The Bride Wore a Pearl-Embroidered Danielle Frankel Dress to Marry at the Foot of the Elk Mountains

After this experience, Eve will be the first to tell you that custom is not for the faint of heart. “Because the embroidery had to be done from scratch, the initial time I saw—let alone tried on—the outer pearl layer of the dress was two weeks before I left for the wedding!” Eve says. “It was all worth it, though, not only for the end result but also for the process itself. I love being a litigator, and I feel extremely privileged to do what I do for a living, but it doesn’t always leave much room in my day-to-day life for artistic creativity or sartorial expression.” Working on the dress was a creative outlet for Eve, she explains. “And I was able to share that experience with my loved ones, which made it even more special,” she says. “For example, my dear friend Colin Macgregor—who is, among other things, the design director at La Ligne—and I exchanged dozens of makeshift mockups each time we thought about changing any detail.”

In the lead-up to the wedding weekend, Matt added some new items to his wardrobe that felt special to him, but also made use of items he already owned. “Generally, his style is relaxed and understated,” Eve explains. On the first night, he wore a Ralph Lauren Purple Label cashmere hoodie with other things he already owned. To the “Till Death Do Us Party,” he wore a dark maroon suit that a former teammate gifted him during his first Major League season in 2016, paired with a Loro Piana turtleneck. And finally, he wore a black shawl-collar tuxedo by Tom Ford to the ceremony and reception.

After the bride walked down the aisle, the service was officiated by Chief Judge Sri Srinivasan of the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, who Eve clerked for, at the foot of Mt. Crested Butte. “In the legal world, Judge Srinivasan is well-known as a gifted speaker and thinker, but he’s also an unusually kind, warm, and naturally funny person, and we were lucky to have him as our officiant to set the mood,” Eve says. “Our siblings delivered their own modern, secularized interpretations of the seven blessings, and Matt’s father’s best friend, Kevin Gallagher, read the poem ‘Late Fragment’ by Raymond Carver.” The bride and groom wrote their own vows. “I’m not articulate enough to describe it without sounding trite, so I won’t try, except to say: it was all perfect,” Eve says.