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“We met at a restaurant, in fact!” gallery director Line Dalgaard shares as she remembers her first encounter along with her restaurateur husband Alexander Olsen. “I celebrated my birthday with some buddies when Alexander and his good friend—now finest man—came to visit. Because it turned out, they knew one of many women. A number of months later, he invited me out for dinner, and lots of drinks after, we ended up on the dance ground. This turned the start of a partnership that entails a lot humor, caring, touring, and embracing one another’s variations. We share the identical values to create the lives we wish to stay, which turned clear in a short time.”
Early moments spent collectively over dinner and dancing became a stupendous partnership. “After six years collectively, I turned pregnant with our daughter,” Dalgaard shares. “One chilly December night after I felt nauseous [and was] attempting to distract myself with wrapping Christmas items, Alex suddenly came to visit and mentioned, ‘You are actually good at that.’ I instantly knew one thing was up. He nervously began telling me what I meant to him. He went on one knee and proposed. It was very low-key, very intimate, and simply the 2 of us—accurately in my ebook.”
As soon as engaged, the couple began to debate concepts for his or her wedding ceremony and settled on Bornholm, an island between Denmark and Sweden. There, the couple introduced over 100 of their closest relations and buddies. They celebrated their love in opposition to the backdrop of the charming island within the Baltic Sea with a ’90s-inspired wedding ceremony costume, a layered raspberry cake, and a bouquet impressed by one carried by the bride’s mom.
“The costume, it was an vital component to me after 10 years in trend and, subsequently, it being such a giant a part of me. It felt so overwhelming as a result of there are 1,000,000 completely different instructions you’ll be able to go. I instantly allied myself with my former boss—Uffe Buchard, editor in chief of Dansk journal and founding father of The Darling—to start with as a result of he is aware of my fashion higher than anybody and since he’s really a trend lexicon with all his references, from ’90s Prada to immediately’s Balenciaga. He was the one [who suggested] Freya Dalsjø, and it solely took one assembly to get it confirmed that Freya and her staff (Mikkel Schou and her mom Karis Dalsjø) have been those to create my costume.”
“We had ’90s references that made it timeless. I actually wished the fashionable twist, and Freya was the right selection for that. Throughout the first discuss, I keep in mind saying that I did not wish to seem like a princess for a day, and Freya responded, ‘No worries. I am not even able to doing princess.’ That was it for me.”
“We examined silhouettes, mentioned supplies, and referred to Gwyneth and Carolyn Bessette-Kennedy.”
“Friday evening earlier than the marriage, we invited everybody for a low-key barbecue on the native brewery Penyllan at Tejn harbor. Native buses transported all of us forwards and backwards, which created this camp/faculty vibe.”
“The harbor has a contact of the outdated fishing setting and is each a bit industrial but cozy and good.”
“Folks had the possibility to fulfill, catch up, and kick off the weekend at Bornholm collectively. A few the speeches have been held in the course of the night, and we went via the following day’s ceremony with the priest, Alex’s finest man, and my father—in fact over a few beers. I wore a crisp white shirtdress from Off-White paired with pink classic Manolo flats.”
“Uffe Buchard and Kolbrun, the hair and make-up artist, have been the primary ones to reach. We did not need the morning to be annoying, in order that they got here proper after breakfast. Our room had probably the most lovely view over the ocean, which had this calming impact on me. I might additionally see a number of the company leaping within the water. Some had a morning yoga session, and I might faintly hear individuals speaking and having a very good time. This made me so pleased.”
“My ‘one thing blue’ was a pair of panties from my expensive good friend’s model Teira 1996—it made it so private and added some humor to it that I liked!”
“Later that morning, my mom, sister, and good friend got here to assist finalize and toast in champagne.”
“When stepping into the costume, we FaceTimed the designer, Freya Dalsjø. It was a cute little second to wrap up the very private course of of making it.”
“We selected to do our wedding ceremony on Bornholm, an island between Denmark and Sweden. Bornholm turned the right location. [It’s] solely a three-hour journey from Copenhagen but nonetheless distant sufficient to get that getaway feeling.
