April 9th, Nicola Peltz happened to be with Brooklyn Beckham at his family’s house in Palm Beach wearing Valentino Haute Couture. Peltz’s stylist, Leslie Fremar, says the wedding dress traditional with a twist is the most beautiful dress you have ever seen. This is quite a statement, considering that Fremar is the woman behind the wardrobe of Demi Moore, Julianne Moore, and Charlize Theron. The Hollywood costume designer knows a good dress when she sees one. Even Peltz is stunned by this comment. “Coming from Leslie, that’s incredible,” the bride told the British edition of Vogue, days before giving the “I do”.
How was Nicola Peltz’s wedding dress for her wedding with Brooklyn Beckham?
The look for wedding personalized from the model Nicola Peltz is the culmination of a year of conversations with the creative director’s team at Valentino, Pierpaolo Piccioli, two trips to the Rome headquarters and two fittings in the US (the head seamstresses even traveled to Miami to make sure every detail was flawless on the big day). ‘It was the best Haute Couture experience,’ says Fremar of selecting elements from various sketches, fabrics and embroidery to create the Nicola’s dream dress.
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“It was the best haute couture experience,” Fremar says of her friend’s wedding dress.
What started as a look nupcial very complex changed as soon as the bride tried on the toile. ‘The simplicity was magnificent,’ recalls Leslie. ‘We didn’t have to go into too much detail dress to achieve its magnitude, so we ended up removing the embroidery’. Instead, they added french lace in handmade gloves and an exquisite train that sits on top of the dress and decorates it like ‘a work of art’. Fremar says the overall effect is ‘incredible’. On Peltz’s part, he has never felt more special.
Piccioli, who dresses Zendaya in dopamine-releasing looks, was Peltz’s first port of call. ‘It was a no-brainer,’ says Nicola, who has long admired Pierpaolo’s Haute Couture programs and wore Valentino to the 2021 Met Gala. That’s not to say that she wasn’t reduced to fangirl mode when she entered the atelier. ‘Seeing all the dresses on the runway in real life was so magical. It looked like someone’s dream closet,’ says Peltz of the bright and happy hive run by the talented and detail-oriented Italian artisans, who have been nothing but kind to the 27-year-old.
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The bride’s ‘something blue’ was a message from her mother sewn into the skirt of her Valentino dress.
Nicola’s hair and makeup were an ode to Claudia Schiffer from the 90s, a decision he made with his glamorous squad of Kate Lee and Adir Abergel following fittings at Peltz’s Los Angeles apartment, where she pulled a T-shirt over her head to emulate her veil, ‘I always thought I wanted my hair half up, half down, but we’re going for long bangs with loose, natural hair ‘ says regarding pay tribute to your favorite supermodelwho influenced other outfit choices during the three-day wedding.
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Nicola’s hair and make-up was an ode to ’90s Claudia Schiffer.
The only element of the rigorously planned bridal attire that remained a surprise was the ‘something blue’ from Nicola: a sweet message from her mother, Claudia Heffner Peltz, sewn into the skirt of her heavy valentino dress. As a gift for her new husband, Peltz sewed a custom label on her Dior wedding dress. ‘Brooklyn loves labels,’ explains Nicola. ‘Two years ago, for Christmas, I packed a whole suitcase full of custom ones for him.’ These sweet touches are the mark of a couple truly in love.
‘Weddings come with a lot of emotions,’ shares Fremar. ‘There’s stress, there’s excitement, there’s nerves… There’s a lot of different energies going around. But the clothes are complete’.
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The groom in Dior and his wife in Valentino Haute Couture.
Article previously published in Vogue UK, vogue.co.uk