But a year quickly turned into two, and two turned into three.
They still didnt have any answers.
By year four, even the nosiest aunt left them alone.
Photo: Hunter Abrams
Were both quite private people and neither of us loved the idea of being the center of attention.
That all changed on Valentines Day in 2024.
They wouldnt take her evasive one day!
They really lit a fire under me about getting married!
The idea came to Willow one April day on the ferry from Brooklyn to Manhattan.
Within hours, Eaddy had made contact with its onsite events planner.
It all felt like kismet after so long, Willow says.
With only four months between then and August, the wedding planning process was fast and furious.
Willow asked Raul Avila, whom she frequently works with atVogue, to do the decor.
Eaddy, meanwhile, stepped in to coordinate with the River Cafe.
The save-the-dates went out the night before the Met Gala.
I think a couple of my friends thought I was having a nervous breakdown, she says.
Then, there was the dress.
Youd think a fashion editor would know exactly what to wear to her wedding.
She says, laughing.
She agreedand even added a cape.
She had the dress ready in three weeks, Willow says.
Shes truly a miracle worker.
Wickstead still had one more miracle to perform.
A week before the wedding, DHL lost Willows wedding dress somewhere in Leicester, England.
At the last possible moment, they got the call: DHL had found the package.
(Oh, my God, Emilia says about the ordeal, laughing.
Willow was the most relaxed bride Ive ever possibly met in my life!)
The dress required a few last-minute alterations.
So Willow called Cha Cha Zutic, the beloved dressmaker and seamstress who often works onVogueshoots.
She made the final tweaks overnight.
Her friends Mia, Gabi, and Rebecca came to watch her get ready.
Meanwhile, another friend, photographer Hunter Abrams, came over to start taking pictures.
The couple had their first look on the Fouquets balcony.
Eric called my dad and asked him.
Overhearing that call was one of the highlights of the whole wedding for me.)
Both their respective mothers walked them down the aisle.
