I would walk around dragging the dress through the floor and pose.
The bride’s grandmother at her 1950 wedding.
Dora Julia admits she never thought seriously about marriageuntil she met her wife, Bara Gumundsdottir.
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Dora Julia first connected with Bara when she hosted a weekly karaoke night downtown Reykjavik.
Bara would sometimes go there on dateswhich is kind of funny and cute, says Dora Julia.
After talking all night at a party, the two clicked and just really fell for each other.
The bride’s grandmother at her 1950 wedding.
Here we are five years later!
The couple got engaged on a trip to Paris in 2022but they werent initially planning on it.
We bought two identical rings in Vivienne Westwood and put them on outside the Louvre during sunset.
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Then a year later, we bought real engagement rings.
I have always adored that dress and I have such beautiful photos of her on her wedding day.
She adds, My grandmother passed away in 2019 and we were very close.
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It was so incredibly precious and such an honor to be able to wear her dress.
Luckily, her grandmothers gown barely needed any work.
It was literally like it had been customized for me and fit perfectlywild really, she shares.
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My favorite Icelandic designerSif Benedictasteamed and pressed it for hours and fixed two buttons, she says.
To accessorize, Dora Julia purchased a whiteJacquemusbag and aStaudfaux fur jacket in the same palette.
We always knew we wanted to work with Icelandic artists and designers for the wedding.
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We have such an amazing variety of talented people here, says Dora Julia.
It was really easy to choose Sif.
We are both obsessed with her iconic suits and she did not disappoint with these amazing wedding looks.
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I was super excited about her look and I am so inspired by her style, she explains.
We are so different and she would never ever wear a dress.
She was the most beautiful bride in her white, customized suit.
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There were no secrets and no surpriseswe wanted to do the whole thing together, says Dora Julia.
We went together to fittings with our best friends and drank champagne.
When your wife is your best friend, you dont really want to do any of it without her.
It was so beautiful.
Another special moment was having the bishop of Iceland, Gurun Karls Helgudottir, marry them.
I think that was powerful.
The newlywed describes the wedding as an epic party.
We had amazing artists perform and Bara did around 10 stage dives, shares Dora Julia.
It was so cute.
I get teary every time I hear it!
