On April 9, Nicola Peltz married Brooklyn Beckham at her family’s Palm Beach home wearing Valentino Haute Couture. Peltz’s stylist, Leslie Fremar, said the traditional-with-a-twist wedding gown is the most beautiful dress she has ever seen. This is a huge statement to make, considering Fremar is the woman behind the wardrobes of Demi Moore, Julianne Moore, and Charlize Theron. The Hollywood dresser knows a good gown when she sees one. Even Peltz is in awe of this comment. “Coming from Leslie, that is incredible,” the bride told British , days before saying “I do.” (See photos here.)
Nicola Peltz’s custom wedding look is the culmination of a year’s worth of conversations with Valentino creative director Pierpaolo Piccioli’s team, two trips to the Rome HQ, and two U.S. fittings (the head seamstresses even journeyed to Miami to make sure every detail was immaculate on the big day). “It was the ultimate couture experience,” said Fremar of cherry-picking elements from various sketches, fabrics, and embroideries to create Nicola’s dream dress.
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What began as a highly intricate bridal look changed as soon as the bride tried on the toile. “The simplicity of it was magnificent,” recalled Fremar. “We didn’t have to overly detail the dress to accomplish the magnitude of it, so we ended up eliminating the embroidery.” Instead, they added French lace on handmade gloves and an exquisite train that sits over the gown and decorates it like “a work of art.” Fremar said the overall effect was “unbelievable.” For Peltz’s part, she has never felt more special.
Piccioli, who keeps Zendaya in dopamine-inducing looks, was Peltz’s first port of call. “It was a no-brainer,” said Nicola, who has long admired the designer’s agenda-setting couture shows and wore Valentino to the Met Gala 2021. That’s not to say she wasn’t reduced to fangirl mode when entering the atelier. “Seeing all the runway dresses in real life was so magic. It looked like someone’s dream closet,” says Peltz of the bright and happy hive of activity run by the talented, detail-oriented Italian craftspeople, who have been nothing but kind to the 27-year-old.
Peltz’s hair and makeup were an ode to ’90s Claudia Schiffer—a decision she made with her long-time glam squad Kate Lee and Adir Abergel, after trials in Peltz’s L.A. apartment, where she put 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,” she said of paying tribute to her favorite supermodel, who influenced other outfit choices during the three-day wedding festivities.
The one element of the rigorously planned bridalwear that remained a surprise was Peltz’s “something blue”—an evil eye and a sweet message from her mother, Claudia Heffner Peltz, sewn into the skirt lengths of her heavy Valentino gown. As a gift to her new husband, Peltz sewed a bespoke label into his Dior wedding suit. “Brooklyn loves labels,” explains Nicola. “Two years ago for Christmas, I made a whole suitcase full of personalized ones for him.” These sweet touches (see more fawning in British ) are a mark of a couple truly in love.
“Weddings come with many emotions,” said Fremar. “There’s stress, there’s excitement, there’s nerves…. There’s lots of different energies going around. But the clothes are complete.”
This post originally appeared on British Vogue.
