Lorraine Schwartz also lent Aidaly an emerald and diamond necklace to pair with a similar bracelet that was borrowed from the couple’s planner, Cynthia. For shoes, the bride went with a pair of studded Stuart Weitzman heels, as her main concern was finding comfortable heels that she could wear all night.
Rob was convinced he had plenty of time to put his look together, so he only started looking a month before the wedding. He also went to Bergdorf’s and scored part of his look there, thanks to Tom Ford, but was missing a key element: his dinner jacket. He ended up going to Brioni on Madison Avenue just two weeks before the wedding and worked with the team there to find the perfect piece. “They had to call all stores in the country to find one,” Aidaly says. “But in the end, it all worked out. Two days before our departure to Miami, we received the dinner jacket at our home in New York.”
When the couple booked the Vizcaya, they had planned to have the ceremony at the highest point in the garden under the trees overlooking the main venue. “After checking the weather and the time the ceremony was set to take place, we decided to move the ceremony inside a few days before the wedding, and we opted for a standing ceremony,” Aidaly says, noting that the couple wanted the service to feel like a short blessing—and, of course, a celebration.
Rob’s cousin Pastor Rahson Jordan served as the officiant, and the groom walked in from the back of the venue to “Don’t You Know” by Luther Vandross. “I walked down the stairs from the front of the room to ‘As’ by Stevie Wonder and met my dad at the bottom of stairs,” Aidaly says. “We then walked a few steps to meet Rob. After the ceremony, we walked out to ‘All I Need to Get By’ by Aretha Franklin and a very happy and cheering crowd. That’s exactly the energy we wanted for the wedding.”
After the service, everyone gathered on the terrace for drinks and hors d’oeuvres, both by Blue Ribbon. The newlyweds took photos with friends and family while guests roamed through the gardens. Aidaly had a quick hair and make-up refresh, and then the bride and groom were ready for their first dance and dinner. “We got introduced by Swizz Beatz and did our first dance to ‘Rapture of Love’ by Anita Baker,” Aidaly remembers. “Swizz then surprised us all with an impromptu dance party where he invited everyone out on the dance floor. This was definitely one of the highlights of the evening. After five songs, Rob had to stop the party so we could sit down and have dinner. If it wasn’t for him, we would have all danced the night away and forgotten to eat!”
Rob was not about to let the Blue Ribbon meal go to waste, but after dinner, everyone was back on the dance floor with Swizz Beatz on the mic like they’d never left. Later in the evening, the bride changed into a white romper by Alexis that she’d gotten just two days before the wedding. “It was perfect,” Aidaly says. “And, we would do it all over again if we could. It was the best day surrounded by the most loving and most amazing friends and family.”
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