Mimi van Wyck wedding dress
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- Date: Oct 9,2008
AT her wedding last fall on Johns Island, S.C., Mimi van Wyck engaged in some fanciful role playing.
Sheathed in spiraling layers of silk tulle, she looked every inch the languid 19th-century heroine.
Her gown, by the British designer Alexander McQueen, was ethereally romantic, said Ms. van Wyck, a New York event planner who traces her lineage to New Amsterdam.
All but weightless, it reflected the wedding’s balmy setting: a grove of ancient oaks in the walled garden of the old plantation.
“Those trees were filled with Spanish moss,” Ms. van Wyck said, “and like that moss, my gown was kind of blowing in the breeze.”
Light enough to make the journey from Manhattan, the gown was also distinctive enough to suit her maverick spirit.
After all, as Ms. van Wyck declared with the brisk self-assurance of her profession, “Destination weddings allow you to celebrate the setting’s natural beauty and then personalize it.”
She is typical of scores of women planning to say their vows on a beach in Bali, a mountaintop in Aspen, or a villa on Capri, who are turning their backs on gowns as grand as the Ritz in favor of more airy, unconventional styles. NYT/IMAGE Alexander Mcqueen Wedding Dress
