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She picked Ralph Lauren Purple Label.

Knowing that KAT gravitates toward double-breasted suits, Jordyn landed on a custom double-breasted Italian wool barathea dinner jacket with peak satin lapels for the ceremony, paired with a white Sea Island cotton Aston pleated tuxedo shirt, black barathea tuxedo trousers, and a black silk bow tie.

KAT also wore Ralph Lauren for their civil ceremony and welcome dinner.

No info on his white reception jacket other than it being Ralph Lauren.

Jordyn’s close friend, Jaden Smith, designed custom size 20 Louboutins for KAT.

Photos c/o Cozy Rose for GQ, Ralph Lauren Twitter, and a photo from Jaden Smith.

https://collections.madparis.fr/document/collections/627adef53edd9537d36fcfbc

Whilst nowadays haute couture houses & high fashion designers often still use fur and the likes, for the average fashion enjoyer it is likely anything but agreeable. Yet looking at these beautiful photographs (all taken by Edward Steichen), it is no wonder that furs still manage to impress.

And truly, I myself am struggling trying to pick a favourite out of all these photographs!

Photographs in order:

1. Vogue, August 15th, 1939, Two models wearing hats reading a letter

2. Vogue, December 1st, 1927, Model Jule Andre wearing a fur wrap with Udall and Ballou jewellery

3. Vogue, October 15th, 1926, Marion Morehouse in a velvet dress with fox fur collar by Agnes

4. Vanity Fair,August 1st, 1927, Portrait of American actress Dolores Costello

5. Vogue, April 15th, 1932, Mrs. Francis A. Wyman wearing a ermine jacket with a model wearing a satin dress

6. Vogue, November 1st, 1927, Model Marion Morehouse wearing a dress, scarf and wrap by Paquin

7. Vogue, July 15th, 1935, Actress Loretta Young wearing a dress with ruffles and a satin hat

8. Vogue, November 1st, 1934, Mrs. William Wetmore wearing a fox stole with a Gunther dress

9. Vogue, December 21st, 1929, A model wearing an ermine coat with sable trim

Tagged with 1930s due to the majority of these photographs being taken in that decade ;)

I can’t justify keeping two yellow gold dress watches competing for the same wrist time…one must go!

If you’re ever coming to China, PLEASE come to Beijing in April and visit the China National Botanical Garden. The tulips are absolutely unreal 🥺🙏

I took these photos on a weekend trip to the botanical garden on April 11. The sea of tulips was absolutely gorgeous 🌷🥺 And if you walk further into the garden, there are so many other flowers to see too!🫶🏻

Photos by Su Mustecaplioglu c/o Vogue

The reception dress, also by Frankel, is a custom layered chantilly and elderflower lace strapless gown with an asymmetric pick-up drape at the hip. A cascading drape opens into a high slit, revealing a silk lining at the hem.
Hand-cut iris lace appliqués are scattered throughout the gown.

Woods said she wanted a sleeve, so the designer created a lace bolero and then put a full bustier and lace-up corset inside the dress for a "snatched" effect.

The last dress of the final fitting is for Jordyn's welcome party (so technically, the first dress). It's a silk satin slip dress with an asymmetric scarf drape knotted at the strap, falling across the shoulders into a shawl train at the back.

FYI, "swagged" refers to a tailoring technique where fabric is gathered, looped, or draped into soft, U-shaped, cascading folds that cresemble a garland or curtain swag.

Some of my neighbors' beautiful dahlias throughout the neighborhood in Tacoma, Washington.

TLDR: Anantara Kihavah on the Baa Atoll in the Maldives is phenomenal in terms of service, top notch & varied food, eco-lux aesthetics, house reef, and diving options situated in the UNESCO Biosphere Reserve Hanifaru Bay.

I am home one week from a 7 night stay at Anantara Kihavah where I stayed in an over water sunset villa…bear with me, at 44 I am still trying to surface from the jet lag of a 9 hour time zone change from my home on the US east coast.

u/mayisayhitoyourdog booked this trip for me and my 15 year old son, and before I get into how amazing Anantara Kihavah is, I have to mention that I’d have been lost without Joe’s hands-on coordination in the months before I traveled all the way up to moment-to-moment while I travelled from Malé via seaplane to AK.

I flew business class on Etihad from Boston to Malé with an 11 hour layover in Abu Dhabi. Etihad was great, their lounges made the layovers a breeze (though next time I’d take the option for a 2 night layover in AUH), but I have some auto-immune conditions, many food sensitivities that vary in severity, I work a high stress job with few days off & work far too many hours a week…..so it shouldn’t have come as a surprise that I wasn’t in the best shape by the time I got to Malé. I reached out to Joe and told him I was feeling miserable - honestly, a 2 hour delay on the tarmac in AUH meant I missed my original AK seaplane and the Manta Air plane I was being ushered onto would get me to the resort a couple hours sooner, but meant I’d additionally have to take a 20 minute speedboat to AK…..I reached out to Joe in moderate mental/exhaustion breakdown to (I think literally) sob about my “horrific” situation and horrible travel luck. Bless you Joe for dealing with my infinite questions, very specific villa requests, multi property comprehensive packages, that was then capped off with having to deal with me on little sleep, poor food choices, and mentally and physically breaking down upon arrival to a resort half a world away.

