Nicola Peltz’s Couture Wedding Dress Was A Work of Art
On April 9, 2022 Nicola Peltz married Brooklyn Beckham at her Palm Beach family home wearing Valentino Haute Couture. Peltz’s stylist, Leslie Fremar, says the traditional wedding gown is the most beautiful dress she's ever seen. “Coming from Leslie, that is incredible,” the bride told Vogue, days before saying “I do.”
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The custom wedding look is a culmination of a year’s worth of hard work and dedication. Valentino’s creative director Pierpalo Piccioli and his team chatted down with Peltz and picked elements from various sketches, fabrics, and embroideries to create Nicola’s dream dress. After two trips to the Rome HQ and to U.S. fittings, the dress was complete and head seamstresses even journeyed to Miami the day of to make sure every detail was perfect. “The simplicity of it was magnificent,” recalls Leslie. “We didn’t have to overly detail the dress to accomplish the magnitude of it, so we ended up eliminating the embroidery.” French lace was added on to the glaves and the train sits over the gown and decorates it like a work of art. Piccioli was Peltz’ first call. Nicola has admired Piccioli’s work and couture shows for so long, and even wore Valentino to the Met gala in 2021.
Nicola’s hair and make-up was an ode to Claudi Schiffer in the ‘90s - a decision she made with her forever glam squad Kate Lee and Adir Abergel. “I always thought I wanted my hair half up, half down, but we’re going for long bangs with loose, natural hair,” she says of paying tribute to her favorite supermodel, who influenced other outfit choices during the three-day wedding festivities. The one element that remained a surprise was Nicola’s “something blue” - a message from her mother, Claudia Heffner Peltz, sewn into the skirt lengths of her heavy Valentino gown. As a gift to her 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.”
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“Weddings come with many emotions,” shares Fremar. “There’s stress, there’s excitement, there’s nerves… There’s lots of different energies going around. But the clothes are complete.”