Gwyneth Paltrowand husbandBrad Falchuk‘s romanticSept. 29 weddingwas a family affair, with their four kids making up their intimate wedding party.
That’s one of the new details about their big day Paltrow released on Friday, ina 47-slide gallery of photos posted to her lifestyle site, Goop. (The wedding had its own hashtag: #TheFaltrows).
Perhaps showing just how blended the two family have become, the Goop caption referred to Apple and Isabella both as “her daughters.”
Another shot showed Paltrow’s 12-year-old son Moses and Falchuck’s son Brody walking outside with Falchuck. Both groomsmen and the groom wore matching blue-grey Tom Ford suits, with crisp white shirts and dark ties.
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The big day was held at Paltrow’s home in East Hampton, New York, where 70 guests gathered poolside before making their way to watch the ceremony .
They walked hand-in-hand as they made their way down the aisle, smiling while friends and family showered them with leaves. Paltrow’s son Moses adorably hugged his mom after the ceremony concluded.
The party moved to another tent with hanging greenery for the reception, where guested sat at one of two communal wooden tables candle-lit and set with pink rose floral arrangements, Mud Australia gold flatware vintage cut crystal, and china in an Italian motif from Vista Alegre’s Ornament collection.
Chef Mario Carbone provided the food, a “full-circle moment” choice considering Paltrow and Falchuck had dined at one of his restaurants on their first date. He designed a four course menu that included crab, scampi tortellini, honey mustard duckling, carved-to-order prime rib, and sides like roasted duck fat potatoes, whipped potatoes, and vegetable succotash. Wedding cake and assorted deserts — “forty-five personalized carrot cakes (bride’s choice) and forty-five chocolate and vanilla cakes (groom’s choice)” — were later served with coffee and tea.
Among the items to drink? Ruinart champagne and a special gin, fresh lemon juice, and thyme-cocktail served on vintage trays from Casa de Perrin. Restoration Hardware provided dirty martini service from a gold bar cart. Additionally, there was a full bar.
Robert Downey Jr., Paltrow’sIron Mancostar, entertained the guests with a speech.
For a night of dancing, Paltrow changed into a short Stella McCartney jumpsuit for “’80s party jams.” Celebrity DJ Girl Talk spun music, as did house DJ Arman Naféei. Jazz band Django Foxtrot also provided tunes.
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The night before Paltrow and Falchuck said“I do”,Jerry Seinfeldand his wife hosted arehearsal dinnerat their estate.
Guests gathered outside under a wooden structure covered with globe string lights. They sat on long communal rectangular wooden tables with bench seating set with custom Rina Menardi dinner plates and paper-thin Malfatti glasses. New York City–based florists Michael and Darroch Putnam of Putnam & Putnam created lavish floral centerpieces that featured figs, blackberries, and plums — part of the evening’s “wild” motif.Argentine chef Francis Mallmann commandeered the rehearsal dinner, flying 5,000 miles from Santiago, Chile, for the occasion, according to Goop. He set up an outdoor wooded fire pit to roast chicken, rib eye, lamb, various vegetables, as well as make his special twelve-hour grilled pineapple dish. Other items on the menu included wild salmon and a butternut squash-based vegetable dish.
All in all, the weekend looked stunning. They even gave back, as flowers were donated to local hospitals and medical centers through an organization called Repeat Roses.
Paltrow met Falchuk during her guest appearance spot onGleein 2010, but they didn’t officially start dating until 2014. (n January, they announced the exciting news of their engagement on the cover ofGoop Magazine‘s Sex & Love issueafter dating for over three years.
After their big day, the newlywedswent on a mini-moon in Umbria and Paris, and then Paltrow traveled to London for the opening of Goop’s first international store. Her close friends Stella McCartney, Valentino and Giancarlo Giammetti, Liv Tyler,Demi Mooreand Elizabeth Saltzman were on hand to celebrate Goop’s presence across the pond.
source: people.com
