody.”

Ben’s longtime Rabbi, David Wolpe, officiated the ceremony. In the Jewish tradition, there are seven blessings that signify marriage, and the couple was honored by different friends and family with the Hebrew blessings, as well as English interpretations of each. The ceremony ended with a surprise for the couple: Their moms sang a beautiful duet of a classic Jewish wedding song. “And then, we both stepped on glasses,” Noah says. “And they broke, thank god!”

“We were overwhelmed with love, sweaty, and sobbings most of the time,” Ben admits. “We took our coats off halfway through—we were emotionally overheated.”

For their wedding day looks, the couple followed the guidance of their friend and stylist, Jared Ellner, and he served as their north star throughout the process. Jared has dressed both Ben and Noah for events and the Met Gala, and he has always worked as the liaison between the two actors and the designer they’ve worn. “When it came to the wedding, we wanted to give Jared full rein,” Ben says. Based on silhouettes chosen by the grooms, Jared designed the looks from the ground up. Noah went for a cream set inspired by 1950s French workwear, while Ben opted for a 1970s-inspired cream suit. The looks were tied together by bridal-inspired lace short-sleeved button-downs. Both looks were crafted by the Arel Studio.

For their wedding bands, they once again turned to Grace Lee. “We went back to our girl,” Noah says. “They each have a diamond and each other’s birthstone embedded in a simple gold band with rounded edges.” Ben also wore an ornate gold ring that used to belong to his great-uncle Gary Platt, his first queer role model.

Once the glasses had been broken, the chuppah ascended into the heavens and adorned the ceiling for the rest of the night. “We then broke into an immediate raging 30-minute hora, followed by a break for some food and speeches from our respective parents,” Ben says. “Next we introduced the highlight of the night, a surprise concert by our all-time favorite band Muna. At this point, our souls left our bodies and we have yet to return. We will never be able to repay them. They even brought out Noah’s brother Adrian—a.k.a. Yokelore—to finish the set with them on ‘Silk Chiffon.’”

For the after-party, Ben and Noah changed into two custom looks that were designed and crafted by Noah’s aunt, Carol Pratt, who has a boutique line based out of New York City called Shosh. The after-party looks were meant for ultimate comfort and made of easy, breezy linen and silk textiles.

After the band, DJ Vosters had everyone dancing for the rest of the night. Finally, the party walked to Sunny’s bar where guests indulged in Shake Shack and engaged in a rousing musical theater singalong—until they were eventually kicked out at 3 a.m.

“We couldn’t have asked for anything more,” Noah says. “We are still floating. And mostly we’re happy we get to keep hanging out forever.”

“Our greatest hope was to give everyone a joyful, low-stress weekend full of warmth and a window into our relationship and the life that we are building,” adds Ben. “And we wanted the dancing to go off. We feel that all missions were accomplished!”