I did not get better in the seaplane, in fact, I puked/dry heaved in a vomit bag and sweated profusely )and embarrassingly) through my outfit for the entire 40 minute flight. I am sorry to anyone else on the flight with me; I tried to deteriorate with grace, but fear i may not have been pretty.

I’ll be honest, the next 24hrs are fairly blurry. I know I was deplaned first - for potentially obvious reasons. Because my TA got in touch with the resort and informed them that I was unwell, the team of people who met my son and I knew I was sick and all but carried me onto the boat that was waiting for us. I laid with my head on someone who was not my son’s shoulder for the full boat ride which felt like lasted about 3 minutes as I think I fell asleep…on someone.

There was the traditional Maldivian drum line greeting at the dock, who I drooled by while being helped to the golf cart; cringe. We were given fresh cut young coconuts to sip on, which I promptly threw up after diving out golf cart and onto my hands and knees while my lovely villa host rubbed my back and I wished for the tropical path we were stopped on to open up and swallow me whole to end my misery and embarrassment - if you suffer any of the sudden low blood pressures and/or sodium & sugar drop conditions you know the horrific affiliated nausea and blackout dizziness I’m talking about.

When I got to my villa I was met with electrolytes, prescription anti-nausea meds (compazine or zofran), numerous allergy sensitive in-villa dining dishes, an assortment of desserts and fresh fruits, and fresh brewed herbal ginger tea from their herb garden. I was offered a visit by the clinic’s physician, and declined in lieu of a nap. You’ll notice in the video of the villa we stayed in (I’ll put it in the comments) that the pretty bed decoration is scattered, that’s because I arrived and essentially got in bed. My villa host ordered my son a burger to his very specific specifications (he’s on the spectrum) and showed him how the TV worked and I slept the entire morning. I woke up feeling like a new human in the early afternoon and enjoyed lunch from the in-villa dining menu. That evening at dinner the house physician stopped by my table to ensure I was improved. The following morning at breakfast the house nutritionist went over specific wellness smoothies and shots she felt would be good for boosting my apparently now fragile constitution……lol, I wasn’t always like this. Could I have booked this trip myself and navigated being miserably ill upon arrival without the full court press of support upon arrival? Sure. But, it was really nice to have a bubble of support to float in while I was on a trip so far away in such a vulnerable state. Between Joe & AK, I didn’t think a single thought the entire week I was on the Baa Atoll; everything just appeared or was waiting for me…

Over water villa vs beach villa:
I stayed in a sunset overwater villa and specifically requested to be as far down the boardwalk as possible, with the most privacy, and access to snorkeling from the villa pool deck. The day I checked out I was given a beach villa to use for the day. I’ll put videos of both in the comments. I can’t vacation with bugs, and even though the resort sprays and there are many awesome wildlife that help maintain the mosquitoes, I got bitten a couple times while reading on the garden swing while waiting for my 5:30pm seaplane departure - not to say it was swarms, a few here and there. But there are zero bugs or mosquitoes on OWV areas, and I always prefer zero bugs. Also, the beach villa I was in had exclusively outdoor bathrooms and showers - I feel confident that in the typical beach villas there are indoor toilet and shower options, but I didn’t ask and wouldn’t be able to shower or use the toilet after dark…again, bugs.

Snorkeling & Excursions
The house reef is unreal - eagle rays, lemon sharks, black tip reef sharks, moray eels, giant clams, big fishes, sting rays, etc.
We did 3 manta excursions, 1 nurse shark excursion, and one night dive on the house reef. We went to snorkel; AK’s house reef and dive team helped knock off numerous bucket list dive items from our list. I’m still in a daze trying to fathom everything we saw.

We went during the monsoon/rainy season and knew what to expect from the weather. We went to chase the giant manta migration that annually passes through Hanifaru Bay as the priority of the trip - come hell or (literal) high water. That said, these were not the “catamaran and float with a drift bar and have lunch on the sail back” type snorkel excursions we’ve done in Hawaii and Mexico many times over the years…..this felt more like we were smuggling cocaine in a fast boat through the Caribbean 😂😂

The currents were no joke, the boats are small and fast, the water is rough, and the waves are big. Lots of people were seasick on each excursion we went on. My villa host went to the clinic every morning we had a dive and brought both my son and I anti-nausea medications. I grew up on boats and weathered a few nor’easters with my stubborn father on the Sakonnet Bay…I have able sea legs; I was very grateful for the medications each trip 😂

The dive team are world class and are both from the Maldives and know the waters, and are from international places and came to study the ocean.

