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“We met in kindergarten at St. Joseph’s in Menlo Park, California,” Kathryn Foley explains as she dives into the two-decade historical past she and Patrick “Ricky” Galliani share. Though the 2 didn’t date the whole thing of these 20 years, they at all times managed to seek out their approach again to one another. “We saved in contact by way of the years and truly dated briefly in eighth grade. Though, I feel we actually simply held arms and messaged one another on AIM,” says Foley. Shortly after their youthful try at relationship, Foley’s household moved to Atlanta, the place she resided all through highschool. “Ricky and I managed to take care of our friendship by grabbing a espresso or going for a neighborhood stroll annually after I would go to the Bay Space. We might additionally textual content one another on our birthdays (that are precisely per week aside!) yearly in hopes of staying high of thoughts,” explains Foley.
Quick-forward to post-college life, Foley was residing in New York and Galliani in San Francisco when their paths crossed once more. “We reconnected in November 2018 when Ricky got here to my housewarming occasion. For the primary time since eighth grade, we have been each single on the similar time. Seems, lots of our shut family and friends members have been secretly—or not so secretly—hoping we would get collectively, however everybody performed it very cool on the occasion,” Foley shares. “We had drinks in Williamsburg at St. Mazie the evening earlier than Ricky left and each lastly admitted we have been inquisitive about each other. It was a extremely candy, hopeful evening but in addition difficult as a result of we lived throughout the nation and did not know if we might make it work.”
Spoiler alert: They made it work. Following month-to-month visits, romantic journeys, and residing collectively in the course of the COVID-19 pandemic, the 2 lastly bought engaged throughout their “nomad years” as they wish to name them—a interval once they traveled throughout america and Europe experiencing new locations collectively. It was throughout a two-month journey overseas to Paris, London, and Italy that Galliani proposed. “Ricky shocked me by proposing in London in June 2022, and we celebrated with per week in Tuscany earlier than returning again to actuality. It was an unbelievable finish to our nomad years and an ideal method to begin our lives collectively,” explains Foley.
When the time got here to plan the marriage, deciding on a location wasn’t fairly as simple as they anticipated, however the couple finally landed on New York Metropolis. The duo selected the most historic venues within the metropolis, akin to St. Patrick’s Cathedral and the New York Public Library, solidifying that their wedding ceremony will really stand the take a look at of time. Learn on to admire Foley’s three clothes, the elegant décor, and the handful of different traditional particulars that made this wedding ceremony particular.
“My siblings and I kicked off my final day as a Foley with breakfast at St. Jardim, a spot Ricky and I’ve at all times cherished. It is so enjoyable each time we return there now. It brings us such completely happy recollections from earlier than and after we bought married. After preparing at The Bowery with my sister and some shut buddies, we made our approach uptown for a small Catholic mass with our households on the Girl Chapel inside St. Patrick’s Cathedral.”
“I wore a classic Chanel costume from 2014 Resort that Anny Choi helped me supply from eBay after we fell in love with it at Pleased Isles paired with Mateo pearl-and-diamond earrings and satin ivory Manolo Blahnik heels that I additionally wore on our wedding ceremony day! I ended up promoting the costume by way of Tab Classic after the marriage, so hopefully, one other bride will get to take pleasure in it as a lot as I did for her big day.”
“It was a particular place for us as a result of my grandparents bought married in the identical chapel again in 1963, and we felt so fortunate to have them there to witness our marriage. It felt like a good looking approach for us to honor them by getting married in the identical place. My grandfathers walked me down the aisle—one on both facet—which helped protect that particular father-daughter second I might at all times dreamed of getting for Saturday’s ceremony.”
The couple post-ceremony.
“After the mass, Ricky and I took a classic cab as much as Central Park.”
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“The magical cherry blossom season in NYC is often over by the tip of April, however our unbelievable photographers, Shannen and Emily, discovered a couple of remaining vibrant blossoms in bloom the place we took a couple of images at golden hour. After our Central Park journey, we hopped on a subway downtown for a small household dinner at Don Angie. It solely felt proper to eat scrumptious Italian meals on the evening that I formally joined an Italian household. We requested our grandparents to share tales and marriage recommendation over the family-style meal and bought some heartfelt and hilarious solutions. This intimate celebration introduced us a lot pleasure as we gathered round one cozy banquet desk, serving to set the tone for the remainder of our wedding ceremony weekend.”
“Within the morning, Ricky and his closest buddies (who have been up for the problem) took a long term all through Central Park adopted by bagels from Murray’s. I opted for a barely much less energetic begin to my morning, rounding up a few of my closest buddies to affix in on my favourite leisurely stroll from La Colombe to the West Facet Freeway. Respiratory within the crisp spring air and acquainted sounds of New York’s bustling streets was a good way to get up and put me in an ideal temper.”
