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“We met at a restaurant, in fact!” gallery director Line Dalgaard shares as she recollects her first encounter along with her restaurateur husband Alexander Olsen. “I celebrated my birthday with some buddies when Alexander and his buddy—now greatest man—came visiting. Because it turned out, they knew one of many women. A couple of months later, he invited me out for dinner, and plenty of drinks after, we ended up on the dance ground. This grew to become 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 dwell, which grew to become clear in a short time.”
Early moments spent collectively over dinner and dancing changed into a gorgeous partnership. “After six years collectively, I grew to become pregnant with our daughter,” Dalgaard shares. “One chilly December night after I felt nauseous [and was] making an attempt to distract myself with wrapping Christmas items, Alex suddenly came visiting and stated, ‘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—appropriately in my e book.”
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 members of the family 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 necessary aspect to me after 10 years in trend and, subsequently, it being such an enormous a part of me. It felt so overwhelming as a result of there are 1,000,000 completely different instructions you possibly can 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 model higher than anybody and since he’s actually a trend lexicon with all his references, from ’90s Prada to in the present day’s Balenciaga. He was the one [who suggested] Freya Dalsjø, and it solely took one assembly to get it confirmed that Freya and her group (Mikkel Schou and her mom Karis Dalsjø) have been those to create my costume.”
“We had ’90s references that made it timeless. I actually needed the trendy twist, and Freya was the right selection for that. In the course of the first discuss, I keep in mind saying that I did not wish to appear to be 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 night time 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 backwards and forwards, 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 satisfy, catch up, and kick off the weekend at Bornholm collectively. A few the speeches have been held throughout the night, and we went by the subsequent day’s ceremony with the priest, Alex’s greatest man, and my father—in fact over a few beers. I wore a crisp white shirtdress from Off-White paired with purple 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 traumatic, in order that they got here proper after breakfast. Our room had essentially the most stunning view over the ocean, which had this calming impact on me. I may additionally see a number of the friends leaping within the water. Some had a morning yoga session, and I may faintly hear folks speaking and having an excellent time. This made me so completely satisfied.”
“My ‘one thing blue’ was a pair of panties from my pricey buddy’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 buddy 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 grew to become 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 concept. We did not have a relation to Bornholm, however now, we had the possibility to make our personal.”
“Probably 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 comfortable, and I might stroll right into a room the place I might know every and everybody.
“As for the outfit, nobody knew (apart from Uffe) how my costume regarded earlier than I entered the church, which was type of enjoyable. Freya, the designer, had made essentially the most stunning veil that was overlaying my face. I liked the entire concept of the veil and the drama it created, however I believed it will be too old style if Alex was the one taking it off, so I did it myself.”
“We received married in an area 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 prime, he’s a former bartender from one among Alex’s household’s eating places, Café Victor. He and his spouse joined the entire wedding ceremony, together with the dinner and the celebration, which was simply nice.”
“My bouquet was lilies of the valley, which is similar flower as my mom had in her bridal bouquet. [Alexander] had a tailor-made Italian double-breasted swimsuit in navy for the ceremony and reception.”
“Regardless that we have been 100+ folks, the ceremony appeared so intimate—touching however not too heavy. Between the shifting moments, I keep in mind there have been a number of instances with laughter, and it was simply good.”
“The appeal about Bornholm is its stunning, uncooked nature. This matched our want for a pleasant however down-to-earth and relaxed environment completely.”
“I am actually a dessert particular person, so the cake was one thing big and filled with raspberries.”
WWW Weddings Tip: “If in case you have the chance, contain and belief the folks you already know. Getting assist and recommendation from gifted folks in your circle makes it very private and extra memorable.”
“I by no means had this princess dream to get married, so we needed 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 huge bows on the candleholders made by Nanna Reichstein-Henriksen, which complemented the costume completely.”
“[Alexander] become a black smoking swimsuit for the dinner.”
“To emphasise the simplicity we needed, I might 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 buddy of the household.”
WWW Weddings Tip: “Begin the dinner early so the celebration lasts longer!”
“Nanna Reichstein-Henriksen helped me create the desk setting. We had white tablecloths with outdated embroidered material 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 necessary for us to serve meals that mirrored the season, and most significantly, it was tasty—summer season greens, pasta, turbot, and, in fact, profiteroles.”
Friends on the reception.
“Alex and I’ve been collectively for 9 years, so many (nearly everybody) knew one another fairly effectively.”
Friends 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 night time, 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 needed to include Cecilie’s design in my wedding ceremony.”
Photographers: Madeleine Carstensen and Souleymane Alexandre Mentioned
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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