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A Modern Red-and-White Wedding in a Loft in New York City

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The Happy Couple

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Randi wears a silk dress and jacket with pearl buttons that she helped design; Jacob's suit is by Paul Smith

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The Stationery Suite

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The stationery, designed by Randi, is letterpressed in brown ink. The stickers on envelopes and addresses on reply cards are outlined with a rubber stamp inspired by a vintage label. The invitations are blind hit (impressed with ink) in Hebrew with the biblical love story of Jacob and Rachel (Randi's Hebrew name); highlighted are the words "Jacob kissed Rachel." Each bundle is tied with baker's twine.

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The Ketubah

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Randi signs the ketubah before the ceremony begins.

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The Ceremony

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The couple attached Jacob's grandfather's prayer shawl to bamboo poles to create the huppa.

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The Wedding Program

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A bridesmaid reads the program, a photocopied collage of inspiration, such as the ring Jacob used to propose and a label noting the date.

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The Bride's Bouquet

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Randi's bouquet mixes chrysanthemums, celosia, ranunculus, scabiosa, eucalyptus fruit, hypericum fruit, and a medley of other blooms and berries; the stems are wrapped in pink fabric and embellished with a vintage French hat pin and a mother-of-pearl button; Randi tucked a handkerchief from her grandmother, who was unable to attend, among the blooms before walking down the aisle.

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The Couple's Dog

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Mingling with guests is the couple's dog, Olive, who wears a festive string of faux pearls.

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Boutonnieres

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Groomsmen's boutonnieres combine flowers found in the bride's bouquet, like scabiosa and eucalyptus fruit, and are bound in red-and-white seersucker.

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Bridesmaids

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Bridesmaids look on as the couple recite their vows; attendants chose their own attire in chocolate-brown hues with pink or red accents.

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Guests

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Randi's sister, Cindy Kasner, and a young guest smile for the camera.

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Reception Decor

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The couple adhered to a red-and-white color scheme for reception tables; oversized helium balloons are tied with baker's twine to small rocks wrapped in red-and-white striped cotton shirting; table numbers painted onto hang tags using stencils from a hardware store are tied in place on the twine.

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Centerpieces

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White bowls filled with cushion moss on a red-and-white-striped runner dot tables; napkins are tied with striped ribbon.

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Toasts

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The groom's sister, Anna, mother, Debby, and father, Kenn, listen as toasts are given.

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Wedding Cake

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In addition to fresh summer fruit and ice cream, guests are treated to coconut-flecked red velvet cake with sweet buttercream frosting for dessert; the cake, like many elements in the celebration, bears stripes in the wedding's principal hues: red and white.

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Hora

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Following Jewish tradition, Jacob and Randi are hoisted in chairs for the hora as friends and family dance around them.

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Celebrating

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Randi's sister-in-law and bridesmaid, Lisa Brookman, applauds the newlyweds.

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At the Reception

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Randi's uncle, Murray Brookman, claps to the beat during the hora.

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More Comfortable Shoes

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After the ceremony, Jacob and Randi wear more comfortable footwear: white sneakers for him, gold ballet slippers for her.

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Jewish Tradition

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According to Jewish custom, when parents marry off their last child, they are honored in a congratulatory dance called the mezinka; here, Randi's mother and father, Judy and Shim Brookman, are encircled by guests as they wear crowns of orchids.

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Wedding Favor and Seating Card

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A CD of the couple's favorite music doubles as a favor and seating card; the adhesive labels on the vellum envelopes are marked with the same rubber stamp as the one used for the invitation packet; vintage stamps were used to indicate table numbers.

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Wedding Photography: Liz Linder
Still Photography: Laurie Frankel
Catering and Cake: Foremost Glatt Kosher Caterers
Floral Design: Fleurs Bella
Groom's Suit: Paul Smith
Stationery Printing: Em Space Editions

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    1 of 21 The Happy Couple
    2 of 21 The Stationery Suite
    3 of 21 The Ketubah
    4 of 21 The Ceremony
    5 of 21 The Wedding Program
    6 of 21 The Bride's Bouquet
    7 of 21 The Couple's Dog
    8 of 21 Boutonnieres
    9 of 21 Bridesmaids
    10 of 21 Guests
    11 of 21 Reception Decor
    12 of 21 Centerpieces
    13 of 21 Toasts
    14 of 21 Wedding Cake
    15 of 21 Hora
    16 of 21 Celebrating
    17 of 21 At the Reception
    18 of 21 More Comfortable Shoes
    19 of 21 Jewish Tradition
    20 of 21 Wedding Favor and Seating Card
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