TheWeddingFiles: Though Jessica Rifkind and Mannie De La Rosa both work straightlaced corporate jobs, the pair throw themselves into artistic pursuits — and took their wedding as an opportunity to get creative … and dramatic
, and I picked a flower from that. The cake designer just knocked it out of the park.I had three or four pieces. We had the venue until midnight and we had a minimum that we hadn’t blown through. In the last half an hour they were like, “You have $2,000 of alcohol that you need to drink.” So it was shots, and then I asked the bartender in a non-douche way, “What’s the most expensive drink you can make for us?” He made rounds of Last Words for everyone.
After attempting a custom-made wedding gown, Jessica opted for two less traditional outfits: a pink feather-trimmed dress and an ice-blue fringed mini.As guests gathered at the Syndicated Theater, they were handed popcorn and Champagne.Guests watched an animated short about how the couple met and fell in love.The true drama began with the bridal party: two stilt walkers who entered ahead of Jessica and dropped rose petals.
After the ceremony, Jessica changed into her Naeem Khan dress. “I was really jazzed to be able to wear something that felt like me,” she says.As a Fellini fan, Mannie liked creating fanciful, “surreal” moments throughout the party.Jessica asked each of the guests for their favorite movie, and then hand-painted the characters onto cards for the favors.“If Wes Anderson directed a movie about a wedding,” Mannie says, “this would be that movie.
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