The Tamesis
Josh also takes great care when choosing jewelry for the weekend, leaning toward pieces that have sentimental value. At the rehearsal dinner, he wore a gold bracelet and watch given to him by his two grandfathers. “On our wedding day, I wore pieces that Olivia had given me that felt like symbols of our relationship over the years: a watch for my 32nd birthday, a silver bracelet from a memorable trip to Copenhagen, and a pair of emerald stud earrings that Olivia gave me in the final days before the wedding,” Josh shared.
The bride finds her dress before she even looks for it. “I saw the Ophelia dress at the Wiederhoeft Spring 2025 show and I immediately stopped,” says Olivia. “I remember sending it to my mom and she said, ‘This is the dress.'” She saw the pink gown at Wiederhoeft’s New York studio and immediately fell in love with its combination of nostalgia and modern elements. “Smith McLean, who was my main contact at Wiederhoeft and the most incredible housekeeper throughout the process, told me that the inspiration for the dress actually came from a dress you would find in a relative’s attic and dust it off,” she said.
The style features a blush bustier, pencil skirt, hand-stitched carnations and a long taffeta train. “I have a strong, pretty strong attraction to certain fashion, art and design, and if I have that attraction, there’s nothing else,” Olivia explains. “So when I saw Ophelia, there was nothing else.” To accessorize, the bride wore her engagement ring—a reference to Josh’s family history—and her grandmother’s ring on her other hand. “Over the weekend, it was great to look down and feel like I was wearing both bloodlines on my hands,” Olivia added.
“Once the dress is set, color and beauty are something that need to be really calibrated,” says the bride. “My makeup artist Sydney Utendahl (who is also a close friend of mine) worked with me on every choice, from skin to makeup to hair, to make sure everything was in the same world.” This even led to Olivia dyeing her hair before the festivities. “My hair is already auburn, but I darkened it to a richer cherry color to complement the blush,” she shared.
Later in the evening, Olivia would switch out her pink gown for a completely different aesthetic. “For the afterparty, I wanted a moment of transformation,” she said. “I had my eye on Stockholm-based knitwear designer Mega Mikaela for a minute and was fascinated by her almost chain-mail knitting. We worked together for months to design a custom hand-knit two-piece made from white yarn and silver steel washers.” The final look was so heavy it couldn’t even hang on a hanger. However, the bride said: “The dancing was incredible.”
The wedding weekend is here, and the guests are dressed in ivory and cream and join the couple for a rehearsal dinner at the Pasta Café. “Given that the restaurant’s menu is all about red sauce, we shamelessly deliberately chose to wear all white,” says Josh. That night, the bride wore a Joyce Bao lace velvet top and a brocade Genevieve Devine skirt. “I’m not really an archival or vintage person,” she shares. “I’d rather shop from Central Saint Martins’ freshmen class,” she added. The evening was filled with food, networking, speeches by the couple’s siblings, and music. “Our close friend Scout Larue Willis, who is an incredible musician, performed live with a guitarist and performed two of my favorite love songs – Al Green’s ‘Simply Beautiful’ (which Olivia told her she would marry in college) and Lauryn Hill’s ‘Tell Him,'” Josh added.
