Photographed by Jonathan Becker, Vogue, January 20061/10Plum Sykes, Contributing Editor, VogueIt was so much fun ascending this incredible staircase at my cousin Sir Tatton Sykes’s home, Sledmere House in Yorkshire, because it showed the full, incredible extent of the train made so beautifully for me by Alexander McQueen.
Photo: Peter Diakonikolis2/10Anna-Lisa Yabsley, Digital Director, VogueThis moment and image will be forever imprinted in my mind. I love that even though you can’t see my face, my complete and utter joy is perfectly captured. And as for Ben, the thumbs-up represents two things—that we were officially Mr. & Mrs. and that he finally managed to smash the glass. Who knew it could be so tough?
Photo: Courtesy of Catherine Piercy3/10Catherine Piercy, Beauty Director, VogueMy husband and I got married in the wild little garden of a rustic Tuscan castle that was filled with olive trees and flowers. My hands-down favorite part of the ceremony was coming down the stone aisle afterward—I’ll never forget all the happy faces of our friends and family. It was a true once-in-a-lifetime moment of having everyone together whom we love.
Photo: Courtesy of Nicole Phelps4/10Nicole Phelps, Director, Replica Handbag Store RunwaySo many moments from our wedding (10 years ago this July 28!) are seared into my memory: My husband’s perfect speech; dancing to our first song, “Shade and Honey” by Sparklehorse, and our second, “God Only Knows” by the Beach Boys; my beautiful dress by Sophia Kokosalaki. What I loved most of all was the setting. We got married outside of Woodstock, New York, on a tree-covered bluff, and in every direction it was green.
Photo: Sarah Anne Wharton / JBM Photography5/10Celia Ellenberg, Beauty Director, VogueThis picture was taken right after my husband and I exchanged rings and said “I do” two summers ago under my late grandfather’s prayer shawl at an overnight camp in the western Catskills. I’m not the kind of person who has spent years planning what my wedding day would look like, what I’d wear, who would cater, or what kind of flowers would be in my bouquet. And as we’d been happily dating for eight years, I never really thought we’d get officially married. So when we did, I was kind of unprepared for how exactly I’d feel—which was excited, exhausted, happy, nervous, terrified, occasionally nauseated, and so overwhelmed by this combination of emotions that I cried in front of all 225 of our friends and family members who made the trip two and a half hours north of the city, to spend the weekend dancing, drinking, tie-dyeing, playing team sports, and sleeping in children’s bunk beds with us. As our band, made up of my husband’s fellow musician friends—and his father—played us back down the flower petal–covered grass aisle to an instrumental version of the Beach Boys’s “Sloop John B” (with horns!), we snuck away onto this secret path that led from the ceremony grounds back up to the banquet hall. I love this photo because it’s just the two of us—relieved and totally elated.
Photo: B-Freed Photography6/10Hildy Kuryk, Communications Director, VogueWe first heard the choir from the Christian Cultural Center in Brooklyn at an event for Mayor Bloomberg, and I remember being completely overwhelmed by how powerful their voices were and the immense impact they had. I jokingly turned to Jarrod and said that I wanted to have them for our Jewish wedding—never thinking it could happen. Well . . . he always seems to make magic happen for us, and our wedding day did not disappoint. We were able to completely surprise our guests when, after dinner ended, the doors opened and 60 members of the choir came out and led everyone upstairs to kick off the dancing. This is a picture of us dancing our first dance to Stevie Wonder’s “I Just Called to Say I Love You.” We will be celebrating our 10-year anniversary this June, and he still makes me as happy now as I was in this picture.
Photo: Kevin Weinstein7/10Jane Chun, Digital Copy Chief, VogueTaking our formal portraits was one of my favorite quiet moments. After a large Catholic Mass, our mini wedding group, along with their parents—some of our closest friends and family—reconvened in this sitting room. My maid of honor, Amy, is next to me, a pretty apt metaphor for our friendship of more than a decade. My husband was in and out of photos, plotting his upcoming Springsteen serenade. The little ones were the calmest of all. It was intimate and significant and full of affection; a peaceful moment before the party really began.
Photo: Jessica Lorren8/10Michelle Ruiz, Contributing Editor, VogueI know walking down the aisle is the big hype moment, but recessing up the aisle after the ceremony was one of my favorites. The anticipation is over and you’re riding this huge wave of joy and taking in all the faces of your favorite people. When you get to the end of the aisle, it hits you: You really did it!
Photo: Courtesy of Virginia Van Zanten9/10Virginia Van Zanten, Living Editor, VogueWe were married in Brooklyn on our 10th anniversary. Here, Matt and I were having a quiet moment as the snow started to fall. We thought we were taking a break from photos, but our videographer actually captured this shot with his iPhone. It’s my favorite picture.
Photo: Courtesy of Virginia Smith10/10Virginia Smith, Fashion and Accessories Market Director, VogueThis picture was taken as we were walking down the aisle as a married couple. We both turned to everyone and said, “Let’s celebrate!”