“A typical query that we have been requested is, What’s your relation to Bornholm? Actually, there is not one. It was Alex who got here up with the thought. We did not have a relation to Bornholm, however now, we had the possibility to make our personal.”
“Essentially the most formal half [of the wedding] was positively when my father and I walked down the aisle. My dad was so nervous, and I believe I used to be the one calming him down. Once more, it helped me that the entire setup was so calm and comfy, and I’d stroll right into a room the place I’d know every and everybody.
“As for the outfit, nobody knew (in addition to Uffe) how my costume regarded earlier than I entered the church, which was type of enjoyable. Freya, the designer, had made probably the most lovely veil that was masking my face. I liked the entire concept of the veil and the drama it created, however I assumed it will be too old school if Alex was the one taking it off, so I did it myself.”
“We received married in a neighborhood church in Allinge, Bornholm—an outdated, yellow, cute church. We really additionally introduced the priest, Jacob, from Copenhagen. He baptized our daughter, and because the cherry on high, he’s a former bartender from considered one of Alex’s household’s eating places, Café Victor. He and his spouse joined the entire wedding ceremony, together with the dinner and the get together, which was simply nice.”
“My bouquet was lilies of the valley, which is identical flower as my mom had in her bridal bouquet. [Alexander] had a tailor-made Italian double-breasted go well with in navy for the ceremony and reception.”
“Regardless that we have been 100+ individuals, the ceremony appeared so intimate—touching however not too heavy. Between the transferring moments, I keep in mind there have been a number of instances with laughter, and it was simply excellent.”
“The attraction about Bornholm is its lovely, uncooked nature. This matched our want for a pleasant however down-to-earth and relaxed ambiance completely.”
“I am really a dessert individual, so the cake was one thing large and filled with raspberries.”
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“I by no means had this princess dream to get married, so we wished to make the extra conventional wedding ceremony stuff extra private and fewer formal.”
The couple with their daughter on their wedding ceremony day.
“I wore a white/ivory Alessandra Wealthy lace robe for the dinner. It was wild and had such a large amount of humor. As a part of the desk setting, we had large bows on the candleholders made by Nanna Reichstein-Henriksen, which complemented the costume completely.”
“[Alexander] became a black smoking go well with for the dinner.”
“To emphasise the simplicity we wished, I’d solely put on rings and earrings: beautiful diamond earrings, an ‘S’ ring representing our daughter Selma Bo by Sophie Bille Brahe, and, in fact, my wedding ceremony rings by Orit Elhanati, who’s additionally an expensive good friend of the household.”
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“Nanna Reichstein-Henriksen helped me create the desk setting. We had white tablecloths with outdated embroidered fabric napkins. The flowers have been sirens within the iconic vases by Tage Andersen. Nanna had additionally discovered small silver assiettes to make it extra distinctive.
“The menu was created in dialogue with a chef near the household, Claus Christensen, who joined us at Bornholm. It was vital for us to serve meals that mirrored the season, and most significantly, it was tasty—summer time greens, pasta, turbot, and, in fact, profiteroles.”
Company on the reception.
“Alex and I’ve been collectively for 9 years, so many (virtually everybody) knew one another fairly nicely.”
Company on the wedding ceremony.
“It was not deliberate that I used to be going for 3 clothes—I promise. The factor was that I wanted a costume for dancing the entire evening, so I went for the white Cecilie Bahnsen costume with a pair of my outdated Asics sneakers and a cute little Antipast sock, and that was so me. This costume was really the primary one I purchased, and I type of knew that I wished to include Cecilie’s design in my wedding ceremony.”
Photographers: Madeleine Carstensen and Souleymane Alexandre Stated
Videographer: Cecilie Juel Olsen
Planner: Frederikke Emma Rubow
Hair and Make-up Artist: Kolbrun Ran Kristjansdottir
Venue: Nordlandet
Set Designer: Nanna Reichstein-Henriksen
DJ: Fedty
Invitation Designer: L.A.
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