Inside Alana Hadid’s Backyard Wedding in LA – Where Sisters Bella and Gigi Were Barefoot Bridesmaids

For her wedding dress, Alana knew she wanted something vintage although she wasn’t sure if she’d be able to find something that would work for her height. Luckily, Tab Vintage came up trumps, with the bride settling upon an archival Vivienne Westwood dress. “[When] I tried it on, I immediately knew it was mine,” she remembers. “I think it was like a size 16 or something, which was actually so perfect, because it had no draping, no ruching just amazing sleeves. Because it was larger, my tailor could do all the alterations and make it mine.”

When it came to her accessories, Alana opted for another family heirloom her mother Mary’s amethyst earrings along with a series of necklaces by Dorsey, and a custom diamond and gold wedding band by Sofia Kaman. As an added sentimental touch, the bride attached her grandmother’s ring onto her bouquet of California wildflowers, which were also stitched into her veil, in keeping with the outdoors ceremony. Meanwhile, Alana’s bridesmaids sisters Bella, Gigi (who both went barefoot) and Marielle all wore green dresses of their own choosing, along with Dorsey jewellery that she gifted them.

Music was an important part of the ceremony, with bridesmaids Marielle, Gigi, Bella and Alana’s brother and “male-of-honour” Anwar walking down the aisle to a Palestinian song,“Ya Tal3een” by Dana Salah, and Alana entering to “Thank You” by Led Zeppelin. “It was really about us expressing to each other and what it meant to become a family,” Alana says of the ceremony, which was officiated by one of the couple’s best friends. “It was very personal; we wrote our own vows and said something for Ross’s daughter, now my step-daughter.”

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Naturally, Alana whose dad Mohamed is Palestinian wanted to celebrate her heritage on her wedding day, including at the drinks reception, where there was a special espresso and matcha bar by Mokafe and specialty cola drinks by Drink Palestina, both of which are Palestinian-American owned. Meanwhile, members of the bridal party received custom gift bags that included Mokafe tumblers, Drink Palestina Cola and olive green keffiyehs by Kuvrd. “Especially with what’s going on in the world right now and what’s happening in Palestine, it was extremely important to make sure that everyone was keeping in their mind the fact that there are people in the world who are suffering,” the bride reflects.

Following the drinks reception, Alana and Ross had their first dance to “No Machine” by Adrianne Lenker, before a father-daughter dance to “Yesterday” by The Beatles (Alana’s dad Mohamed’s “favourite song”). Then came the dinner, served along tables decorated with moss and hydrangeas by Melissa Andre Design Co (in keeping with the woodland theme), featuring a Persian salad to start followed by a choice of grilled branzino, hanger steak and eggplant parmigiana as the mains, and the couple’s half-and-half chocolate and lemon meringue wedding cake for dessert.

To round off the night, Alana changed into her reception dress by Sandra Mansour as guests took to dance floor with a DJ playing everything from “Abba to Arabic music”, a reflection of the couple’s eclectic taste. The evening finished at a respectable 11.30pm, with an after-party at Petit Ermitage for anyone who wanted to carry on dancing, and a pool party the next day for family and friends.

Looking back on the day now, it was everything that Alana and Ross had hoped for, and more. “I’m so honoured that so many people made the effort to come from all over the world, from Tunisia, Kuwait, from Paris, Hawaii people who are important to us now, but also important to our marriage going forward,” the bride reflects. “I feel like we were surrounded by love the whole time.”

Article originally published on British Vogue.