Service
Phenomenal. We had the same villa host from the moment we arrived until the moment we left, 24/7. Same for the gentleman who cleaned our villa each morning and did turndown service in the evening. Every staff were aware of my allergy needs and my son’s very limited palate. The director of dining’s favorite expression is, “why not?” to requests that I personally felt were insane….a hamburger at a fine dining prefix caviar lunch, that I was also modifying for my weird food needs.
I’ll spare furthering my gab, but above speaks to the “whatever, whenever, if ever” you need it, it will be done or anticipated. I had expected there being some sort of “medical/health wellness” charge on my final folio for all the numerous extra touch points and medical and nutritional services provided my first 24hrs and then in medications throughout the stay for both me and my son, but there were no charges. In fact, since we didn’t do breakfast our arrival morning and rather numerous options were brought from the in-villa dining, AK covered our lunch that we ordered that arrival day as part of our half board package.

Every member of the team at AK endeavors to create as close to perfection as is possible for all guests.

Restaurants & In-Villa Dining
There are five restaurants:
Fire: Hibatchi & Asian; very fun and interactive and delicious.
Spice: Thai & Japanese; my favorite (we ate here 3 nights) best pad Thai I’ve ever had in my life
Manzaru: Mediterranean & rotating theme cultural nights; very good, don’t sleep on the risottos
Plates: Breakfast buffet and to-order table side; the number of options is staggering and mouth watering. So much of the fruit served, juiced, and put into smoothies is grown by Prem (master of the orchids, omg) in the greenhouse. Rose apples, snake fruit, lychee, passion fruit, longan fruits, etc. I didn’t love the varietal of pineapple served and juiced…more fiberous and less juicy.
Sea: Underwater fine dining & pre-fix caviar lunch and dinner options; an experience not to be missed, and the food excellent.
In-Villa Dining: 24/7 & a lengthy and varied menu. We ordered lunch in every day, and I can argue that nothing tastes better than a meal eaten while gently swaying on a hanging bed over the Indian Ocean.

Nearly everything is scratch made on island. All the breads, jams, juices, smoothies, sauces, gelatos, soups, etc. are made in-house and there isn’t a menu item that can’t be modified. Beverages are not included in the half board package - I spent $60 on 2 bottles of still and 2 bottles of sparking Aqua Panna at dinner more than one evening. In the villas, and at plates (and maybe Manzaru for lunch) you can order complementary as much of the “Kihavah Still” or “Kihavah Sparkling” waters that are bottled on island, but at dinner $15/bottle is the only water offered. I don’t drink alcohol, but mocktails were in the $15-$20 range (and worth it, it’s vacation)…I think we spent about $1,100.00 on lunches, beverages, and my son’s sneaky finger in the minibar that I discovered on our last day.

The food was excellent and ranged from approachable to true fine dining with master chefs.

The Property
Beautiful. It’s the Maldives. Everything is very clean, and the aesthetic upscale but eco and representative of Maldivian culture. I found everywhere to be pristine, tasteful, elegant, and designed to invite relaxation and environmental beauty.
The beach is maintained every morning for the coral and flip flops (☹️) that wash up overnight from the tides and currents that travel between islands. I circumnavigated the island every morning just after sunrise (I don’t sleep well or much anywhere) and couldn’t believe the undertaking completed every morning before (most) guests wake up.

Spa
I skipped spa days for snorkel days. I heard it’s lovely though. All treatment villas are overwater and have the option for full ocean view with sliding doors open toward the water.

You’re Still Here?
Thanks for reading. I love living vicariously through other peoples trips and hearing honest reviews of properties….I found Anantara Kihavah mentioned on this sub I think. I’ve more than once been accused of being pedantic - I can’t help myself, I love the details of all things everywhere. It makes me very good in my career, but I can be a tricky traveler. Anantara Kihavah and u/mayisayhitoyourdog gave me the most beautiful, breathtaking, awe inducing week of my life….it didn’t feel real; it was like stepping into a dream where time stopped and every wish immediately came true.

It was a heck of an adventure to get there, and if you can I cannot recommend it enough. Sorry for typos/wordiness I am still on an 8pm-3am circadian rhythm 😂

1 to 12: Balenciaga Wedding dress, Balenciaga M.O.B. dress

13, 14: Alaïa pre-wedding dress

15, 16: Oscar de la Renta pre-wedding dress

17 to 19: Vivienne Westwood reception dress

Per Vogue:

“After my mom broke the news that Balenciaga was game to make my gown, I sent some reference images of iconic 1950s Cristóbal Balenciaga designs, and not long after, we were sent a deck of about seven sketches,” Tallulah recalls. “I pulled my two favorite elements, including the jeweled petal design on the skirt and the dramatic drapery around the hips, and didn’t see anything else until the day we walked into Pierpaolo’s office in Paris. With the light dappling down from a sunroof, my dress was presented in all her glory. After some minor tweaks to best support my 5-foot-4-inch proportions, we tried on the leather gloves and the veil.” (The neckline was inspired by a Balenciaga look Tallulah’s mother wore to the Vanity Fair Oscar party, a simple black sheath with a sculptural Balenciaga neckline, and the final look took 712 hours to create.)

With then-partner Matt Bellamy.

Fun stuff seen in the LV store at Bellagio

They have been together for 16 years and have a teenage daughter.