Engagements
C R A I G PAU L S O N ( C AT B U C K LE Y ) ; PAT R I C K M C M U LL A N ( A S H LE Y S I M KO )
ENGAGEMENTS
Ashley Simko & Alban Delierre
Cat Buckley & Michael Leavey
Catherine Abrams & William McKee
Ashley Simko and Alban Delierre will be married in Villefranche-surMer, France, on September 3. The bride—daughter of Paul Simko and Randall Missimer—was raised in Woodbury, Connecticut, before attending the Hotchkiss School and Carnegie Mellon University. The groom—son of Ilda Delierre—was raised in Paris, France, before attending the European School of Economics in Milan, Italy, and the IPAG Business School in Paris, France. At the wedding, the bride’s sister Afton Simko will serve as maid of honor and the groom’s brother Alexander Delierre will serve as best man. The couple is delighted to incorporate the children of their close friends—Sean and Rachelle Hruska MacPherson and Igor and Caroline Simic—into the ceremony as flower girls and ring bearers. Ashley and Alban, who reside in an apartment in Chelsea, became engaged while traveling in Marrakesh, Morocco.
Cat and Michael will be married at The Lighthouse at Chelsea Piers on May 14. The bride—who hails from Washington, D.C., and attended the College of Charleston—is the daughter of Christopher Buckley and Lucy Buckley, and the stepdaughter of Dr. Katherine Close. The groom—who hails from Manchester, New Hampshire, and attended Loyola University Maryland—is the son of James and Claire Leavey. The couple became engaged in the middle of Gramercy Park before toasting the occasion with their mothers at Pete’s Tavern on Irving Place (as arranged by Michael). At the wedding, Cat’s friend Kick Kennedy will serve as maid of honor and Michael’s brother Chris Leavey will serve as best man. The festivities are being planned by Ashley Douglass of Ashley Douglass Events. The bride works at Vanity Fair and the groom works at Morgan Stanley. The couple lives in the Financial District with their cat, Salem.
Catherine and William will be married at the Westhampton Bath and Tennis Resort in Westhampton, New York, on May 21. The bride is the daughter of Edward and Carol Abrams. She was raised in Stillwater, New Jersey, before attending Georgetown University. The groom is the son of Rusty and Libby McKee. He was raised in Old Greenwich, Connecticut, before attending Duke University. William proposed to Catherine by the Hudson River in TriBeCa before boarding Foolish Pleasure—which his parents brought from Connecticut for the occasion. They continued the celebration at Locanda Verde at the Greenwich Hotel. At the wedding, the bride’s friend Britaania Poppie will serve as maid of honor and the groom’s twin Parker McKee will serve as best man. Catherine and William, who reside in an apartment in Brooklyn, were introduced at Phebe’s during their first years in the city. F E B R U A RY 2 0 1 6 1 1 1