It wasn’t the one wardrobe malfunction. Groom Jack, 37, began the day in a Tom Ford go well with, however was pressured to alter into his back-up go well with by Dunhill. “I squatted down to pick up Elsie and my trousers split, my whole ass was hanging out,” he says, deadpan. Elsie, who was considered one of three flower ladies on the ceremony, wore a white gown to be a mini-me of her mum. “It was very sweet when she got to the end of the aisle,” says Roxy. “I just heard her go, ‘Daddy, Daddy!’”
Roxy saved her glam crew inside her inside circle, asking longtime good friend, Nikki Wolff, to do her make-up, and her sister, Josie, to do her hair. “Josie lives in Australia, so we couldn’t do a trial, but I just trusted her,” says the bride. “I wore it up with a few loose tendrils hanging down, and my make-up was fairly natural – nothing too heavy and definitely no bright colours.” Larry King did Jack’s hair. There have been eight bridesmaids, made up of household and pals, with a Bobbi Brown crew on make-up whereas the Lucie App sorted hair. “They wore gold dresses from By The Bride, with different styles so they could all feel comfortable,” says Roxy. Hairstylist Narad Kutowaroo and make-up artist Sasha Keene acquired Roxy’s mum and sisters prepared on the day.
“I was really nervous just before I walked out,” shares Roxy. “But my dad was so calm, he kept saying, ‘Everyone here is people you love, I’ve got you,’ and I immediately felt calm. Then I got the giggles because there were so many stairs and I had this huge dress on, so I had to keep kicking my feet out to stop myself tripping over it. And then Jack was blubbing at the end of the aisle!”
A string quartet organised by ALR performed in the course of the ceremony. “I wanted some Disney music because I love Disney,” says Jack. “They played ‘Beauty and the Beast’, which I felt was a bit on the nose.” There have been additionally readings from shut family and friends. “We had Roxy’s sister, Rihanna, read a lovely piece from Winnie the Pooh,” says Jack. (*2*)