“We selected to remain on the stylish downtown resort The Bowery for our wedding ceremony weekend. On the terrace ground, Ricky’s household hosted a good looking rehearsal dinner in one of many pure mild–crammed rooms, which opened as much as a energetic welcome occasion for all of our friends hosted by each of our households. For this evening, we aimed to lean into extra of a vivid and coastal Northern California aesthetic to loosen up The Bowery’s moody vibe.”
“I wore a classic Valentino costume from 2003 that Anny Choi helped me supply from Tab Classic, which was my favourite look from the entire weekend! We had a lot enjoyable attending to know Alexis, the proprietor of Tab Classic, all through this course of, as we discovered the costume throughout their pop-up at The Lodge Chelsea in NYC, the place I additionally discovered a classic Chloé go well with that I wore to my bridal bathe earlier that yr. We paired the assertion costume with Valentino platform heels, a Bella Rosa blue satin bag (my one thing blue for the weekend), and aquamarine-and-diamond earrings from Croghan’s Jewel Field.”
“We lucked out with a attractive day and loved cocktails exterior on the terrace throughout golden hour so long as we probably might earlier than the rehearsal dinner started. As we sipped on our drinks, we might see the condominium that I lived in for 5 years throughout and after my time at NYU. Two of our siblings, Ben and Michelle, introduced the vitality and put everybody comfortable because the emcees of the rehearsal dinner, which was filled with touching, hilarious, and heartwarming speeches from some members of the family and some of our perfect buddies.”
“Surrounded by giant windowpanes and rustic brick partitions, all of us got here collectively round rehearsal dinner tables filled with natural wildflowers and a plethora of tapered candles. Ricky’s dad and mom kicked off the meal with a toast because the final bits of daylight leaked into the room to create stunning shadows on the brick partitions simply earlier than sundown. Again in San Francisco, Ricky and his roommates used to commonly host dinner events at their condominium to deliver collectively new and outdated buddies over scrumptious meals, wine, and playing cards. We wished this evening to really feel like an elevated model of a type of intimate dinner events, as nothing makes us happier than seeing all of our favourite folks develop into buddies. We have been beaming as we scanned across the room and noticed everybody mingling with each other. Some have been assembly one another for the primary time, and others have been strengthening friendships we had initially cast.”
“The Alison Occasions staff executed our imaginative and prescient completely, full with a fab three-piece band from Dart Collective that began enjoying as our rehearsal dinner transitioned right into a celebratory welcome occasion. We wished our friends to let unfastened but in addition save just a little of their vitality for the complete evening of dancing that will observe on Saturday.”
Valentino Garavani
Tan-Go Patent Leather-based Platform Sandal
Croghan’s Jewel Field
Aquamarine & Diamond Double Drop Earrings
The Bella Rosa Assortment
Bella Clutch Ivory Petite
“Ricky and I kicked off the marriage morning with a espresso stroll, recapping the evening earlier than—simply the 2 of us—as a method to heart ourselves earlier than preparing in separate rooms on the identical ground. I then frolicked with my sister and maid of honor, Eliza, to let all of it sink in that the marriage day was lastly right here, after which we loved room service with my dad and mom and siblings earlier than I become my white Lunya pajama set, customized silk gown, and resort slippers to start out hair and make-up.
“I have been getting my hair performed by Jordi Martínez (now at Maison Seventy Seven in SoHo!) since I used to be 18, so it was such a deal with to have his calming and caring self with me all day. Sophia Vallejos, who did my make-up, couldn’t have been extra bubbly and was such a heat and optimistic presence. Between the 2 of them, they labored tirelessly all day to make me really feel my most assured and delightful—at all times with smiles on their faces. Eleven of my greatest buddies trickled in all through the getting-ready course of, as I wished them to get their magnificence relaxation and never really feel rushed with the lengthy day forward of us. In consequence, the morning slowly ramped up in pleasure and vitality. Though we have been on a good schedule that Sadie from the Alison Occasions staff helped us keep on with, I by no means felt pressured.”
“The staff at Nūbō Studio labored with Ruth Skidmore, the designer employed by Alison Occasions’ staff, to place collectively essentially the most stunning invites and paper items we’ve got ever seen. (We could also be barely biased!)
“Our save-the-dates have been a spotlight for us, as we predict that they completely mixed the minimalist design we have been going for for the weekend whereas highlighting our ‘very long time coming’ type of love story. Wrapped in attractive grey linen, the entrance of the save-the-date seemed much like the quilt of a e book, which was a pleasant introduction to the library, that includes our wedding ceremony date in library-card format beneath our first picture collectively from the second grade. The again of the save-the-date included a couple of particulars in a easy, subtle font, after which the dense invite was packaged in a beautiful envelope that seemed like an old-school parcel wrapped in twine—full with a classic stamp that featured one of many iconic lions that flank the doorway to the NYPL.”
