NICOLE FELD & JONATHAN STRAUSS MAY 0/ FOUR SEASONS RESORT/ NEVIS B Y K AT I E R O S T P H OTO S BY H E I N Z K LU E T M E I E R
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hen the circus is your life, a wedding might be the ultimate opportunity to do something over the top. But Nicole Feld, producer of Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus – and eldest daughter of circus owner Kenneth Feld and his wife Bonnie – decided to make this a low-key event. “As someone who produces shows for a living, I didn’t want to produce a wedding,” Nicole said. Instead, she chose to elope with her longtime love – casting director Jonathan Strauss – to the Four Seasons resort in Nevis, a tiny island in the Caribbean. After dating for six years, Jonathan and Nicole opted for a short engagement: just six-weeks. Over Memorial Day weekend, the young couple wed in a sunset ceremony before 18 family members. Nicole wore a Vera Wang gown which her trusted stylist, Katie Jaggers from Saks Fifth Avenue, selected from the store’s bridal department in New York. After a two-week honeymoon in Portugal and Spain, Nicole and Jon headed back to the U.S. for an extended celebration. JoAnn and Stanley Pearlman, Shirley Feld, Tom and Susan Gage, David and Suzanne Hillman and Rynthia Rost headed to Manhattan to party with the newlyweds at Spice Market, Jean-Georges Vongerichten’s chic new restaurant in the meat-packing district. Nicole claims that marriage hasn’t changed anything. “It hasn’t hit me. I hope it’s always like this. We’re still dating,” she says. Nicole has a glow that only a wedding, true love, or a good microdermabration facial can achieve .... And yes, Jonathan has a glow too!
ashion was the theme of the day at Fallon Hanin and Matt Zonarich’s extravagant wedding at the M Street Ritz Carlton. The bridal party sat facing the aisle as if the ceremony was a scene from New York Fashion Week. Antique dining tables flown in especially for the event, a cascading hand-strung bouquet of orchids for the bride and custom-changed lighting by Frost contributed to the aura of old-world elegance. The glitz of Las Vegas was represented by the Bellaggio’s house band, ISIS, who played an upbeat set with only two slow songs in the mix: the couple’s first dance to “Your Song” by Sir Elton John and the bride’s dance with her father to Michael Buble’s “Home.” A captivating performance by a premier electric violinist topped off the magical evening.
Top to bottom– Feld and Strauss at the Four Seasons in Nevis / The couple just after their ceremony / Tom Gage, Susan Gage, and Bonnie Feld; photo by Jonathan Levine
Right, top to bottom– Hanin and Zonarich were married under a custom-made canopy of roses and dogwoods / Antique tables were flown in to add an old-world look
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FALLON HANIN & MATT ZONARICH APRIL 0/ WASHINGTON/ D%C% BY JENNIER STIEBEL PHOTOS BY RICHARD GREENHOUSE
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