The bride and a flower girl. The lush ceremony site. Bernstein in a Ralph Lauren Black Label tux. The hotel’s iconic sign. BELOW Feld wore an Amsale gown. A quiet moment by the pool. FROM LEFT
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mily Feld and Jordan Bernstein “have one of those funny stories,” says the bride: Feld met Bernstein’s sister at summer camp in Maine when they were nine years old. They reconnected years later at the University of Michigan, where ’lil sis finally introduced her big bro to her old friend at graduation. “She always said I’d be perfect for her brother,” Feld recounts. Her instincts proved more than right; after a Santa Monica beach-towel proposal, Feld, who works in marketing, and Bernstein, a restaurant attorney, wed last August. “As two individuals who enjoy classic elegance, how could we choose anything but the Beverly Hills Hotel?” asks Feld, who wore a backless Amsale ball gown and had über-planner Mindy Weiss design the affair. Feld and Bernstein exchanged vows in the famed pink lodging’s Crystal Garden under a chuppah of white roses, hydrangeas and greenery by Mark’s Garden. They followed the ceremony with a private poolside moment (“We dipped our feet in the water to get them ready for an evening of dancing!” Feld says). Twenty-four hours after getting down with guests in the hotel’s Crystal Ballroom to the Cowling Band and tunes spun by DJ Mel DeBarge, the couple was off to Bali, where they spent nine days, plus four more in Hong Kong. A perfect escape after a perfect day.•
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ABOVE Mirrored tabletops in the hotel’s Art Deco ballroom. The bride and groom with her family. BELOW A tiered dulce de leche cake by NancyKay’s Confections. The couple with Bernstein’s cousin, Alex Kassan.
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