As fate would have it for the founder of bumble and her now husband, Michael Herd, sparks first flew IRL as opposed to virtually, but their love story still started with Whitney unabashedly taking the lead.
We had beautiful welcome books made by the amazing Happy Menocal. They came in magazine size and were wrapped in ribbon. Inside was a map of the area with some of our favorite places, a day-to-day run of show, and a personal note to our guests. It was waiting for them in their hotel rooms inside their welcome bags.
It was just before Christmas in 2013, and the two were on vacation in Aspen with their respective families when a mutual friend introduced them one afternoon. The next day, that same friend and Whitney came barreling down the slopes only to find Michael having a long, leisurely lunch on what was a very optimal ski day. “I sat down next to him and was giving him a hard time about wasting such amazing conditions,” remembers Whitney.
“In typical Michael fashion, I had no idea it was coming,” Whitney admits. “He told me two things that morning: 1) He wasn’t sure marriage was in the near future as we were both so young and busy with our careers, and 2) We were going to his family’s ranch that weekend.” Michael’s usual truck was in the shop, so they needed to take a much older one, which meant no air-conditioning for a four-hour drive in the Texas heat.
. “From the moment I saw Cynthia’s work and spoke with her on the phone, I just adored her and her taste,” says Whitney. “She was instrumental—she helped me kick off the direction of not just the looks I would wear but the wedding itself, all the way up to the end. She suggested that the amazing Diana Sorensen of Sugokuii Events do the actual wedding, which was crucial.
On the morning of the big day, the bride got ready in a rose silk Cinque robe before changing into her actual wedding dress: a couture Oscar de la Renta gown made of corded rose lace with a four-foot-long train and scalloped trim. “The perfect detail to accentuate the romantic Italian setting,” notes Whitney. A cathedral-length veil billowed behind the bride as she walked down the aisle in Gianvito Rossi heels.Michael kept things streamlined, wearing Hadleigh’s suits all weekend.
There was just one problem—the ceremony was supposed to take place on a grassy cliff, which was now soaking wet. Whitney and Michael, along with all of the bridesmaids and groomsmen, went down with dozens of towels and dried the land and the benches so that the space was ready to go. Suddenly, the sun came shining through while it was still daylight, so the wedding party was able to finish hair and makeup and get some photos taken just in time. Guests were seated at 7:30 p.m.
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