Hilary Swank got married over the weekend in a redwood forest preserve
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Academy Award-winning actress Hilary Swank deserves some sort of award for keeping her recent wedding ceremony a secret. The 44-year-old married social media venture entrepreneur Philip Schneider, her boyfriend of two years, over the weekend in the Santa Lucia Preserve in Carmel, California. Vogue reported the story and featured all of the details and envy-inducing photos from the ceremony and reception.
Hilary Swank’s ethereal Elie Saab Couture wedding dress—which was comprised of 25 meters of Chantilly lace, eight meters of silk chiffon, and six meters of organza silk—took 150 hours to create, of which 70 hours were focused exclusively on embroidery. https://t.co/AVtdfvYTZ0
— Vogue Magazine (@voguemagazine) August 21, 2018
With the preserve’s massive redwoods serving as the backdrop, the couple were wed in front of family and friends. Mariska Hargitay was the maid of honor. Hilary’s father, Stephen, for whom she took a three-year break from acting to care for after he had a lung transplant, walked her down the aisle. The couple’s rescue dog, Kai, was the ring bearer and Philip’s father was his best man. The setting for the ceremony was chosen because her father is unable to fly.
When it came to the dress, Hilary recruited designer Elie Saab to create a gown as breathtaking as the ceremony’s gorgeous natural setting. The gown was made of Chantilly lace, silk chiffon, and organza silk and took a team of seven people 150 hours to create. Of the gown, Hilary told Vogue, “I wanted something romantic that felt as timeless as the redwood grove where we were to be married, and he delivered—designing something that far surpassed my greatest expectations. It was everything I imagined and more.” She wore a 19-foot-long tulle veil and gorgeous silver Christian Louboutin heels with ribbon straps.
After the ceremony, the couple donned matching denim jackets emblazoned with a bird and “Philary 8.18.18.” (since when did this become a trend? I blame Kaley Cuoco) and headed to their reception, which was held in a rustic barn. During the reception, Hilary and Philip performed a special Fred Astaire/Ginger Rogers-inspired dance to the Moby song, “In My Heart”. For the routine, Hilary changed into a dress by Maria Grazia Chiuri of Dior and custom-made Louboutin tap shoes. Yes, she had designer tap shoes.
All in all, it certainly looked like a fairy tale wedding, and Hilary couldn’t have been more pleased with the outcome, telling Vogue, “It was timeless. There is just no other way to describe it. I was overwhelmed with such gratitude and thanks to be marrying the man of my dreams and to see all the people we love together in the middle of such a profound setting. It was truly a dream come true.” As far as I’m concerned, it couldn’t have happened to a nicer person. I admired her when she put her family first and cared for her ailing father and I’m glad he was there to make her day even more memorable.
Photos: Getty, WENN
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