The dessert was a look in and of itself, and was designed by Starkman’s sister, Sidney Starkman, a pastry maker, who traveled from her home of Toronto, Canada to specially construct the multilayer cake. A black sesame yuzu cream cheese olive oil cake with a strawberry passion fruit mascarpone olive oil cake, it came airbrushed with Kirichenko and Kuan’s names, and was decorated with edible pearls and candied rhubarb bows. The cake’s topper, which showed the couple in mid-dance―Kuan in confectionary-sweet Simone Rocha and Kirichenko in a blue suit by Adam Kimmel―was created by the Instagram figurine connoisseur, @_unfollowing.
As for the wedding itself, which boasted a dress code of “more is more is more,” Kirichenko appeared in a look that made a glitzy impact: a Stüssy x Dries Van Noten crystal-pinstriped suit that Kuan initially bought for herself. “I didn’t tailor this yet and it is his perfect size,” says Kuan. The guests, which included plenty of fashion editors and stylists, were dressed to impress: an expansive tulle Molly Goddard skirt in nuclear lavender made an appearance, as did a custom harness, and a flash of pearl underwear. “It’s always nice to have an excuse to dress up,” said Kuan’s right hand Fiona Luo who wore a body-skimming Rick Owens number. “Especially the excuse to wear an esoteric coordinating outfit with your man—but the cherry on top was dressing up for a room of people who you know understood the assignment!” And let’s not forget Kirichenko and Kuan’s mothers, who by chance coordinated in slinky gold dresses.
Kuan had three outfit changes as a way to pay homage to both the Western tradition of wearing white to a wedding and the Asian tradition of wearing red. Her makeup was done by makeup artist Grace Ahn and her sculptural nails were created by Mei Kawajiri. For the first portion of the wedding, Kuan donned a white Simone Rocha dress, an exclusive to Ssense, complete with a drop waist and lace-trimmed skirt along with a tiered lace veil. “I felt like a lacy marshmallow but so fab,” said Kuan at the time, holding a custom Swarovski-bedazzled Luar Ana bag. “I couldn’t see through [it]. Anatoly had to hold my hand.” Her second look was custom-made by Carly Mark of Puppets and Puppets, a mini red dress slathered in sequins that boasted boning at the skirt. (For this look Kuan’s hair was decorated with red braided extensions by Chika Nishiyama that her friend Eri helped her clip in.) For the final look, Kuan wore a saucy baby pink brocade mini dress by the designer Kim Shui which included crystal tassels on the capulet portion.
While Kuan and Kirichenko chose to skip many of the ceremonial aspects―“we just want people to feast and party and have fun,” says Kuan―there were a few nods to Jewish tradition along the way. The couple enlisted Noah Rinsky of the Instagram account @oldjewishmen to MC the wedding, who injected the event with borscht belt humor and rallied the crowd into a traditional hora, where Kirichenko and Kuan were hoisted up into chairs. The party went on with more guests shuffling in wearing their most head-turning step-and-repeat-ready looks, and continued into the wee hours of the morning, with karaoke and dancing to the sounds of DJs Crush Sahara and DeSe Escobar.
Kuan tried her best to not manage the event as she would like any other PR occasion she plans—but at one point, she couldn’t help herself. “I was like, ‘I had to go downstairs and brief the check-in staff and train them how to do the iPads!’” Luckily, her coworker took over, allowing Kuan to be a bride.
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