An Opulent, Sophisticated Same-Sex Wedding in Toronto

Jamie and Justin started their journey towards Mr. & Mr. 9 years in the past. After an opportunity assembly on an evening out, the 2 organized a lunch date the place they talked for hours over a large boat of sushi. Quick-forward to 2018, and Justin popped the query on a visit to Scandinavia. “Justin orchestrated probably the most romantic proposal throughout a stopover in Flam, a small village in Norway,” Jamie remembers with a smile. “I discovered later he had been hiding our rings in a pair of socks for the remaining half of our journey, which I discovered extraordinarily amusing!”

The couple have been intimately concerned in planning each facet of their marriage ceremony. When searching for inpso, they have been drawn to the magnificence and crispness of white, however needed to combine in some moody masculinity. “With our planner Lexi, of Lexington and Co. Occasions, we discovered a picture of a bouquet containing white ranunculus, white amaryllis, navy privet berries and kumquats on the department (for a pop of orange and deep inexperienced), all completely organized in a gunmetal vase,” Jamie says. “This represented the magnificence we needed, with the orange representing our playful personalities and the excessive vitality of the day we envisioned.”

Justin and Jamie hosted 180 company for his or her grand fête and stated their ‘I dos’ on a customized stage loaded with candles and lanterns to create a beautiful, glowing ambiance. The bridal occasion had 5 groomsmaids, all outfitted in bespoke robes by Mikhael Kale, a good friend of the couple. Jamie was part of the artistic course of for the clothes, serving to to decide on materials and silhouettes for every groomsmaid. “We didn’t have a bride at our marriage ceremony, so we actually needed to spotlight the fantastic thing about the ladies concerned in it,” Jamie explains. Three flower ladies accompanied a particular ring bearer—the couple’s canine, Diesel, decked out in his personal dashing wee tuxedo— down the aisle. The ceremony was a favorite second of the day. “We wrote our personal vows, which was very nerve-wracking, but in addition very particular,” Jamie shares, including that “the lead-up to strolling down the aisle was a complete adrenaline rush!”

The reveal of their dream reception area was additionally a excessive level. Suspended above their King’s Desk was a 26-foot set up of inexperienced and white florals, whereas candles, grapes and kumquat branches ran down the centre of the desk beneath. “It was magical to see the whole lot and really feel all of the love and vitality within the room. We had the very best workforce serving to us—Lexi and our florist, Wild North, nailed the whole lot!”

When it got here time to occasion, the night kicked off with mother- and-son dances, which was an impromptu ash mob—a shock deliberate by good friend and Justin’s brother, who owns a dance studio. “He referred to as up a bunch of our company to show them dance strikes earlier than our marriage ceremony,” Jamie shares. “It was an enormous shock that we liked and can always remember!” Friends spent the remainder of the night time on the ground, dancing to the sounds of Symmetry Studios, a nine- piece band. “They saved the night buzzing, from cocktails by way of dinner and dancing,” notes Jamie. “It completely gave our celebration a personalized, curated and complex feeling.”

Jamie Knoepfli and Justin Lopresti, September 20, 2019, Toronto, Ontario.

Images courtesy of Liza Litvinocvitch from Mango Studios.  

Distributors: 
Venue: Casa Loma
Marriage ceremony planner: Lexington and Co.
Groom’s tuxes: Surmesur
Groomsmaid robes: Mikhael Kale
Groomsmen’s apparel: Esco Clothiers
Flowers: Wild North Flowers
Hair and make-up: Aniya Nandy
Favours: MS Society of Canada and The 519
Desserts: Sud Forno 
Music:  Symmetry Studios
Stationery: The Beautiful Script
Menu, seating chart and bar indicators: Grace Boivin
Marriage ceremony bands: Stephen Andrew Assortment