“I love , but I’m not much of a bridal person,” says fashion and beauty entrepreneur Olivia Palermo. “I am much more of a fashion girl – and I am very nontraditional in that sense. I take every opportunity to make something into a fashion moment.
” Olivia Palermo first met Johannes Huebl, who is a model, back in 2008 through a mutual friend at a movie screening in New York City. The two began dating that November, and this year marks their 17th year of being together and their 10th year married. “I proposed to Olivia on New Year’s Eve in 2013 while we were on holiday in St Barts,” Johannes remembers.
“It was just the two of us in an idyllic setting and a very special moment.” For her civil ceremony in 2014, Olivia wore a custom look by Carolina Herrera that came about after attending a market appointment and falling for a skirt. Using that design as the starting point, she worked with the Carolina Herrera team to explore their archives and put together the perfect custom look.
“I wore cashmere with feathers and shorts with an overlay skirt [to my civil ceremony],” Olivia says. “I always think about the setting for any look I’m wearing and making sure it tells a story, so the look just made sense to me for the occasion.” That look ended up going viral, with one popular Reddit thread titled: “The hold Olivia Palermo’s wedding look had over me.
..” Olivia’s cashmere sweater, silk faille shorts, and tulle overlay skirt were avant-garde and tr.