“Six years youthful than me however smart past her years, my sister Eliza was the most effective maid of honor and dealt with the weekend like a professional. She had all of my greatest buddies and a few members of the family write me notes that she introduced to me in a colourful pile that morning to learn whereas preparing. I used to be too emotional to learn all of them then, nevertheless it was the right reward and introduced me to tears on our flight to Japan, the place we spent our honeymoon. I shared a particular second with Eliza when she zipped up my costume and helped placed on our mother’s earring earlier than the remainder of my buddies got here again in for the reveal. Everybody current that morning introduced additional pleasure, tears, laughter, and giddiness to your complete getting-ready course of, hyping me up earlier than I swiftly left The Bowery to lastly meet again up with Ricky on the roof of my dad and mom’ condominium.”
“I finally bought my wedding ceremony costume from Danielle Frankel, a model I at all times dreamed of sporting since we bought engaged. It was truly one of many first clothes I attempted on after I began my search in February 2023 with my mother and Nonnie, however I seemed round fairly a bit earlier than deciding to lock it in. As my buddies would attest, my buy choices are something however impulsive. … This huge, vital buy was no exception, particularly since returns weren’t an possibility. Anny Choi, my mother, my Nonnie, and Eliza fell in love with the costume I ended up sporting from the start, they usually have been proper all alongside. It really felt like the right costume to take up the grand house that’s Astor Corridor, the place our ceremony happened, whereas nonetheless feeling stylish and, most significantly, very ‘me.'”
“We paired the costume with my mother’s diamond stud earrings, a dainty gold ring Eliza gifted me that morning that had ‘Foley Ceaselessly’ engraved into it, the engagement ring that Ricky picked out for me, and the identical silk ivory Manolos that I wore on Thursday.”
“Ricky wore a customized tux lined with colourful images of e book bindings that he selected as a nod to the library and shirt from Enzo Customized with a Shinola watch and Armani footwear. His brother and greatest man, Rob, helped him with the ending touches whereas preparing within the groom’s suite down the corridor.”
WWW Weddings tip: “With regards to preparing on the morning of the ceremony (or actually any wedding ceremony traditions), do what feels proper to you! I feel my bridesmaids actually appreciated that they did not need to arrive at 7 a.m. to start glam and will as an alternative prepare on their very own time. I additionally loved attending to get up slowly and spend time with Ricky and the remainder of my household that morning to heart myself earlier than the day picked up. As cliché as it’s, it is true that the day flies by, so that you wish to bake in moments to decelerate.”
Manolo Blahnik
Carolyne Bride
Mejuri
Eternity Line Band
“We have been all around the map when it got here to the place we wished to get married. We thought-about completely different areas round the place we grew up in California, like Napa and Carmel; Large Sky; MT, the place we have spent lots of time snowboarding with household; upstate New York, our favourite location for a weekend getaway; and lots of extra however saved coming again to New York Metropolis feeling proper and essentially the most ‘us’ because it’s the place I’ve lived the longest, was the best for all of our friends to get to, and is the place we formally reconnected. The library felt particular to us due to its huge magnificence, historical past, and placement—being situated proper down the road from St. Patrick’s, which was an vital landmark for each of our Irish/Italian Catholic households. We cherished the thought of the New York Public Library at all times being an NYC landmark that we might go to and produce our future children to each time we’re in our favourite metropolis for years to come back, regardless of the place our love story takes us subsequent.”
The marriage occasion earlier than the ceremony.
“We additionally at all times cherished the thought of getting a black-tie wedding ceremony, and what higher place to decorate up than on the New York Public Library?!”
“We wished to lean into the New York Public Library’s elegant, clear, and timeless structure by merely enhancing it with impartial tones, mono-botanical floral moments (as our great florists, Putnam, coined), hurricane candles, and trendy, minimalist touches. Lighting is absolutely vital to us because of our mothers, so we wished each the ceremony and reception to really feel prefer it glowed in stunning, heat candlelight—vivid however not too vivid—so that everybody seemed and felt their greatest.”
“We have been married in Astor Corridor by Ricky’s longtime household buddy Dr. John Kerrigan, who additionally married us (and our brother and sister-in-law, Rob and Kaley, in 2022) at our smaller Catholic mass on Thursday night. A four-piece string quartet underscored the ceremony from one of many steps’ touchdown areas, enjoying stunning instrumental variations of songs that have been particular to us and our relationship. One in every of my favourite love songs, ‘Develop as We Go’ by Ben Platt, was reverberating off the limestone partitions so fantastically as I walked arm in arm down the aisle with my dad beaming ear to ear. Strolling down the grand staircase of Astor Corridor and taking within the attractive house, the gravity of the second, and all the grins on our favourite folks’s faces took my breath away.
“I by no means ended up seeing Ricky’s face till reaching the tip of the aisle, as there was simply a lot to absorb whereas specializing in not tripping on the costume’s lengthy practice, however everybody afterward was commenting on how his tears couldn’t cease flowing, which I hope I am going to get to see on movie. The particular second with my dad that resulted in lastly being reunited with Ricky was positively essentially the most poignant for me out of the entire weekend. Dr. Kerrigan spoke so eloquently about our love story, getting a couple of laughs in right here and there to maintain it mild. Ricky and I then exchanged private vows.”
WWW Weddings tip: “In case you select to change private vows in the course of the ceremony, preserve them temporary. Ricky and I agreed to maintain them to 200 phrases beforehand, which was powerful however made all of them the extra highly effective and memorable in our opinion. And we predict our friends appreciated the brevity!”
“The second we bought to seal the cope with a kiss was exhilarating, as we labored with Dart Collective to have some members from Nightmoves (our unbelievable band!) play the horn part from ‘This Will Be’ by Natalie Cole as we walked again up the aisle hand in hand and out the entrance door of the library for some images of us on the steps with my veil and bouquet earlier than sundown.”
“These are a few of our very favourite images, and it is evident by the seems to be on our faces that we have been so overjoyed and relieved to lastly be married in entrance of all of our household and buddies! Now, it was time to occasion…”
The couple sharing a kiss earlier than the reception.
“We wished the reception to really feel like one huge, steady occasion!”
Company having fun with the reception.
“Earlier than we walked into the reception, our planners informed us there was some excellent news and a few unhealthy information. The unhealthy information was that we have been a bit delayed. The excellent news was that it was as a result of everybody was having a lot enjoyable dancing to Nightmoves that they did not wish to cease and sit down of their seats.”
“After getting into the attractive rotunda room to absorb the reception décor for the primary time forward of our first dance, we sat down at an extended desk that flanked the dance ground with our siblings and a few of our greatest buddies by our facet. I indulged in my first martini of the evening whereas Ricky opted for an quaint, and we loved the scrumptious meals by Olivier Cheng that was served in such a memorable approach by pleasant waiters in lockstep earlier than the speeches started! My favourite dish was the avocado and crab appetizer that wowed our friends and married our Bay Space roots with high-quality New York eating in such a novel approach.”
The couple sharing their first dance.
“I become a Vivienne Westwood robe that I fell in love with in the course of the wedding ceremony costume procuring course of after our first dance that we paired with clear Amina Muaddi heels.”
“We minimize our cake to considered one of my favourite songs, ‘Love You for a Lengthy Time’ by Maggie Rogers, after which continued to bounce the evening away till the lights got here on.”
“We (and our friends!) did not need the occasion to finish and loved particular moments on the dance ground because the drinks have been flowing and everybody congregated on the dance ground.”
Particulars from the reception.
“I had at all times deliberate on solely having two seems to be that evening, however I ended up discovering a mini silk costume (with pockets!) from 16Arlington a couple of days earlier than that I delivered to the venue simply in case I used to be feeling restricted in an extended costume.”
“Naturally, it needed to be worn, and I cherished having a minidress second to let unfastened as soon as the dance ground actually bought going.”
“We ended the evening of dancing with Joe’s Pizza served on the dance ground and lining the exit path straight from the field, which simply felt proper for a New York wedding ceremony.”
“Our final tune was ‘New York, New York,’ after which we ended up heading to an impromptu after-party in The Bowery foyer till 4 a.m. Ricky and I capped off the evening with room service in mattress. Nothing says romantic wedding ceremony evening like a burger, cacio e pepe, and french fries in mattress! Nevertheless it truly was the most effective resolution ever as a result of we had a lot enjoyable recapping each element of the day whereas smiling from ear to ear. We have been, and nonetheless are, reeling from the most effective evening of our lives.”
Vivienne Westwood
Galaxy Cape Robe
Amina Muaddi
Lupita Glass PVC Mules
16Arlington
Crystal-Embellished Costume
Photographer: Norman & Blake
Videographer: Bentley Rawle
Stylist: Anny Choi
Tailors: Isa Kriegeskotte and Kaitlyn De La Cruz
Detailer: The Trendy Bride
Day-Of Assistant: Sara Raestokes
Hairstylist: Jordi Martínez Fenoll
Make-up Artist: Sophia Vallejos
Planner: Alison Occasions with design by Ruth Skidmore
Florist: Putnam Flowers
Leisure: Dart Collective
Lighting: Frost Productions
Caterer: Olivier Cheng
Baker: Sarah & Simon
Stationery Designer: Nūbō Studio
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